He ruled La Scala like an autocrat. Franco Zeffiralli described him as "drunk on himself." In 2005 the staff of La Scla in Milan Italy refused to work with him and walked out. The general manager of LaScala said, "The people of La Scala have rejected absolute monarchy." What happened to Riccardo Muti, the former conductor of the Philadelphia orchestra from 1980-1992? It seems he went berserk and is now commonly known as the "Monster of Milan." With the Philadelphia orchestra he produced exquisite music__a wall of sound approach ignited by his fiery Italian temperament that simmered just below the surface. He was the brightest and most talented of his generation. When his feet were planted more firmly on the ground his interruptions of Aida and MacBeth were without equal__his EMI recordings par excellence. Then things went haywire his temperament exploded both to the detriment of his talent and his music. It is sad. The maestro is a caricature of a maestro. But wait__ Muti has landed another job as conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-2011 season with a 5 year contract. As Betty Davis might say: "musicians fasten your seatbelts it's going to be a bumpy ride"
Saturday, August 15, 2009
OBSERVATION: The Curious Case of Riccardo Muti
He ruled La Scala like an autocrat. Franco Zeffiralli described him as "drunk on himself." In 2005 the staff of La Scla in Milan Italy refused to work with him and walked out. The general manager of LaScala said, "The people of La Scala have rejected absolute monarchy." What happened to Riccardo Muti, the former conductor of the Philadelphia orchestra from 1980-1992? It seems he went berserk and is now commonly known as the "Monster of Milan." With the Philadelphia orchestra he produced exquisite music__a wall of sound approach ignited by his fiery Italian temperament that simmered just below the surface. He was the brightest and most talented of his generation. When his feet were planted more firmly on the ground his interruptions of Aida and MacBeth were without equal__his EMI recordings par excellence. Then things went haywire his temperament exploded both to the detriment of his talent and his music. It is sad. The maestro is a caricature of a maestro. But wait__ Muti has landed another job as conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-2011 season with a 5 year contract. As Betty Davis might say: "musicians fasten your seatbelts it's going to be a bumpy ride"
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He hides a very sensitive character behind the mask of the iron man.
ReplyDeleteHis mother who was "molto severa", as he said, was the root of the ... evil and then came the wife as a copy of her.
This man is an exceptional genious as a musician but a common human being in his psychological behaviour.
Behind the Monster of Milan is his monstrous Mother whom she still tries to satisfy in order to have her acceptance and love that she did not give him at an early age. He said that she would be proud of him today! She still haunts him!
His fault is that he has not discussed his problem with a psychologist to comfort his life and the people's he comes in contact with.