Adaptations include orchestral reductions (The Clever One by Carl Orff (17 Players), The Perfect American by Philip Glass), the creation of new stories within works (Maria de Buenos Aires), revised or new stories (Winterreise, The Fairy Queen, The Diary of Anne Frank), and new reduced stage versions (Macbeth by Ernest Bloch - 110 minute one act for 7 singers, Medea by Luigi Cherubini - 95 minute one act for 7 singers).
The production was staged and designed by COT general director Andreas Mitisek with his usual creativity and nods toward contemporary consciousness. The space was dominated by a huge, hammered metallic wall divided into segments by rivets, and bearing the emblem “Sic Semper Tyrannis.” ...it was a treat to welcome Lucio Silla to Chicago, and the enthusiastic audience was obviously glad that he finally made the trip.