Riccardo Muti Halts Chicago Symphony Concert Because He Just Couldn’t Stand The Coughing Anymore

“Maestro Muti stopped a performance of Chant sur la Mort de Joseph Haydn, Luigi Cherubini’s funeral cantata for the Austrian composer, dead in its tracks, and one audience member told the Tribune they thought he said ‘it’s impossible’ while another said they thought he uttered an expletive. A CSO spokeswoman would not comment on what he said.”