The Love for Three Oranges

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The Love for Three Oranges is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev, known for its whimsical fairy-tale plot, sharp humor, and vibrant, modernist score.

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instanceOf opera
satirical opera
basedOn Carlo Gozzi’s play "L’amore delle tre melarance"
catalogNumber Op. 33
character Fata Morgana
Princess Linetta
linked to: Princess Ninetta

Princess Nicoletta
linked to: Princess Ninetta

Princess Ninetta
The Cook
The King of Clubs
The Prince
Truffaldino
linked to: Truffaldin
commissionedBy Chicago Opera Association
composer Sergei Prokofiev
countryOfOrigin Russia
firstPerformanceConductor Sergei Prokofiev
firstRussianPremiereCity Leningrad
firstRussianPremiereYear 1926
genre fairy-tale opera
opera
satire
influencedBy Italian commedia dell’arte
language French
librettist Sergei Prokofiev
Vera Janacopoulos
mainCharacter The Prince
movement "March"
"Scherzo"
linked to: Scherzo
notableExcerpt "March" from "The Love for Three Oranges"
notableFor sharp humor
vibrant score
whimsical fairy-tale plot
orchestralSuiteArrangedBy Sergei Prokofiev
orchestralSuiteTitle Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges"
originalLanguagePremiere French
period 20th-century music
premiereCity Chicago
premiereCountry United States
premiereDate 1921-12-30
premierePlace Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
setting a fantastical kingdom
structure four acts
ten scenes
style modernist
subjectMatter parody of operatic and fairy-tale conventions
suiteCatalogNumber Op. 33bis
tone comic
ironic

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Sergei Prokofiev notableWork The Love for Three Oranges
The Love for Three Oranges basedOn Carlo Gozzi’s play "L’amore delle tre melarance"
linked to: The Love for Three Oranges
The Love for Three Oranges orchestralSuiteTitle Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges"
linked to: The Love for Three Oranges
Darko Tresnjak directed The Love for Three Oranges