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Friday, March 27, 2009
Muti Speaks, World Awaits Decision

Riccardo Muti, considering an invitation to become music director of Opera di Roma, tells the Italian press:

"If I choose a theater, it's a commitment... I am grateful... I am considering the offer with enthusiasm... I've been doing this job for 40 years and I've always considered every offer at length... It happened with la Scala, with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Philadelphia and Chicago, because those are life-changing choices."

He hasn't even taken the job and already this drama has a long history, which is artfully relayed by Opera Chic - our favorite opera tracker, and only partly because she alone seems able to capture photographs (such as this one) that reveal something truly important about their subjects.

 

Posted by Peter Dobrin @ 5:12 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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Posted 05:31 PM, 03/27/2009
salazar
Quite a hoot. Bravo Maestro. Does Italy still knight their deservedly rich and famous artists? Pavarotti,I suppose was honored multiple times. I'll still attend his return to Verizon with the New York Philharmonic next season - if he's not suddenly replaced by Neeme Jarvi.
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About Peter Dobrin

Peter Dobrin is a classical music critic and culture writer for The Inquirer. Since 1989, he has written music reviews, features, news and commentary for the paper, covering such topics as expansions for the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Curtis Institute of Music, the Philadelphia Orchestra's 64-day strike in 1996, the emergence of a new performing arts center in Philadelphia, changes in the classical-recording industry and the general health of arts and culture.

Dobrin was a French horn player. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Elliott Galkin. He has no time to practice today.

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