Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen

from Sergej Prokofjew


The Love for Three Oranges
Opera in a prologue and four acts

Libretto

Sergej Prokofjew (nach Carlo Gozzi)

Premiere

30 December 1921, Chicago (Auditorium)

Cast

KING OF CLUBS (bass)
THE PRINCE (tenor)
PRINCESS CLARICE (contralto)
LEANDRO (baritone)
TRUFFALDINO (tenor)
PANTALOON (baritone)
CHELIO (bass)
FATA MORGANA (soprano)
PRINCESS LINETTA (contralto)
PRINCESS NICOLETTA (mezzo-soprano)
PRINCESS NINETTA (soprano)
A GIGANTIC COOK (bass)
FARFARELLO (bass)
SMERALDINA (mezzo-soprano)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES (tenor)
HERALD (bass)
CHORUS OF THE RIDICOLOUS PEOPLE (tenor and bass)
CHORUS OF ADVOCATES (soprano, contralto, tenor, bass)
CHORUS LITTLE DEVILS (bass)

CHORUS
courtiers, monsters, drunkards, gluttpons, guards, servants, soldiers

Place

Time

Composer

Prokofjew, Sergej