Following a proposal by Mayor Luigi de Magistris, the Board of Teatro San Carlo in Naples approved unanimously Stéphane Lissner as the new superintendent and artistic director. The current General Manager of the Paris Opera will be the successor of Rosanna Purchia when her mandate expires on April 1 next year. Lissner’s contract in Paris runs through the 2020/21 season. The proposal from San Carlo has still to be validated by the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage Dario Franceschini.