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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera
ⓘ
satirical opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Carlo Gozzi’s play "L’amore delle tre melarance" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 33 ⓘ |
| character |
Fata Morgana
NERFINISHED
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Princess Linetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Nicoletta NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Ninetta NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ The King of Clubs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Truffaldino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Chicago Opera Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Sergei Prokofiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceConductor | Sergei Prokofiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRussianPremiereCity | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRussianPremiereYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy-tale opera
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opera ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian commedia dell’arte ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Sergei Prokofiev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vera Janacopoulos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | The Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
"March"
NERFINISHED
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"Scherzo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableExcerpt | "March" from "The Love for Three Oranges" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
sharp humor
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vibrant score ⓘ whimsical fairy-tale plot ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteArrangedBy | Sergei Prokofiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteTitle | Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguagePremiere | French ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1921-12-30 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Auditorium Theatre, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a fantastical kingdom ⓘ |
| structure |
four acts
ⓘ
ten scenes ⓘ |
| style | modernist ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | parody of operatic and fairy-tale conventions ⓘ |
| suiteCatalogNumber | Op. 33bis ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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ironic ⓘ |
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