Packet 3: Tossup 13

Eyes Wide Shut used a recording that a conductor with this first name made of Waltz No. 2 from the CD Shostakovich: The Jazz Album. (10[1])In 2013, that conductor with this first name (10[1])refused to stop a public rehearsal even after a tearful Maria João Pires realized she had prepared the wrong Mozart (10[1])concerto. During a 2011 performance of Nabucco, a conductor with this first name led the audience in singing “Va, pensiero” to protest budget cuts, six years after he was forced out as director of La Scala. From 1988 to 2004, the Royal Concertgebouw (“kon-SAIRT-guh-bow”) Orchestra was led by a conductor with this first name and the last name Chailly (“shy-YEE”). In 2027, a conductor with this first name (10[1])will officially be succeeded (-5[1])by Klaus (-5[1])Mäkelä (10[1])(“MACK-eh-luh”) as music director (-5[1])of the Chicago (-5[1])Symphony Orchestra. (-5[1])For 10 points, give this first name of an Italian conductor with the last name Muti. (10[4])■END■ (10[7]0[12])

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