Here is my Friday, October 15, 2010 Chicago Sun-Times and suntimes.com update on Riccardo Muti withdrawing from engagements with his Italian young professional orchestra as a part if his continuing recuperation.
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini with Riccardo Muti at Vienna's Musikverein
Muti withdraws from concerts with Cherubini Orchestra
Riccardo Muti appears to be following his doctors' orders.
In keeping with statements from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that the Italian conductor has been prescribed a month of "complete rest" at his home in Ravenna, management of Vienna's famed Musikverein concert hall announced Thursday that Muti has withdrawn from concerts there with his Luigi Cherubini Orchestra of younger musicians set for November 7 and 8.
Muti was to have led a three-city, four-concert tour with the Cherubini and the Vienna Singverein chorus and vocal soloists in works of Mozart, Haydn, and Rossini. Bertrand de Billy, until recently music director of the Vienna State Radio Orchestra, will substitute for Muti, according to the Musikverein website. On Friday, the website of the Cherubini Orchestra was updated to show de Billy as leading the November 4 and 5 concerts in Graz and Linz as well.
No announcements have been made as to whether November rehearsals or December performances with Muti scheduled at the Rome Opera have been effected.
Muti fell ill with intense stomach pains in Chicago almost two weeks ago and after canceling two weeks of CSO engagements and returning to Italy for medical observation was diagnosed with stress-induced physical exhaustion.
He is due back in Chicago for rehearsals and other duties in January 2011.
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