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 |
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| 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 ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Légion d’honneur ⓘ
linked to:
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
ⓘ
Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory (Milan) ⓘ
linked to:
Milan Conservatory
|
| employer |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ⓘ
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ⓘ Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ Teatro alla Scala ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
|
| familyName | Muti ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical music
ⓘ
opera ⓘ symphonic music ⓘ |
| genre |
classical
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| givenName | Riccardo ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Chiara Muti
ⓘ
linked to:
Cristina Mazzavillani Muti
Domenico Muti ⓘ
linked to:
Lorenzo Muti
Lorenzo Muti ⓘ |
| hasConducted |
Berlin Philharmonic
ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ Orchestra Sinfonica di Chicago ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala Orchestra
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ⓘ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ⓘ Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| movement | Italian operatic tradition ⓘ |
| name | Riccardo Muti ⓘ |
| 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 |
music director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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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 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (20)
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