Review: CSO and Mäkelä present a theatrical “Harold in Italy"

Incoming music director Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and violist Antoine Tamestit at Symphony Center in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg)

By Hannah Edgar | For the Chicago Tribune

PUBLISHED: October 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM CDT | UPDATED: October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM CDT

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Review: CSO and Mäkelä present a theatrical ‘Harold in Italy’ that the composer would have loved

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