{"id":9062,"date":"2018-04-11T15:19:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T13:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/?p=9062"},"modified":"2021-06-01T08:41:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:41:07","slug":"9062","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/en\/2018\/04\/11\/9062\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<div class=\"vaiallostore\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomutimusic.com\/en\/\"> Visit the Store <\/a><\/div><style>#toTop{display:none;}.to-top-container{display:none;visibility:hidden}<br \/><\/style>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Attend the rehearsals of Riccardo Muti<br \/>\non Mozart\u2019s\u00a0<em>Le<\/em>\u00a0<em>nozze di Figaro\u00a0<\/em>in Ravenna,<br \/>\nTeatro Alighieri, from July, 20 to August, 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riccardomutioperacademy.com\/en\/sost-ud-pub\/\">Reserve your seat here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:13.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-vimeo\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:58.33%;\" ><iframe title=\"Vimeo video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/312541740?autoplay=0&amp;autopause=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:13.3333%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h3><strong>Verdi in tempesta a Tokyo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2013 Carla Moreni | 2019, April 7<\/p>\n<div>Muti\u2019s <i>Rigoletto<\/i> in Tokyo is already legendary: it marks the beginning of a new era, Japanese students say. Because Verdi had never been taught like that before. A visionary score going back to words, a revelation of the essence of this experimental masterpiece. A thousand miles far from the traditional idea of popular opera, an opera performed in arenas with shouts and highs. Unrecognizable.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">(Free translation)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>II <em>Rigoletto<\/em> di Muti a Tokyo \u00e8 gi\u00e0 leggenda: segna l&#8217;inizio di una nuova stagione, dicono gli studenti giapponesi. Perch\u00e9 \u00e8 un Verdi mai insegnato cos\u00ec. Visionario nella partitura, restituito sulla parola, rivelato nell&#8217;essenza di capolavoro sperimentale. Lontano mille miglia, anzi irriconoscibile, rispetto alla tradizionale veste di opera popolare, da arene, urlacci e acuti. Vogliamo coniare un nuovo ideogramma per sintetizzarlo? Come il Reiwa della nuova era del principe Naruhito, lanciato giusto in questi giorni? Sorridono portandosi la mano alle labbra, come sempre si usa nel gentile Oriente, gli allievi del corso tenuto da Riccardo Muti, per una settimana, nell&#8217;aula-auditorium, perfetta, dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 delle Arti di Tokyo. Culminato gioved\u00ec sera nell&#8217;esecuzione dell&#8217;opera, nella sala dello storico Bunka Kaikan. In forma di concerto, sul podio il Maestro, di fronte i cantanti italo-russo-giapponesi, Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Giordano Luc\u00e0, Antonio Di Matteo, Daniela Pini, torchiati e ribaltati per giorni. Intorno un&#8217;orchestra di ragazzi, la Tokyo-Harusai, che ascoltata a occhi chiusi ha lo stesso affondo d&#8217;archi dei Berliner, timbro dei legni rubato ai Wiener. Il progetto \u00e8 importato da\u00a0Ravenna, sull&#8217;esatto modello della &#8220;Italian Opera Academy&#8221; (per il prossimo luglio, quinta stagione, <em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Anche qui a motore del master c&#8217;\u00e8 un Festival, lo &#8220;Spring\u00a0Festival&#8221;, col suo Presidente mecenate, Koichi Suzuki, della Internet Initiative Japan. Per la quindicesima stagione, sotto i ciliegi in fiore di Ueno, ha aperto il <em>vol.1<\/em> &#8211; proprio cos\u00ec, come un testo importante &#8211; dei corsi di Muti. Fissando gi\u00e0 i due prossimi, primavere 2020 e 2021, con <em>Macbeth<\/em> e <em>Ballo in maschera<\/em>. Come a\u00a0Ravenna, il centro del corso \u00e8 la direzione d&#8217;orchestra. Il focus, letteralmente, \u00e8 il podio. Attenzione, scuola Muti: non ginnastica, musica. Cio\u00e8 analisi, mani sul pianoforte, capacit\u00e0 di cantare mentre si dirige. Poi certo, con la consegna di un infinito tesoro di segreti tecnici, distillati man mano, sulla necessit\u00e0 di un attacco, di un colore, sul carattere di un ritmo, di un fraseggio legato, staccato, o una via di mezzo. Come un tempo si insegnava &#8211; parole del Maestro &#8211; nei normali corsi di conservatorio. E naturalmente come si praticava nei teatri. Era la scuola italiana, raccontata qui da Harvey Sachs in due conferenze su Toscanini. Con quel preciso carattere teatrale, fatto di intreccio parola-nota, frase contro frase. Caratteristico di uno stile. Radicato in tre secoli fondativi di opera in musica. Per partecipare al <em>Rigoletto<\/em> rinato in Tokyo sono arrivate 129 domande. Per l&#8217;anno prossimo, sono gi\u00e0 il doppio. In quattro sono usciti dalla scrematura, per lavorare concretamente davanti all&#8217;orchestra e coi cantanti. Sempre con Muti a un passo, spesso braccio su braccio, la partitura enorme rossa sul leggio. Trentenni, poco pi\u00f9, poco meno, tre uomini e una donna, tre occhi sottili e uno tondo: Seungwon Lee, Johannes Lohner, Nodoka Okisawa, ChiyaAmos. Corea, Germania\/USA, Giappone, Singapore. Gi\u00e0 ampiamente in carriera e con una certa immediatezza d\u00ed apprendimento. Ciascuno, soprattutto, con uno specifico gesto, una personalit\u00e0 direttoriale. Eppure le lezioni di Muti, da mane a sera, stavano di continuo a dimostrare quanto proprio quella scuola di puro bel gesto, avulsa dalla drammaturgia della scrittura verdiana, risultasse totalmente inerte, a fare teatro. A raccontare il vero, profondo, umano <em>Rigoletto<\/em>. Tanto scavato, nei profili dei tre protagonisti, il gobbo, la figlia, il duca, da affiorare talora vicino a una seduta di psicoanalisi. Sconvolgente per la finezza delle continue intuizioni affettive: come la follia di Rigoletto, ad esempio (s\u00ec, il famoso, \u00ab\u00c8 follia!\u00bb) riportata a pensiero, tutto interiore, come senso di colpa, fantasma che poi diventer\u00e0 realt\u00e0 crudele. Ossessione che per sua natura va cantata sottovoce, cercata dentro, sulla parola. Oppure come la risata del duca, nascosta nei legni, in risposta a Bella figlia dell&#8217;amore: che non sono solo tre note staccate, ma davvero un gesto, in dialogo stretto. Dove parola e strumenti si cercano, si parlano, in un fantastico ininterrotto teatro da camera. Che fatto cos\u00ec, vive da solo. Senza bisogno di altro. Anche perch\u00e9 siamo in un&#8217;aula di Universit\u00e0. Nel silenzio magico, nell&#8217;attenzione concentrata di un centinaio di allievi (molti insegnanti tra loro) che chiosano fittamente partiture e spartiti. Tutti hanno il testo davanti. Tutti l&#8217;auricolare con la traduzione simultanea. E in questo clima di insuperabile concentrazione emotiva si crea la miracolosa situazione che chiamiamo cenacolo. Un cerchio magico, nel quale anche Muti (annuisce Andrea Rost, Gilda alla Scala, 25 anni fa) va oltre i cardini della propria tradizione. Reinventando un <em>Rigoletto<\/em> che sa di Shakespeare e di Beethoven, primaverile e cinereo insieme, con la pi\u00f9 bella tempesta mai sentita in Verdi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Carla Moreni,\u00a0<em>Il Sole 24 Ore<\/em>, 2019, April 7<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><strong>Tokyo Spring Festival III: Posier-Kimonos und Riccardo Mutis fanatische Fan-Omis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Manuel Brug | 2019, April 6<\/p>\n<div>Heute geht es in die Bunka Kaikan, gleich zweimal. Denn es wird Ernst. Generalprobe und Auff\u00fchrung stehen bei der ersten Academy of Italian Opera des Tokyo Spring Festival an, die Riccardo Muti diesmal dem von ihm l\u00e4nger nicht mehr dirigierten \u201eRigoletto\u201c gewidmet hat. \u201eIch w\u00e4hle bewusst diese popul\u00e4ren Werke, die kennt jeder, und da kann ich schnell deutlich machen, um was es mir geht\u201c, sagt er w\u00e4hrend in seiner Garderobe der obligatorische Espresso k\u00f6chelt. Und wenn er das Podium betritt, wird er allen spannungsvoll dort harrenden Mitwirkenden wie auch den Anwesenden in den hinteren Reihen sagen: \u201eIch komme immer wieder gern in diesen Saal. Er ist sehr gut, hat die Jahre bestens \u00fcberstanden. Hier habe ich n\u00e4mlich 1975 mit den Wiener Philharmonikern mein Japan-Deb\u00fct gegeben.\u201c<br \/>\nUnd seither ist er hier ein wirklicher Star. Der aber auch regelm\u00e4\u00dfig kommt. Erst im Januar war er mit dem Chicago Symphony Orchestra in der Bunka auf Station. Nat\u00fcrlich h\u00e4ngt Backstage das signierte Plakat. Das hat hier sch\u00f6ne Tradition. Jedes der prestigetr\u00e4chtigen Opernh\u00e4user, Ballettensembles und Orchester hat hier schon gastiert und sich mit einem Bild oder Plakat bei den B\u00fchnenarbeitern verewigt. \u201eLa Forza del destino\u201c, Teatro alla Scala 2005, prangt da in einem verschn\u00f6rkelten Goldrahmen an einer Betons\u00e4ule. Und mittendrin die schwungvolle Muti-Signatur. Tempi passati.<br \/>\nEs sind nicht mehr so viele von den gro\u00dfen, alten Dirigenten \u00fcbrig. Blomstedt dr\u00e4ngt auch mit 92 unverdrossen voran. Der 90-j\u00e4hrige Haitink schw\u00e4chelt ziemlich, beim 89-j\u00e4hrigen Dohnanyi zeichnet sich das Karriereende ab; auch der bald 83-j\u00e4hrige Zubin Mehta ist gesundheitlich eingeschr\u00e4nkt. Marek Janowski (80) und Juri Temirkanov (81) sind keine globalen Stars. Dann ist man schon beim Siebziger-Dreigestirn Muti (77), Jansons (76) und Barenboim (76). Stolz erz\u00e4hlt Muti, dass sein diesj\u00e4hriger Salzburg-Auftritt, wieder das Verdi-Requiem, wie vor sechs Jahren, als einziger dreimal gegeben wird und gleich ausverkauft war. Auch im Bunka-Backstage-Bereich liegen die \u201eRigoletto\u201c-Flayer aus. Umgerechnet 200 Euro Spitzenticketpreis ist den Japanern Mutis \u201eRigoletto\u201c wert. Und es ist wirklich seiner, denn f\u00fcr das Festspielorchester und die ordentlichen S\u00e4nger, die sich daf\u00fcr eine Woche bereitstellen, w\u00fcrde hier nat\u00fcrlich sonst niemand diese Summe ausgeben.<br \/>\nDie Generalprobe l\u00e4uft gut durch. Der Tenor Giordano Luc\u00e0 schon sich immer noch, der finstert\u00f6nende Sparafucile Antonio di Matteo l\u00e4uft sich basssatt warm, und auch die russische Gilda Venera Protasova l\u00e4sst ihren dunkelgef\u00e4rbten, breiten Sopran mit sehr guter H\u00f6henagilit\u00e4t h\u00f6ren und ausschwingen. Muti l\u00e4chelt, korrigiert wenig. Auch mit den sechs schnell noch einstudieren Summ-Stimmen f\u00fcr den Wind im dritten Akt ist er happy. Nach zwei Stunden ist alles vorbei. Nur das Erinnerungsfoto mit und f\u00fcr das Orchester muss noch geschossen werden.<br \/>\nEndlich Zeit f\u00fcr ein wenig Hanami. Ich lasse mich durch die ber\u00fchmte Kirschbl\u00fctengasse im Ueno-Park treiben. Hier herrscht Rushhour, aber wie stets in Japan, bestens organisiert. Picknickbereiche, \u00fcbervoll frequentiert, sind ausgewiesen, alle paar Meter stehen tempor\u00e4re M\u00fcllstationen. Die Menschenstr\u00f6me laufen geordnet in zwei Richtungen. Manche junge Frauen haben extra schrille, buntverzierte Posier-Kimonos an, die sie zu begehrten Fotoobjekten machen. Zwischen den Zweigen ragen die Selfiesticks, \u00e4ltere Damen, die ebenfalls in dezenteren Kimonos vorbeitrippeln sch\u00fctteln nur den Kopf. Und am Lotosteich mit den braunen Pflanzenresten vom letzten Jahr ist in der Imbissbudenreihe am Tempelchen inzwischen auch Bratwurst der Renner. Nur Tintenfisch ist \u00e4hnlich gefragt.<br \/>\nAbends sind die B\u00e4ume dann auch noch rosa oder blau angestrahlt, eine unwirkliche Pracht. Doch jetzt str\u00f6mt es in den Bunka Kaikan. Am Eingang die obligatorischen Plastiks\u00e4cke mit den Klassikank\u00fcndigungen der n\u00e4chsten Monate. D\u00fcnn sieht es bei den fr\u00fcher so zahlreichen Operngastspielen aus, nur f\u00fcr zwei gibt es Prospekte: das Teatro Communale di Bologna und das Royal Opera House Covent Garden mit Antonio Pappano als Aush\u00e4ngeschild. Auch in Japan gibt es Satelliten\u00fcbertragung, und so mancher f\u00e4hrt inzwischen lieber gleich selbst nach Italien oder London, so viel teurer ist das auch nicht.<br \/>\nDieser \u201eRigoletto\u201c hat einen guten Lauf. Das Orchester, pr\u00e4zise, weich und doch knusprig im Klang, sehr differenziert in der Agogik und der Farbgebung, es ist zu bewundern. Oder das, was der effektive Riccardo Muti mit wenigen Proben und vielen Ratschl\u00e4gen aus ihm gemacht hat. Auch die S\u00e4nger sind nicht schlecht. Nur der Tenor, jetzt versucht er endlich auszusingen, hat einen Frosch im Hals. Muti schickt ihn mittendrin zum Trinken hinter die B\u00fchne, mit befeuchteter Kehle geht es besser. Aber wirklich gut ist es nicht. Hinterher beklagt sich Muti \u00fcber den Betrieb, der die S\u00e4nger allein l\u00e4sst, der sie verschlei\u00dft und dann wegschmei\u00dft. Wo sind heute noch die Teams an wirklich guten Assistenten und Korrepetitoren, die Fehler erkennen und dagegen angehen k\u00f6nnen?<br \/>\nDaf\u00fcr drehen auch die beiden Mezzos richtig auf, die jetzt rollengrecht als Maddalena eher freiz\u00fcgig gekleidete Daniela Pini, und selbst die Giovanna von Yumiko Kono mit ihren wenigen Einw\u00fcrfen. Der Rigoletto von Francesco Landolfi hat kein erzenes Organ, aber er wei\u00df zu gestalten und hat sich von Mut zu ein paar Subtilit\u00e4ten verf\u00fchren lassen. Venera Protasova singt jetzt eine so unschuldige wie verf\u00fchrerische, verzweifelte wie girrende Gilda, die k\u00f6nnte an jeder gro\u00dfen B\u00fchne bestehen \u2013 wenn sie sich aus ihrem Opernhaus in Kasan wegbewegen w\u00fcrde. Und auch der Monterone Ippei Mochizuki, kleiner K\u00f6rper f\u00fcr eine gewaltige Stimme, steht jetzt richtig, dass der Fluch auch an die Personen und nicht nur zum Publikum gerichtet ist.<br \/>\nPraxisschule italienische Oper, in Tokio hat sie fein funktioniert. Auch die vier jungen Dirigenten haben noch ihre sch\u00f6n verzierten Diplome vor dem vollen Saal bekommen. Werden sie Mutis Anmerkungen irgendwo anwenden k\u00f6nnen? Sie sind alle Anfang drei\u00dfig, da m\u00fcsste die Karriere eigentlich schon laufen. Riccardo Muti ist trotzdem zufrieden, sein Bem\u00fchen hat gefruchtet. \u201eIch hoffe, dass besonders die Musiker, die ja kaum Verdi-Erfahrung haben, die Saat weitertragen. Schlie\u00dflich gibt es ja genug lokale Opernkompanien, in denen sie auch spielen werden\u201c, fantasiert er hinterher beim obligatorischen Dinner in einem intimen, ganz der \u201eRigoletto\u201c-Kerntruppe vorbehaltenen Grilllokal an der Ginza. Bei Fisch und Shrimps, Beef und Shitake-Pilzen, Spargel, Ginko-Frucht und Sake wird schon an den n\u00e4chsten Akademie-Pl\u00e4nen gebastelt.<br \/>\nVorher aber war noch Autogrammstunde in der Bunka aikan. Eine Dreiviertelstunde lang, die Schlange ringelte sich wie beim Flughafen-Sicherheitscheck durchs Foyer. Einer wimmert \u00fcbergl\u00fccklich, die meisten l\u00e4cheln nur, wenn die Unterschrift auf CD-B\u00fcchlein, Platten und seinen B\u00fcchern prangt. Und dann, ganz zum Schluss, ist da noch das Tr\u00fcppchen fanatischer, aber netter Omis, die ihr Muti-Fan-Bettlaken enth\u00fcllen und das Gruppenbild stellen; auch die S\u00f6hne und die Schwiegertochter m\u00fcssen mit drauf. Muti l\u00e4sst es \u00fcber sich ergehen, und wir scherzen: \u201e1975 haben die wohl als Le Sorelle di Riccardo gestartet, jetzt sind sie Le Nonne di Muti.\u201c<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"text-align: right;\">Manuel Brug,\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"text-align: right;\">Brugs Klassiker<\/em><span style=\"text-align: right;\">, 2019, April 6<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>March 28, presents <em>Rigoletto<\/em> at the piano<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9062 gallery-columns-3 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https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2162-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Giordano Luc\u00e0, Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Antonio Di Matteo, Daniela Pini\n\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0631.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0631-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0631-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0631-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0631-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8912'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Giordano Luc\u00e0, Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Antonio Di Matteo, Daniela Pini\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0236.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0236-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0236-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0236-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0236-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Venera Protasova\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2246.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2246-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2246-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2246-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2246-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9011'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Venera Protasova\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Giordano Luc\u00e0, Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Antonio Di Matteo, Daniela Pini\n\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0412.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0412-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0412-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0412-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0412-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9003'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Giordano Luc\u00e0, Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Antonio Di Matteo, Daniela Pini\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0028.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0028-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0028-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0028-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0028-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0529.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0529-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0529-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0529-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0529-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0669.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0669-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0669-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0669-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC0669-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2352.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2352-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2352-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2352-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.28Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2352-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From March 29 to April 3, the rehearsals also took place at the University of the Arts in Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-9062 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Johannes Lohner\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.29Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2249.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.29Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2249-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.29Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2249-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.29Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2249-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.29Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC2249-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8888'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Johannes Lohner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Nodoka Okisawa\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8890'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Nodoka Okisawa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Samuel Seungwon Lee\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8892'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Samuel Seungwon Lee\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Samuel Seungwon Lee\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.05.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.05-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.05-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8894'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Samuel Seungwon Lee\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Johannes Lohner\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9026'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Johannes Lohner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Chiya Amos\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2585.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2585-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2585-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2585-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2585-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8896'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Chiya Amos\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Samuel Seungwon Lee\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_3481.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_3481-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_3481-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_3481-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_3481-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8898'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Samuel Seungwon Lee\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Samuel Seungwon Lee\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4435.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4435-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4435-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4435-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4435-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9018'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Samuel Seungwon Lee\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Rehearsal with singers\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4777.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4777-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4777-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4777-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4777-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9020'>\n\t\t\t\tRehearsal with singers\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Rehearsal with singers\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC5315.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC5315-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC5315-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC5315-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC5315-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9030'>\n\t\t\t\tRehearsal with singers\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4043.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4043-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4043-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4043-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4043-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Johannes Lohner\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2524.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2524-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2524-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2524-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_KO3_2524-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9024'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Johannes Lohner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Nodoka Okisawa\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4389.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4389-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4389-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4389-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4389-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9028'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Nodoka Okisawa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Chiya Amos\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_06873.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_06873-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_06873-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_06873-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_06873-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9032'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Chiya Amos\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Johannes Lohner\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9034'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Johannes Lohner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Samuel Seungwon Lee\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4550.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4550-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4550-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4550-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC4550-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9036'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Samuel Seungwon Lee\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Chiya Amos\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3227.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3227-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3227-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3227-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.03.30Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3227-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9038'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Chiya Amos\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Nodoka Okisawa\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_07278.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_07278-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_07278-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_07278-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.01Riccardo-Muti-Italian-Opera-Academy-in-TokyocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K1_07278-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9040'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Nodoka Okisawa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bunka Kaikan, final concert: <em>Rigoletto<\/em> in concert form<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-9062 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Giordano Luc\u00e0 and Antonio Di Matteo\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00528-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00528-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00528-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00528-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00528-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8941'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Giordano Luc\u00e0 and Antonio Di Matteo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01530-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01530-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01530-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01530-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01530-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti conducts the Tokyo Harusai Festival Orchestra\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00717-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00717-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00717-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00717-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_00717-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8943'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti conducts the Tokyo Harusai Festival Orchestra\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti with Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Giordano Luc\u00e0 and Antonio Di Matteo\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3461-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3461-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3461-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3461-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3461-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8953'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti with Francesco Landolfi, Venera Protasova, Giordano Luc\u00e0 and Antonio Di Matteo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3115-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3115-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3115-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3115-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3115-2-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Tokyo Bunka Kaikan \" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_SAW6630-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_SAW6630-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_SAW6630-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_SAW6630-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_SAW6630-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8963'>\n\t\t\t\tTokyo Bunka Kaikan \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3859-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3859-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3859-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3859-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3859-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3872-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3872-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3872-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3872-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3872-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01552-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01552-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01552-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01552-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01552-2-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8949'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3924-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3924-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3924-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3924-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3924-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8959'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01563-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01563-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01563-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01563-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01563-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8961'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3882-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3882-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3882-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3882-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3882-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8957'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and Koichi Suzuki, Spring Festival President\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and the President of the Spring Festival, Koichi Suzuki, award the diploma to Nodoka Okisawa\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3989.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3989-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3989-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3989-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Satoshi-Aoyagi_DSC3989-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8969'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and the President of the Spring Festival, Koichi Suzuki, award the diploma to Nodoka Okisawa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and the President of the Spring Festival, Koichi Suzuki, award the diploma to Johannes Lohner\" href='https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01593.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01593-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-8971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01593-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01593-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019.04.04RigolettocSpring-Festival-in-Tokyo_Koji-Iida_K2_01593-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-8971'>\n\t\t\t\tRiccardo Muti and the President of the Spring Festival, Koichi Suzuki, award the diploma to Johannes Lohner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"Riccardo Muti and the President of the Spring Festival, Koichi Suzuki, 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