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screech owl
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a small American owl (Otus asio, family Strigidae) with a screeching call and distinctive ear tufts.
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La Scala Music Chief Riccardo Muti Resigns
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...2005 Dateline: ROME Conductor Riccardo Muti is shown in this July 15, 1999 photo. Riccardo Muti, the embattled musical director...Alberto Pellaschiar/FILES) Riccardo Muti, citing continued hostility by...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Toppling of a tyrant; The fall of Riccardo Muti at La Scala could herald a new dawn for Italian opera.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 3/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...never be the same again. Riccardo Muti is gone from La Scala...prolonged stagnation. Without Muti, Milan is a different...for the succession are Riccardo Chailly, who grew up...Pappano, who fell out with Muti over the Forza fiasco...
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THE IoS PROFILE: Riccardo Muti - The monster of Milan The opera has seen its fair share of prima donnas. But generally they appear on the stage, not in front of it wielding a baton. And few can match the tantrums, demands and vanity of the conductor of La Scala, whose behaviour led to a walk-out last week by the entire house. Franco Zeffirelli described him as `drunk on himself' and accuses him of debasing his art. And that's not the half of it ...
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...when he dies, but Italian maestro Riccardo Muti is managing it pretty often these...general manager whose ousting at Muti's behest brought on the crisis...rejected absolute monarchy." But Muti, universally known, not necessarily...
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Maestro Riccardo Muti in New York
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Dateline: NEW YORK Italian Maestro Riccardo Muti gestures while conducting at the...April 14, 2005 in New York. Muti's appearance at The New York...protagonist say about all this? Maestro Riccardo Muti let the music do the talking at...
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Riccardo Muti Appointed Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
PR Newswire; 5/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...appointed world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti as its 10th music director. Maestro...astonishing. We are thrilled to appoint Riccardo Muti, one of the most extraordinary...their music director," commented Riccardo Muti. "It's interesting in life...
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Riccardo Muti carries on a tradition in Philadelphia
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/16/1989; ; 600 words
; ...Eugene Ormandy, various guests and Riccardo Muti, music director since 1980, the...record buyers in the world. Muti himself has two fan clubs in Japan...best sellers in that market. That Riccardo Muti heads the list of possible replacements...
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Conductor Riccardo Muti named as 10th music director of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Association named Italian maestro Riccardo Muti on Monday as the next music director...President Deborah Card announced that Muti, 66, had signed a five-year contract...Under the terms of the contract, Muti will conduct a minimum of 10 weeks...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Riccardo Muti wants to conduct his own life: Why the world's hottest maestro is not interested in CSO job.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 9/16/2007; 700+ words
; ...same enviable predicament in which Riccardo Muti finds himself these days. The charismatic...Ravenna, Italy, the 66-year-old Muti heartily praised the CSO's peerless...director, somebody can think that maybe Muti is interested," said the conductor...
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Riccardo Muti resigns as musical director of La Scala in protest at colleagues' hostility
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/2/2005; ; 584 words
; ...Worldstream 04-02-2005 Dateline: ROME Riccardo Muti, citing continued hostility by La...following an extensive renovation. Muti denounced what he said was the vulgar...be based on harmony and trust," Muti said in a statement released by La...
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After resigning from La Scala, maestro Riccardo Muti takes the podium ... in New York
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...protagonist say about all this? Maestro Riccardo Muti let the music do the talking at his...before the Philharmonic concert, Muti's representatives said the maestro...the audience loved it. As soon as Muti walked on stage at Avery Fisher Hall...
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Muti, Riccardo
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Muti, Riccardo Conductor Riccardo Muti is a conductor in the old style—fiery, demanding, and charismatic. He was said to idolize another Italian autocrat of the podium, Arturo Toscanini. Famous off the podium for wrangling with...
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Riccardo Muti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Riccardo Muti , 1941-, Italian conductor. Principal conductor of the Maggio Musicale (1969-81) in Florence and of the Philharmonia Orchestra...
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Licitra, Salvatore
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...students, where he sang the role of Riccardo in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera...heard him sing. After reprising Riccardo and taking on roles in Rigoletto...appreciative, and La Scala conductor Riccardo Muti invited him to appear in Tosca...
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Bartoli, Cecilia
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...nineteen she was spotted by conductor Riccardo Muti on an Italian TV talent show and...the Zurich Opera), Zerlina (with Muti at La Scala and Barenboim at the...Houston Grand Opera), Despina (with Muti at the Vienna Opera and Levine at...
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Chang, Sarah
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...asked the orchestra's conductor, Riccardo Muti, to listen to the girl. Several...small audience—including Muti—with her finesse. Her...the Philadelphia Orchestra and with Muti's other symphony, the La Scala...
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