For the first time the Wiener Philharmoniker took their place in the orchestra pit, outside of their own theatre. At the Alighieri they were led by Riccardo Muti for Così fan tutte under the very Neapolitan direction of Roberto de Simone. It was the first stage of the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy, with Don Giovanni and Nozze di Figaro, that Muti and the Viennese would complete a few years later. But the Festival knew no genre boundaries since Keith Jarrett’s great jazz music rocked the festival.

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