Skip to content ![\\"Mexicana](\\" content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-png-bild-d5cff37a966e-1-13.png\\") Mexican Art We spread artistic work * Fact check * Agenda * Calls * Cultural Policy * Opinion * * #SomosMexicana * #SomosMexicana *Who we are * What we do * What we do *I verify, then publish * #UntilWeFindThem * Mexican Art Festival * Revelation: the new Mexican voices * Katzarava's Voice Festival * Return *X *Facebook * Instagram * Google News ![\\"\\"](\\" screen-2021-06-08-at-14.13.47.png?w=602\\") # It is false that Emilio Ruggerio has carried out work in Palestine Published byMauricio Elí June 8, 2021June 25, 2021 1. ![\\"\\"](\\" 1 comment on It is false that Emilio Ruggerio has carried out work in Palestine The Mexican Embassy to the Holy See denied the tenor Emilio Ruggerio, who requested donations through Twitter claiming to have built a school in Palestine that was allegedly damaged in the most recent bombings on the Gaza Strip. When consulted by Mexicana de Arte, the diplomatic representation of our country in the Vatican indicated that "_there are no activities under the name of this person in Gaza and the West Bank_", also noting that "there is no any information regarding official recognitions of the Holy See to the Mr. Emilio Corona Ruggerio for contributions or humanitarian work in favor of education in Palestine, nor of its direct collaboration with the Red Cross and the UNICEF in that country. ![\\"Embassy](\\" content/uploads/2021/06/captura-de- screen-2021-06-08-at-las-10.52.39-1.png?w=750\\")The Embassy of Mexico before The Holy See denied Emilio Ruggerio by email / Image: screenshot By email, the Mexican Embassy reported that they requested a search for Ruggerio's activities in Palestine, finding not only that exist but that "His name has also not been recognized in the area of fundraising for the third world of the European Central Bank based in Frankfurt." Apparently, the image used by Ruggerio to explain the supposed construction is a Green Helmet job in Iraq. This, according to a note from Westfallen Blatt in Germany. ## Who is Emilio Ruggerio? His name is Emilio Corona Ruggerio. The Mexican tenor achieved notoriety early 2020 after confronting former Mexican President Felipe Calderón on a Lufthansa flight. Users of social networks They quickly identified and replicated not only the video but also publications like that of PROCESO magazine where Mauricio Rábago published a review of a supposed album that was later denied because the orchestra with which would have recorded does not exist. Although various national media published copies faithful to his supposed career, which can be consulted on his website, this turned out to be false. Enid Negrete, Mexican researcher who has documented the passage of Mexican singers on the great European stages, indicated to this editorial that **has not found evidence of Ruggerio's time at the Theater alla Scala in Milan**, where the singer claims to have shared with figures like Cecilia Bartoli. ![\\"Emilio](\\" de-screen-2021-06-08-at-14.14.17.png?w=750\\")The tenor requested donations of €700 through their Twitter account / Image: Screenshot of screen ![\\"\\"](\\" content/uploads/2021/06/e2rjeb7wuaqwbqp.jpeg?w=547\\") On its own, the Zürich Opernhaus indicated via email that Emilio Ruggerio only had 3 appearances at that venue in the 98/99 season as part of his opera study, which is common in training spaces like that, in which their students sing small roles as practice. This He denies that he was or is part of his regular cast as he indicates. In diplomatic matters, Emilio Ruggerio indicates in his biography and networks social workers who is a member of the European Parliament. When consulted, the The European Parliament denied any relationship with the singer. He also tenor Mexican-German Emilio Pons, member of the European Cultural Parliament, He emphatically indicated that Ruggerio is not part of that organization either. Until now it has not been proven that he is an international ambassador for Rolex, UNICEF or UNESCO, as it has repeatedly stated. ![\\"\\"](\\" screen-2021-06-08-a-las-14.13.47.png?w=602\\")The tenor indicated having made a deposit to the UNICEF account in Germany / Image: Capture of screen. Neither the United Nations agencies nor the International Committee of the Cross Roja have issued further comments, only indicating that they are in search for information that confirms or denies the donation campaign launched by Ruggerio, who says he has already made the first deposit to UNICEF in Germany. • **Erratum** After correctly reviewing the digital version of the Historical Archive of the Teatro alla Scala (Milan), the search for the name “EMILIO RUGGERIO” as performing artist returned 16 results. When reviewing each _item_ it was found that there were repetitions because, for example, the titled _Concerto Verdiano_ was listed 12 times. However, **the evidence on that portal indicates that the tenor Emilio Ruggerio made 1 appearance on the stage of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan performing _Poisson_ from the opera _Adriana Lecouvreur_ on the 3rd February 2000 at 3 p.m., as part of _Invito alla Scala_**, a outreach program that holds chamber concerts and events with young people artists of the Academia del Teatro alla Scala of which apparently the singer was part. On March 19 of the same year, the tenor would be part of _Concerto Verdiano_: a recital with opera selections that _La Scala_ organized at the Casa de Rest for Musicians of the Giuseppe Verdi Foundation. This, according to the information provided by the Archive itself and an image published by the Theater on Google Arts & Culture. At the event, members of the Academy. Finally, on April 6, 2000, Ruggiero participated in the events that the Milanese venue organized as part of the Holy Year, performing the _Mass for choir and double wind quintet_ by Igor Stravinsky in the Basilica of Saint Frame. This according to the information available in the Service Catalog National Librarian of Italy under the title **_Stagione di concerti 1999-2000 / Teatro alla Scala_**. The singer published on his Twitter account the photograph of a contract for the 1999-2000 season in which the operas _Fidelio_ (L. van Beethoven) and _Adriana Lecouvreur_ (F. Cilea), however none of the records of Fidelio's 9 performances that season show the name EMILIO RUGGERIO. Regarding the core part of this note, corresponding to the request for donations for supposed re-construction of a school in Palestine in collaboration with UNICEF and International Red Cross, **not found evidence that it exists and the Mexican Embassy to the Holy See certified the authenticity of both the email shown here and the letter published by Emilio Ruggerio**, who has not disclosed any evidence that refutes what is established here. **In a published interview On YouTube, Emilio Ruggerio indicated that he had not done work in Palestine while pointing out that the letter sent by the Mexican Embassy to the Holy Headquarters was an official recognition of their charitable activities. **• This corresponds to the strikethrough text. The headline (which literally said "Embassy denies Ruggerio: there are no actions in Palestine") has been Updated to clarify content. ### Share: * Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) * Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) * Click to email link to a friend (Opens in new window) ### Related Published byMauricio ElíJune 8, 2021June 25, 2021Published inNews, Fact check, JournalismTags: International Red Cross, Embassy of Mexico before the Holy See, Emilio Ruggerio, UNESCO, UNICEF ## Posted by Mauricio Elí Journalist. Considered one of “The 10 LGBTTTIQ+ influencers that move Mexico” by the newspaper La Crónica de Hoy in 2021. He has been a speaker at the Urban Thinkers Campus of the World Urban Campaign, sponsored by UN Habitat in Mexico City (2019), and a speaker at the XXI Training Seminar "Journalism in the era of artificial intelligence" convened by the Grupo de Diarios América (GDA) and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean -CAF in San Salvador (2023). Examples of his journalistic work appear, among other media, in Animal Político, ContraRéplica, Cúpula (El Heraldo de México), El Economista (México), Gatopardo, Tierra Adentro, Time Out México, Verificado Mx and the digital magazine of the Mexican Initiative of Art, of which he is founding director. He is the producer of the “Fiesta Mexicana de Arte” festival and the concert “#HastaEncontrarles: Tribute to the Searching Mothers”, the latter at the Esperanza Iris City Theater in 2021. He has also served as a mentor in Mexico for the first generation of the Latin American Network of Trainers in Fact Checking (Verificado, Chequeado; Google News Initiative) and special courses at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), in addition to collaborating with AFP Factual in Mexico in 2023. It is fact checker for Factstory, international subsidiary of Agence France-Presse (AFP), in the Paris bureau. | Twitter: @eli_conacento See more posts ## Post navigation Previous post Previous post: The three cheerful tenors Next post Next post: The musician must be more versatile today: Chacho Gaytan ##Join the conversation 1. ![\\"\\"](\\" 1 comment ### Cancel reply Δ 1. ![\\"\\"](\\" Carbajal says: September 21, 2021 at 12:48 pm Here in the city of Wolfsburg there is also a person called Alia Hartmann's Lira who unfortunately publishes articles where he gives information fake! He became known as a journalist for the Mexican newspaper La Jornada to obtain personal advantages and abuse the trust of public identities. President of the non-existent Mexican Society of Wolfsburg is appointed! Ursupa non-existent charges! In 2005 he announced that he would open a Library for Mexicans in the Castle of this city! of which he still publishes this lie, since they gave him a space to put books that the city of Puebla donated for their lies! and published that it was the only library in all Germany and she took the books to this city since Wolfsburg was a desert and you couldn't buy books! thus he continues with his improper acts I like itI like it Reply Look for: ## Subscribe for free Enter your email address to receive news from the international artistic endeavor. 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Three years ago with great effort a primary school was built in Palestine with the support of the International Red Cross and UNICEF