The Philharmonic Will Be Fine Without Riccardo Muti
2008-05-06 13:30:25 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Riccardo Muti as music director, it meant that he has jilted a besotted New York Philharmonic not just once or twice, but three times. In 2000, after months of fruitless courtship, he turned down the music directorship of our hometown ensemble. By some reports (his own, mainly), he did so again last year. "I love [the Philharmonic], and they...
