Mitisek is a sort of genius actually – in this case (1) designing a set which is here and there made up of little more than bunk beds, assorted props, paper scrolls, ink markers and silhouette projections; (2) stage directing the actors all over every conceivable available space; (3) adapting the orchestration and other elements of the works themselves to fit his needs; and (4) conducting the orchestra and singers. He could probably take the Queen Mary out to sea if he wanted to. He’s also charming.
Repertoire
TITLE | COMPOSER | COMPANY | YEAR |
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Nixon in China | John Adams | ||
Wiener Operntheater | 1997 | ||
Arena di Verona | 2008 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2010 | ||
The Death of Klinghoffer | John Adams | Long Beach Opera | 2014 |
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky | John Adams | Long Beach Opera | 2014 |
Bluebeard's Castle | Béla Bartók | Long Beach Opera | 1999 |
Jane Eyre | Michael Berkeley | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | 2006 |
The Second Mrs. Kong | Harrison Birtwistle | Wiener Operntheater | 1996 |
Der Reigen | Philippe Boesmans | Wiener Operntheater | 1997 |
Death in Venice | Benjamin Britten | Wiener Operntheater | 1994 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Benjamin Britten | Wiener Volksoper | 1998, 1999 |
The Imaginary Invalid | Marc Antoine Charpentier | Long Beach Opera | 1999 |
The Invention of Morel | Stewart Copeland | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2017 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2018 | ||
Volo Di Notte | Luigi Dallapiccola | Long Beach Opera | 2000 |
Oedipe | George Enescu | Wiener Operntheater | 1993 |
The Diary Of Anne Frank | Grigori Frid | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2007, 2009 | ||
Austin Chamber Music Festival | 2007 | ||
Irvine Barclay Theater in Irvine | 2010 | ||
The Fall Of The House Of Usher | Philip Glass | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2013 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2013 | ||
Akhnaten | Philip Glass | Long Beach Opera | 2011 |
The Perfect American | Philip Glass | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2017 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2017 | ||
Hotel Of Dreams / The Sound Of A Voice | Philip Glass | Long Beach Opera | 2006 |
Orfeo ed Euridice | Willibald Gluck | Komische Oper Berlin | 2000 |
Faust | Charles Gounod | Austin Opera | 2001 |
Frankenstein!! | Heinz K. Gruber | Long Beach Opera | 2008 |
Semele | George Frederic Handel | Long Beach Opera | 2004 |
Giulio Cesare | George Frederic Handel | Wiener Musikverein | |
The News | JacobTV | Long Beach Opera | 2016 |
The Cunning little Vixen | Leoš Janáček | Long Beach Opera | 2009 |
Jenufa | Leoš Janáček | Long Beach Opera | 2002 |
As One | Kaminsky/Campbell/Reed | Anchorage Opera | 2018 |
As One | Laura Kaminsky/Mark Campbell/Kimberly Reed | Long Beach Opera | 2017 |
The Good Soldier Schweik | Robert Kurka | Long Beach Opera | 2010 |
Giuditta | Franz Lehar | Wiener Volksoper | 1998 |
Countess Maritza | Franz Lehar | German Tour | |
Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Hawaii Opera Theater | 2001 |
Le Grand Macabre | György Ligeti | Wiener Operntheater | 1994 |
Tears of a Knife | Bohuslav Martinu | Long Beach Opera | 2012 |
La Cavalleria Rusticana | Pietro Mascagni | Hawaii Opera Theater | 2001 |
Malakut | Nader Mashayeki | Wien Modern | 1997 |
Joruri | Minoru Miki | Tokyo Opera | 2006 |
Der Bettelstudent | Carl Millöcker | German Tour | |
Così fan tutte | Wolfgang A. Mozart | Seattle Opera | 2005 |
Le nozze di Figaro | Wolfgang A. Mozart | ||
Hawaii Opera Theater | 2001 | ||
Yale Opera | |||
Don Giovanni | Wolfgang A. Mozart | ||
Seattle Opera | 2007 | ||
Orlando Opera | |||
The Abduction From the Seraglio | Wolfgang A. Mozart | Wiener Operntheater | 1999 |
La Clemenza di Tito | Wolfgang A. Mozart | Wiener Konzerthaus | 1989 |
No Mozart | Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, Arvo Pärt | Long Beach Opera | 2006 |
La Périchole | Jacques Offenbach | Long Beach Opera | 2003 |
The Clever One | Carl Orff | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2009 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2014 | ||
Camelia La Tejana: Only The Truth | Gabriela Ortiz | Long Beach Opera | 2013 |
The Devils of Loudon | Kristof Penderecki | Wiener Operntheater | 1995 |
Maria de Buenos Aires | Astor Piazzolla / Horacio Ferrer | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2012 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2013 | ||
Thérèse Raquin | Tobias Picker | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2015 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2015 | ||
Les mamelles de Tirésias | Francis Poulenc | Long Beach Opera | 2010 |
Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Orlando Opera | |
Il Tabarro | Giacomo Puccini | Long Beach Opera | 2000 |
Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | Orlando Opera | |
The Indian Queen | Henry Purcell | Long Beach Opera | 1998 |
Das Schloss | Aribert Reimann | Wiener Operntheater | 1996 |
Moscow, Cherry Town | Dimitri Shostakovich | Long Beach Opera | 2011 |
Die Fledermaus | Johann Strauss | ||
San Sebastian Festival, Spain | 1999 | ||
Komische Oper Berlin | 1999, 2000 | ||
La Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia | 2004 | ||
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | 2009 | ||
Elektra | Richard Strauss | Long Beach Opera | 2001 |
Die Schweigsame Frau (Silent Woman) | Richard Strauss | Long Beach Opera | 2004 |
Salome | Richard Strauss | ||
Austin Opera | 1999 | ||
Opera Philadelphia | 2000 | ||
The Rake's Progress | Igor Stravinsky | Vancouver Opera | 2001 |
Eugene Onegin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||
Seattle Opera | 2002 | ||
Teatro Municipal de Santiago | 2006 | ||
The Emperor Of Atlantis | Viktor Ullmann | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2009 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2014 | ||
Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi | Austin Opera | 2003 |
Nabucco | Giuseppe Verdi | ||
La forza del destino | Giuseppe Verdi | Theater Würzburg | |
Montezuma | Antonio Vivaldi | Long Beach Opera | 2009 |
The Ring of the Nibelung | Richard Wagner | Long Beach Opera | 2006 |
Der Freischütz | Carl Maria von Weber | Seattle Opera | 1999 |
The Threepenny Opera | Kurt Weill | Long Beach Opera | 2005 |