Mitisek then takes apart the opera, adapting Purcell’s music to fit new circumstances and a completely new theatrical structure. His cutup rearranges, revises, reorders and reduces Purcell’s score. The occasional Dryden line is retained, but much of the sung text is new. Five acts become a single uninterrupted one under two hours.
For his part, Mitisek leads a musically excellent performance and, in yet another of his hats, contributes effectively goofy video imagery.
Productions
TITLE | COMPOSER | COMPANY | YEAR |
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The Fairy Queen | Henry Purcell | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2017 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2016 | ||
The Death of Klinghoffer | John Adams | Long Beach Opera | 2014 |
Nixon in China | John Adams | ||
Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1997 | ||
Arena di Verona | 2008 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2010 | ||
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky | John Adams | Long Beach Opera | 2014 |
Candide | Leonard Bernstein | Long Beach Opera | 2016 |
The Second Mrs. Kong | Harrison Birtwistle | Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1996 |
Macbeth | Ernest Bloch | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2103 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2014 | ||
Der Reigen | Philippe Boesmans | Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1997 |
Death in Venice | Benjamin Britten | Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1994 |
Marilyn Forever | Gavin Bryars | Long Beach Opera | 2015 |
The Paper Nautilus | Gavin Bryars | Long Beach Opera | 2012 |
Medea | Luigi Cherubini | Long Beach Opera | 2011 |
The Invention of Morel | Stewart Copeland | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2017 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2018 | ||
Tell Tale Heart | Stewart Copeland | Long Beach Opera | 2013 |
The Lighthouse | Peter Maxwell Davies | Long Beach Opera | 2020 |
The Central Park Five | Anthony Davis | Long Beach Opera | 2019 |
Queenie Pie | Duke Ellington | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2014 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2014 | ||
Oedipe | George Enescu | Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1993 |
The Diary Of Anne Frank | Grigori Frid | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2007, 2009 | ||
Austin Chamber Music Festival | 2007 | ||
Irvine Barclay Theater in Irvine | 2010 | ||
Akhnaten | Philip Glass | Long Beach Opera | 2011 |
Hotel Of Dreams / The Sound Of A Voice | Philip Glass | Long Beach Opera | 2006 |
Hydrogen Jukebox | Philip Glass | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2015 | ||
The Fall Of The House Of Usher | Philip Glass | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2013 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2013 | ||
The Perfect American | Philip Glass | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2017 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2017 | ||
Ainadamar | Osvaldo Golijov | Long Beach Opera | 2012 |
Orpheus and Euridice | Ricky Ian Gordon | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2008, 2010 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2013 | ||
Van Gogh | Michael Gordon | Long Beach Opera | 2013 |
A Coffin in Egypt | Ricky Ian Gordon | Chicago Opera Theater | 2015 |
Frankenstein!! | Heinz K. Gruber | Long Beach Opera | 2008 |
Semele | George Frederic Handel | Long Beach Opera | 2004 |
The News | JacobTV | Long Beach Opera | 2016 |
As One | Laura Kaminsky/Mark Campbell/Kimberly Reed | Long Beach Opera | 2017 |
The Good Soldier Schweik | Robert Kurka | Long Beach Opera | 2010 |
The Difficulty of Crossing a Field | David Lang | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2011 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2014 | ||
King Gesar | Peter Lieberson | Long Beach Opera | 2103 |
Le Grand Macabre | György Ligeti | Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1994 |
The Love Potion (Le Vin Herbé) | Frank Martin | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2016 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2018 | ||
Tears of a Knife | Bohuslav Martinu | Long Beach Opera | 2012 |
Malakut | Nader Mashayeki | Wien Modern | 1997 |
The Consul | Gian Carlo Menotti | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2017 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2017 | ||
Lucio Silla | Wolfgang A. Mozart | Chicago Opera Theater | 2015 |
No Mozart | Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, Arvo Pärt | Long Beach Opera | 2006 |
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat | Michael Nyman | Long Beach Opera | 2012 |
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, Vienna/Austria | 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 | ||
La Voix Humaine | Francis Poulenc | Long Beach Opera | 2016 |
La Voix Humaine | Francis Poulenc | Chicago Opera Theater | 2016 |
Les mamelles de Tirésias | Francis Poulenc | Long Beach Opera | 2010 |
Gianni Schicchi | Giacomo Puccini | Chicago Opera Theater | 2016 |
King Arthur - Redux | Henry Purcell | Long Beach Opera | 2020 |
Das Schloss | Aribert Reimann | Wiener Operntheater, Vienna/Austria | 1996 |
Frida | Robert Xavier Rodriguez | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2017 | ||
Anchorage Opera | 2020 | ||
Portland Opera | 2021 | ||
Winterreise / Werther | Franz Schubert / J. W. von Goethe | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2005, 2007 | ||
Austin Chamber Music Festival | 2008 | ||
Moscow, Cherry Town | Dimitri Shostakovich | Long Beach Opera | 2011 |
Fallujah | Tobin Stokes / Heather Raffo | ||
New York City Opera | 2016 | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2016 | ||
Die Schweigsame Frau (Silent Woman) | Richard Strauss | Long Beach Opera | 2004 |
Enoch Arden | Richard Strauss | Long Beach Opera | 2008 |
Salome | Richard Strauss | ||
Austin Opera | 1999 | ||
Opera Philadelphia | 2000 | ||
An American Soldier's Tale | Igor Stravinsky | Long Beach Opera | 2014 |
The Emperor Of Atlantis | Viktor Ullmann | ||
Long Beach Opera | 2009 | ||
Chicago Opera Theater | 2014 | ||
Joan of Arc | Giuseppe Verdi | Chicago Opera Theater | 2012 |
Montezuma | Antonio Vivaldi | Long Beach Opera | 2009 |
The Ring of the Nibelung | Richard Wagner | Long Beach Opera | 2006 |
The Threepenny Opera | Kurt Weill | Long Beach Opera | 2005 |