Riccardo Muti
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Riccardo Muti is an acclaimed Italian conductor renowned for his interpretations of the operatic and symphonic repertoire and for leading major orchestras and opera houses worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riccardo Muti canonical | 19 |
| Riccardo Muti (Italian conductor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riccardo Muti Context triple: [La Scala, notableConductor, Riccardo Muti]
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A.
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado was an acclaimed Italian conductor renowned for his innovative leadership of major orchestras and opera houses, and for his influential role in shaping late 20th-century classical music performance.
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B.
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is a renowned Indian-born conductor celebrated for leading major orchestras worldwide, including long tenures with the Israel Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic.
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C.
James Levine
James Levine was an American conductor and pianist best known for his long and influential tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera and his leadership of several major orchestras.
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D.
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini was a renowned Italian conductor celebrated for his intense perfectionism, precise interpretations, and leadership of major orchestras in Europe and the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
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E.
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim is an acclaimed pianist and conductor renowned for leading major orchestras worldwide and for his peace-building musical initiatives, including co-founding the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riccardo Muti Target entity description: Riccardo Muti is an acclaimed Italian conductor renowned for his interpretations of the operatic and symphonic repertoire and for leading major orchestras and opera houses worldwide.
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A.
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado was an acclaimed Italian conductor renowned for his innovative leadership of major orchestras and opera houses, and for his influential role in shaping late 20th-century classical music performance.
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B.
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is a renowned Indian-born conductor celebrated for leading major orchestras worldwide, including long tenures with the Israel Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic.
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C.
James Levine
James Levine was an American conductor and pianist best known for his long and influential tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera and his leadership of several major orchestras.
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D.
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini was a renowned Italian conductor celebrated for his intense perfectionism, precise interpretations, and leadership of major orchestras in Europe and the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
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E.
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim is an acclaimed pianist and conductor renowned for leading major orchestras worldwide and for his peace-building musical initiatives, including co-founding the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conductor
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human ⓘ opera conductor ⓘ orchestral conductor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Birgit Nilsson Prize
ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Légion d’honneur
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-07-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella
ⓘ
Milan Conservatory ⓘ
surface form:
Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory (Milan)
|
| employer |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ⓘ
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ⓘ Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ La Scala ⓘ
surface form:
Teatro alla Scala
|
| familyName | Muti ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical music
ⓘ
opera ⓘ symphonic music ⓘ |
| genre |
classical
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| givenName | Riccardo ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Cristina Mazzavillani Muti
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiara Muti
Lorenzo Muti ⓘ
surface form:
Domenico Muti
Lorenzo Muti ⓘ |
| hasConducted |
Berlin Philharmonic
ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ Chicago Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
surface form:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Chicago
La Scala Orchestra ⓘ
surface form:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ⓘ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ⓘ Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| movement | Italian operatic tradition ⓘ |
| name | Riccardo Muti self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
appointed music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2010
ⓘ
debut at Teatro alla Scala in the 1970s ⓘ frequent conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert ⓘ |
| notableWork |
interpretations of Giuseppe Verdi operas
ⓘ
interpretations of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operas ⓘ performances of symphonies by Anton Bruckner ⓘ performances of symphonies by Johannes Brahms ⓘ performances of symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| occupation |
conductor
ⓘ
music director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Italy
ⓘ
Naples ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Principal Conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
ⓘ
surface form:
music director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
music director of Teatro alla Scala ⓘ music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ⓘ music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ principal conductor of La Scala Orchestra ⓘ principal conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert ⓘ |
| residence | Ravenna ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Cristina Mazzavillani Muti ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Riccardo Muti (Italian conductor)
subject surface form:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
subject surface form:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra