2024 WORLD CRUISE
2024 WORLD CRUISE – BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS
SILVERSEA Silver Whisperer – January 15 – May 26.
132 Nights. 66 Ports, 15 Countries.
Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Photo of the Day – At Sea En Route to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, USA
Where in the World Are We?
We are sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Today’s Activities Included:
- Bridge Lessons
- Dance Lessons
- Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burgel: 2004 Boxing Day Earthquake and Tsunami
- At 8am local time on December 26th, 2004, a magnitude 9.2M subduction earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra creating localized destruction but also generating a massive tsunami that swept through many islands of Indonesia, as well as the nearby countries of Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and the east coast of Africa. Mr. Burgel visited the area soon after the quake and will describe the geologic processes that led up to this event.
- Enrichment Lecture with Sir Alistair MacDuff: Murder Cases To Die For
- More tales from the Bench; the murder of the beautiful model; gangster murders; and more insight into life as an English judge
- Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keeney: Orbit! The Daring New Era in Human Space Travel
- Musk, Bezos, and Branson want to take us beyond our dreams. Will they? From Keeney’s three books on human space flight comes the sequel to Lights of Mankind. What does it take to go into space in 2024 and why is Mars a reality? Includes images of the new commercial space stations, the most recent SpaceX missions, and numerous animations. Concludes with profiles of Musk, Bezos and Branson.
Dinner was in The Restaurant.
with Egg, Tomato and Cucumber Garnish
with Red Pepper Coulis
Served with Cilantro and Chili-gratinated Avocado
Baked Meringue · Pastry Cream · Peach Compote · Fresh kiwi
Chocolate Mousse · Chocolate Sponge Cake · Chocolate Glazed · Whipped Cream
TONIGHT’S SHOW WITH GIOVANNI PALMINTERI VIRTUOSO BARITONE
Giovanni Palminteri is a Classical Baritone, Showman, and Actor.
He has performed his soloist concert in opera houses around the world and was the first Opera baritone to perform during the “World Cruise” event aboard the Silver Whisper for many years. Some of his productions include Made in Italy, Il Bel Canto, Passione, Teatro Dell’Opera, and the new show Virtuoso Baritone.
Giovanni recently made his debut in La Traviata, playing Giorgio Germont at the Ancient Greek Theater in Taormina alongside the famous soprano Desireè Rancatore.
He is known for the role of Figaro in Gioacchino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, which debuted in various theaters in Italy. He also played the role of Dandini – La Cenerentola (C.Gounod), Malatesta – Don Pasquale (G.Donizetti), Belcore – l’Elisir d’Amore (G.Donizetti), Don Giovanni-Don Giovanni (W.A.Mozart), Papageno – The Magic Flaute (W.A.Mozart), Silvio – I Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo) and Carmina Burana (Carl Orff). His next debut will be at the ancient theater of Taormina in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet this summer.
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