Aug 9, 2009

Il Padrino



Riccardo Muti
Salzburg Festival August 6, 2009
AP Photo

8 comments:

Maria said...

LOL. The looks of an opera spy.
Extatic, what is the news from the performance in Salzburg 2 days ago? He is going to be busy with it all August.
Was Flimm's work satisfactory?

Extatic said...

I haven't read anything yet...

Sophia said...

Why is this handsome, romantic man wasting his time with the same ironic woman, called Mazzavillani= the villain with the club?
When he worked in La Scala she followed him and insulted singers, especially young women, whenever they made some mistake, as if she were the conductor. They argued afterwards but she kept on her own way as if she were the mother and he was the son who should listen to her because she is always right.
Finally when they had to leave La Scala, because almost nobody liked them, she said without shame that the situation went out of their control, as if La Scala was their kingdom!
Riccardo, take off your dark sunglasses and let the sun show you the way, not la famiglia Mazzavillani!

Extatic said...

Is she? Really?

Sophia said...

Yes, Extatic, she is.
She claims to be very diplomatic! Above all she loves to be the epicentre of everybody's attention, especially when it comes to taking photos with her husband and famous people. Muti is only the parsley! Have a look at the photos in Bruno Vespa's house last spring, for example, as well as the "immagini" in Muti's official web site!The one with Gorbachev speak for itself! What a diva! Muti is Mr Nobody when she is around.
It was in CSO's European tour that she made the musicians see the mute film that SHE had made starring her daughter, which Muti financed of course because she asked him as a compensation because she made a family instead of a career! (Her diplomacy aroused again).
Muti had a very strict mother and that explains why he chose a woman who treats him like his mom. It has been the old habit behind it but this is misery even though he tries to keep a straight face for social and publicity reasons.

Extatic said...

In any case, she couldn't prevent him for being such an extraordinary conductor...

Sophia said...

No, because her aim was the glory and money he could provide her with. Yet a few months ago he admitted openly that his heart was "dry".

Sophia said...

Muti has it all! CSO plus the music directorship of Opera di Roma strarting in December 2010.
Quiz: whose is the happiest face in the famiglia?