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God May Save The Queen, But Muti Takes A Pass

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They're not laughing anymore: Muti and the Queen in happier times.

Riccardo, Riccardo, Riccardo. Couldn't you humor the royals just a little? Was no compromise possible? Was it really necessary to walk away from Prince Charles' 60th birthday party just because things weren't going your way?
Well, now Philadelphia has something in common with the Queen: they've both been treated to the back side of Riccardo Muti.
And just in case his fans in Chicago thought the conductor didn't do this sort of thing anymore...

Posted by Peter Dobrin on November 9, 2008 1:21 PM |

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Geo.:

From what I could tell in the Chicago press (i.e. the Tribune and the Sun-Times), the only coverage was wire service stories in the papers, no surprise, I guess. One blog entry was here.

OTOH, all 3 January CSO performances of the Verdi Requiem with Muti conducting are sold-out, so....

Posted by Geo. | November 19, 2008 6:20 PM

Posted on November 19, 2008 18:20

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