Riccardo Muti, an internationally renowned conductor and has been the Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since the 2010-11 season and continues to do both domestic and international nternational tours. His highlyhonored career includes: Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music since 1981; Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE in 2000; and Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur in 2010.  In 2011, Muti was awarded Russia's Order of Friendship. He is considered one of the world's greatest conductors of the operas of  Guiseppe Verdi.

Mask designed by Eve Ozer

Eve Ozer wanted to imbue the face with a Venetian masquerade feeling. She accomplished this with rich purple, blue, orange, and gold tones. The mask was created from sheet music and lace. The lower left of the face has music notes transferred on to the surface, then glazed with iridescent orange and buff wax.