The collection of great conductors was enriched with new names: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Seiji Ozawa, Myung-Whun Chung … and of course Riccardo Muti, the “local” conductor, leading a new production of Norma, and shining over the ancient mosaics of Sant’Apollinare in Classe with the expressive, powerful notes of Verdi’s Requiem.

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