Question: The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago stages an opera which is based on a play by whom?

Hillhouse Opera Company is a U.S. non-profit opera company that performs in the New Haven area of Connecticut.  Founded in 2008 by Victoria Leigh Gardner, Nicole Rodriguez and Jim Coatsworth, and based in New Haven, Connecticut, Hillhouse Opera Company has offered productions of "Alcina", "Don Giovanni", "Faust", "Così fan tutte" and "La Bohème".  It also stages opera scenes programs, master classes and concert series. <SEP> James Westman (born September 16, 1972) is a Canadian baritone known for his interpretation of the Verdi, Puccini and bel canto operatic repertoire, and particularly his signature role of Germont in "La traviata", which he has sung in over 150 performances, with opera companies such as San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Graz Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Los Angeles Opera, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Canadian Opera Company, Boston Lyric Opera, Cologne Opera, Vancouver Opera, English National Opera, San Diego Opera, Dallas Opera, Utah Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis.  On January 29, 2011 Westman created the lead role of Sandy Keith In the world premiere of Bramwell Tovey's The Inventor.  In 2017 he played Sir John A. MacDonald in Harry Somers's Louis Riel for the Canadian Opera Company's tribute to Canada's 150th celebrations.  As a recitalist, he has performed for the Marilyn Horne Foundation, Aldeburgh Connection, Aldeburgh Festival, Musikverein, Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Morgan Library & Museum, Koerner Hall, Carnegie Hall, Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, Stratford Summer Music, British Broadcasting Corporation, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  Westman first came to attention at the age of twelve when he was the first boy soprano to perform and record Mahler "4th Symphony" with Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in 1984.  Westman is regularly featured as the Anthem singer for the Toronto Maple Leafs and numerous other NHL franchises.  Four of Westman's recordings have been nominated for a Juno Award.  Two recordings nominated for a Grammy Award. <SEP>  Based on Friedrich Schiller's play "William Tell," which drew on the William Tell legend, the opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly forty more years. Guillaume Tell (English: William Tell , Italian: Guglielmo Tell ) is a French opera in four acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis.  Fabio Luisi said that Rossini planned for "William Tell" to be his last opera even as he composed it.  The overture, in four sections and featuring a depiction of a storm as well as a vivacious finale, the "March of the Swiss Soldiers," is often played. <SEP>  It celebrated fifty years of existence in 2006, and operates as a not-for-profit organization.  It is noteworthy for performing the rarely staged Rossini's "William Tell" (1986) and Ponchielli's "I Lituani" (1981, 1983 and 1991), and also for contributing experienced chorus singers to the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago was founded by Lithuanian emigrants in 1956, and presents operas in Lithuanian.