The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago stages an opera which is based on a play by whom?
Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago: The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago was founded by Lithuanian emigrants in 1956, and presents operas in Lithuanian. Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago:  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. William Tell (opera):  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.
Friedrich Schiller