Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)
L'Amour des trois oranges (1919)
opera in four acts, ten tableaux and a prologue
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1919
- Duration: 2 h
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 33
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Libretto (details, author):
Livret de Vsevolod Meyerhold, Vladimir Soloviov et Constantine Vogak d’après Carlo Gozzi ; version française de Véra Janacopoulos et le compositeur.
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Composition date:
1919
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
- soloists: 3 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 violas, 3 tenors, 2 baritones, 5 bass voices
- 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, percussion, 2 harp, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
30 December 1921
Location:États-Unis, Chicago, Chicago Opera
Performers:Édouard Cotreuil, basse (Le Roi), José Mojica, ténor (Le Prince), Irène Pavloska, alto (Clarice), William Beck, baryton (Léandre), Octave Dua, ténor (Truffaldino), Désiré Defrère, baryton (Pantalon), Hector Dufranne, basse (Celio), Nina Koshetz, soprano (Fata Morgana), James Wolf, basse (Farfarello), Jeanne Schneider, soprano (Sméraldine), sous la direction de Serge Prokofiev.
Observations
Voir l'opéra : https://medias.ircam.fr/xaca8a1 (Kent Nagano, direction)