Shortly after forming Giants Are Small in 2007, the trio entered into an agreement with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to present an adaptation of Peter and the Wolf at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Working with filmmaker Kitao Sakurai, Fitch developed a toy theater employing hundreds of puppets, drawings and miniature landscapes – a low-tech, hand-made little world enhanced with digital imagery created by Kasumi.

In 2010, Giants Are Small created a production of György Ligeti’s absurdist opera Le Grand Macabre with the New York Philharmonic, directed by Doug Fitch (who also designed the set), conducted by Alan Gilbert and produced by Edouard Getaz.

In 2011, Giants Are Small and the New York Philharmonic paired again to present a new production of Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, directed by Doug Fitch (who also designed the costumes and co-designed the set with Skip Mercier), conducted by Alan Gilbert and produced by Edouard Getaz.

The show was choreographed by Karole Armitage and featured a large cast, including Isabel Bayrakdarian, Alan Opie, Melissa Parks and the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus.

[13] The show included two works by Igor Stravinsky, The Fairy's Kiss (original title: Le baiser de la fée) and Petrushka, as well as one excerpt of Louis Durey's Neige.

[14] The production featured a mix of music, live filmmaking and puppetry, and ballet; it illustrated the journey of a young ballerina who gets caught in the story of her own imagination; as she realizes her desire to become a great dancer, she progressively loses her ability to have an ordinary life as the demons of ambition and love claim her as their subservient subject.

[16] Focused on the theme of “The Death of Privacy,” the event included singers Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo, Broadway director Doug Hughes, Swiss performance artist Clarina Bezzola, dancer/choreographer Craig Salstein.

Presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May–June, 2014 as part of the New York Philharmonic Biennale, Gloria: A Pig Tale was directed and by Doug Fitch, and produced by Edouard Getaz; Alan Gilbert conducted the Juilliard School’s Axiom Ensemble.

[33] Over the years, Giants Are Small has developed an ongoing relationship with New York Philharmonic's Music Director and conductor Alan Gilbert, which has led to five collaborations Le Grand Macabre, The Cunning Little Vixen, A Dancer's Dream, Gloria: A Pig Tale, and Petrushka).

Giants Are Small collaborated with costume designer Catherine Zuber for their production of Le Grand Macabre,[37] and choreographer Karole Armitage for The Cunning Little Vixen and A Dancer's Dream.

[38] Artists with whom Giants Are Small have collaborated with include dancer Sara Mearns, rock musicians Alice Cooper and Campino, conductor Alexander Shelley, and music producer Sid McLauchlan.