Article: PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges

PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges

Piau, Shafajinskaja; Vernhes, Defontaine, Le Roux, Khomov, White; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Denève. Production: Pelly. Opus Arte OA 0957D, 144 mins., subtitled

This is an opera best seen live. Of course, one can say that about every opera, but certain ones really benefit from the live experience. Prokofiev's fairy tale, The Love for Three Oranges, amasses an absolute crowd onstage, invokes the commedia dell'arte tradition and calls for serious suspension of disbelief- all easier to take in when sitting in the theater. That said, this Nederlandse Opera production and the filming do an exceptional job of ...

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