Riccardo Muti
No one holds the truth, but I have never used Verdi or any other Italian composer for a theatrical or dramatic effect.
– Riccardo Muti, Interview on his 75th birthday, July 2016 (riccardomuti.com)
Themes: integrity, interpretation, truth | Art form: Opera
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- I don't want applause at my funeral. When it's my turn, I'd like there to be absolute silence.
- That's the reason I'm an enemy of superstars, of 'the voice.'
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- I have spent most of my life trying to understand what Verdi wanted to tell us with his music.
- What I hate is indifference. Our profession is to convey feelings.