Riccardo Muti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [rikˈkardo ˈmuːti]; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He holds two music directorships: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Previously he held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Muti has been a prolific recording artist and has received dozens of honors, titles, awards and prizes. He is particularly associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi.
Music conservatories of Naples, Milan Conservatory, Liceo Classico Vittorio Emanuele II
Nationality
Italian
Spouse
Cristina Mazzavillani
Children
Chiara Muti, Domenico Muti, Francesco Muti
Parents
Gilda Muti, Domenico Muti
Siblings
Mario Muti
Awards
Birgit Nilsson Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Wolf Prize in Arts
Movies
New Year's Concert 2004, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Tony Palmer's Film About the Salzburg Festival, Mozart: Don Giovanni: Carlos Alvarez, Reopening Gala of the Teatro La Fenice, New Year's Concert 2000: Riccardo Muti, Così Fan Tutte, Puccini: Tosca, R...
TV Movie conductor / music director: Teatro alla Scala
Macbeth: Melodramma in quattro atti di Giuseppe Verdi
1997
TV Movie conductor
Così fan tutte
1996
TV Movie conductor
Cavalleria rusticana
1996
TV Movie musical director
Die Walküre
1996
TV Movie conductor
Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti
1995
TV Movie conductor
Don Pasquale
1994
TV Movie conductor
Don Carlo
1992
TV Movie conductor
La donna del lago
1992
TV Movie conductor
La traviata
1992
TV Movie conductor
Attila
1991
TV Movie conductor
Die Schöpfung, Oratorium
1990
TV Movie documentary conductor
Lo frate 'nnamorato
1990
TV Movie conductor
Così fan tutte
1989
TV Movie conductor
I vespri siciliani
1989
TV Movie conductor
Guglielmo Tell
1988/I
TV Movie conductor
Don Giovanni
1987/III
TV Movie conductor
Nabucco
1985
TV Movie conductor
Così fan tutte
1983
TV Movie conductor
Ernani
1982
TV Movie conductor
Nabucco
1977
TV Movie conductor
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lucy
2014/I
performer: "Mass No. 19 in D Minor, K.626 'Requiem': Introitus: 'Requiem Aeternam'"
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
2012
performer: "Ah, non più....Ah! Gran Dio! Morir si giovine"
Bronson
2008
performer: "La vergine degli angeli", "Chi dona luce al cor?"
Combien tu m'aimes?
2005
performer: "Madre, Pietosa Vergine", "O Muoio Confessionne Force Du Destin Acte 4", "La Force du Destin, "I Vespri Siciliani - Movement III: L'Estate excerpt" , "Il Trovatore - Finale Ultimo: Madre, Non Dormi? excerpt"
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
performer: "Requiem In C Minor"
Tumultes
1990
performer: "Requiem"
Luna
1979
performer: "Un ballo in maschera"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Riccardo Muti and Anne-Sophie Mutter Perform Tschaikovsky and Brahms
2015
TV Movie
Conductor
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Our City, Our Shakespeare
2014
TV Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
¡Atención obras!
2013
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
2012
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Otello
2008
TV Movie
Himself - Dirigent
Don Pasquale
2006/II
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Mozart 22
2006
TV Series
Himself - Conductor
The Salzburg Festival
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Europa riconosciuta
2004
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore d'orchestra
Dialogues des Carmelites
2004
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker
2000-2004
TV Series
Conductor
Mosè e Faraone, o Il passaggio del Mar Rosso
2003
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Un ballo in maschera
2001
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Il trovatore
2000
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Tosca
2000
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota
1999
Documentary
Himself
Don Giovanni
1999
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Manon Lescaut
1998
TV Movie
Himself - Concertatore e Direttore d'Orchestra
Macbeth: Melodramma in quattro atti di Giuseppe Verdi
1997
TV Movie
Himself - Concertatore e Direttore d'orchestra
Cavalleria rusticana
1996
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti
1995
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Don Pasquale
1994
TV Movie
Himself - Concertatore e direttore d' orchestra
Zwischen Kino und Konzert - Der Komponist Nino Rota
1993
Documentary
Himself
Great Performances
1993
TV Series
Himself
La donna del lago
1992
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Philadelphia Orchestra Live! A Tribute to Riccardo Muti