A direct relay of the new Opera North production of Prokofiev's opera from the Grand Theatre, Leeds in a new English translation by DAVID LLOYD JONES. A Prince is dying of melancholy. He is cured by laughing at the witch, Fata
Morgana, and she curses him to fall in love with three oranges and pursue them to the ends of the earth.... (bass) (tenor) (tenor) (baritone) (baritone) (contralto) (bass) (soprano) (soprano) (bass) (bass)
Princesses in the three oranges: * (soprano) (mezzo-soprano) (soprano) (baritone)
OPERA NORTH CHORUS chorusmaster ANTHONY JENNER
ENGLISH NORTHERN PHILHARMONIA led by DAVID GREED conducted by DAVID LLOYD-JONES Before the curtain rises
Chris de Souza talks to Richard Jones about the surreal look of this production, with scenery by the Quay Brothers and costumes by Sue Blane.
7.15 Prologue, Acts 1 and 2 8.15* During the interval, conductor David Lloyd-Jones talks to the composer's son, Oleg Prokofiev ,
8.35* Acts 3 and 4 (In association with Friends of Opera North)