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Riccardo Muti

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Muti at the Height of His Artistry! Othello at the Salzburg Festival!Mutis performance of Othello at the 2008 Salzburg Festival was the talk of the town. Muti had already staged a spectacular Otello during his time at La Scala, but at this Salzburg Festivalthanks in part to having the Vienna Philharmonic as his orchestrahe delivered a performance of even greater maturity and grandeur that was simply overwhelming. Meanwhile, the production featured a relatively young cast. Aleksandrs Antonenko, who sang the title role, was born on June 26, 1975, in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Although still young at just 33, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2009 as the leading man opposite Rene Fleming. His rich, dark voice possesses the tragic power essential for singing Otello and suggests he is a singer of great promise. Given that Domingo was 34 when he first sang Otello, Antonenko may well be the f