L'amour des trois oranges [videorecording] : opéra en quatre actes avec prologue / composer, Sergej Prokofjev ; libretto, Sergej Prokofjev, based on Carlo Gozzi ; from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Opus Arte,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (21 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Alain Vernhes (King of Clubs) ; Martial Defontaine (Prince) ; François Le Roux (Léandre) ; Serghei Khomov (Trouffaldino) ; Sandrine Piau (Ninette) ; Anna Shafajinskaja (Fata Morgana) ; Sir Willard White (Tchélio) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra ; Stéphane Denève, conductor. Recorded in performance in 2005. Program notes in English, French and German in container. Extra features: Introduction including interviews with principal members of the cast and the artistic team ; Illustrated synopsis ; Cast gallery.
Summary:
The story of a doleful hypochondriac prince, who can only be cured through laughter. When he breaks into hysterics at the expense of the evil witch Fata Morgana, she curses him. His fate is to fall in love with three oranges.
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