The 2013 edition of the Italian Opera Festival starts from one of the most loved restaurants in Orange County. The Anaheim White House hosted a cocktail party to present the new season of the festival that, last year, gained a good success.
 
In this restaurant, gourmet food meets culture… in any possible acception. Executive Chef and owner Bruno Serato, “CNN Hero” in 2011, has been spending the last seven years serving food to children in need, whose families often don’t have the resources to give them a real meal. And he’s now doing even more: he’s helping families that live in hotel rooms to move into real apartments and start a new life.
 IAOF Artistic Director Maestro with White House Executive Chef Bruno Serato

 IAOF Artistic Director Maestro with White House Executive Chef Bruno Serato

 
The Italian American Opera Foundation chose Chef Serato as Italy’s honorary chair for the 2013 edition of the Italian Opera Festival, to remark the important bond and mutual support between Italy and America. The Italian American Opera Foundation (IAOF) was created with the aspiration to develop a cultural bridge between Italy and the United States, and both the Opera Festival and the opera of Bruno Serato seem to go towards that direction.
 
The event kick-off was sponsored by Bulgari, and organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute, Città di Viterbo, Provincia di Viterbo, Regione Lazio, Camera di Commercio di Viterbo, Tusca Viterbese, Fondazione Italia, City of Aliso Viejo, Soka University and City of Dana Point, proud supporters of an event that brings to California one of the most exclusive festivals in Italy.
 
The Italian Opera Festival is scheduled for next October 25-27 at the Soka Performing Arts Center of Mission Viejo. For opera lovers, an occasion not to be missed!
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