Organization

Singer

Bass

Alexei Tanovitski

King of Clubs

Tenor

Andrei Ilyushnikov

The Prince

Contralto

Nadezhda Serdjuk

Princess Clarice

Baritone

Eduard Tsanga

Leandro

Kirill Dushechkin

Truffaldino

Vladislav Sulimsky

Pantalone

Pavel Shmulevich

Tchelio

Soprano

Ekaterina Shimanovich

Fata Morgana

Natalia Grushko

Linetta

Mezzo-soprano

Natalia Yevstafieva

Nicoletta

Julia Smorodina

Ninetta

Yuri Vorobiev

Cook

Alexander Gerassimov

Farfarello

Ekaterina Tsenter

Smeraldina

Wojciek Ziarnik

The Herald

Conductor

Tugan Sokhiev

Stage director

Philippe Calvario

Set designer

Jean-Marc Stehlé

Costume designer

Aurore Popineau

Lighting designer

Bertrand Couderc

Chorus master

Joshard Daus

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Sophie Tellier

Juan Noval-Moro

Master of Ceremonies

Michel Fau

La Diva

Choreographer

Others

EuropaChorAkademie

Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Russian

L'Amour Des Trois Oranges

Aix-en-Provence

France

Grand Saint-Jean

The Love for Three Oranges by S. Prokofiev, from Aix-en-Provence Festival, performed at Aix-en-Provence Festival, 2004. Directed by Philippe Calvario, conductor Tugan Sokhiev, starring Alexey Tanovitsky, Andrey Ilyushnikov, Nadezhda Serdjuk, Eduard Tsanga, Kirill Dushechkin, Vladislav Sulimsky, Pavel Schmulevich, Ekaterina Shimanovich, Sophie Tellier, Natasha Yevstafieva, Julia Smorodina, Yuriy Vorobiev.

A fairytale-like production of Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev and directed by Philippe Calvario, at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2004.

After his successful visit in the United States in 1918, Prokofiev received a commission to compose an opera from the director of the Chicago Opera Association, Cleofonte Campanini. The result of this commission was The Love for Three Oranges, a satirical opera drawing its inspiration from Carlo Gozzi's play published in 1761. It is thanks to the avant-garde stage director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, that Prokofiev discovered Gozzi's work. Inspired by this play in which many plots are intertwined, several fairy characters appear, having all the 'Commedia dell'Arte's' features, Prokofiev composed a spirited musical accompaniment on a libretto written by himself in Russian. The premiere took place at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois, on the 30th of December 1921, in French.

With this production of The Love for Three Oranges at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2004, Philippe Calvario made his début as a stage director. As this video bears witness, the set designs, the costumes and the actors' playing – and especially Andrei Iliouchnikov's performance, give a perfect rendition of this burlesque opera filled with slapstick comedic moments. The young Tugan Sokhiev, a former pupil of Valery Gergiev, conducts here the musicians throughout this frenzied performance.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble