“Rustioni belongs to the old style of conductors that take music and operas very, very seriously,” the 81-year-old Muti said from his home in Ravenna, Italy. “He’s a very good conductor and a serious musician — I underline the word serious because I see that today many conductors don’t concentrate, especially in operas, and they are not prepared. They don’t know anything about the vocal technique, about composition, and just they move the arms.”
Read the full interview and profile by Ronald Blum here: https://apnews.com/article/rustioni-metropolitan-opera-conductor-lyon-ulster-3d9af1d8764f708e12af6607dc76367f