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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |