(2022): Riccardo Muti Conducts Verdi

Performed in concert form as Muti approached the end of his tenure as Music Director, this production was hailed as a "stunner" and a "triumph" by critics and audiences alike.

: The 2022 Academy served as a "moral and ethical duty" for Muti to pass his lifelong study of Verdi to new generations. Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi (2022)

Un ballo in maschera (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, June 2022) Performed in concert form as Muti approached the

Muti, the CSO and Verdi: an inspired partnership for the ages Messa da Requiem (Italian Opera Academy, December 2022)

: By performing in concert, the music was "largely liberated from distractions," allowing the score's inventive colors and "simmering quiet" to shine. Messa da Requiem (Italian Opera Academy, December 2022)

Verdi is perhaps the greatest passion of Riccardo Muti's musical life, and over the decades he has proven himself to be the world' Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti – “Messa da Requiem”, December 2022

(Ulrica) and Damiana Mizzi (Oscar) were standout favorites among the supporting cast.