Seems like fabulous old times as CSO, Riccardo Muti combine for familiar works

Seems like fabulous old times as CSO, Riccardo Muti combine for familiar works

Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti leads the CSO’s opening night concert of the 2023/24 season on Thursday night at Symphony Center.© Todd Rosenberg Photography When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra opened its 2023-24 season Thursday evening, it felt like déjà vu. Or a kind of pushing off the future, at least for the moment.Even though Riccardo Muti stepped down in June after 13 years as the orchestra’s music director, there he was ba…