Among the top accomplishments for which Riccardo Muti will no doubt be remembered when he steps down as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s music director at the end of the 2022-23 season are the full-length concert performances of Giuseppe Verdi operas that he has overseen.
He has previously led four such presentations — “Otello” (2011), “Macbeth” (2013), “Falstaff” (2016) and “Aida” (2019) — and Thursday evening, he added a fifth, “Un ballo in maschera” as the finale of the orchestra’s 2021-22 subscription series.
