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The Love for Three Oranges
A performance of Prokofiev's opera produced by Peter Ustinov and given last year at the Bolshoi Theatre,
Moscow. Based on a tale by Carlo Gozzi , the plot concerns a prince who is dying of melancholy until he is cured after laughing at the witch Fata Morgana. She curses him to fall in love with three oranges. Sung in Russian.
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Peter Feranets

Contributors

Produced By:
Peter Ustinov
Unknown:
Carlo Gozzi
Conductor:
Peter Feranets
King of Clubs:
Vladimir Matorin (bass)
Prince:
Sergei Gaydei (tenor)
Princess Clarice:
Marina Shutova (mezzo)
Leander:
Yuri Vedeneyev (baritone)
Truffaidino:
Vyacheslav Voynorovsky (tenor)
Pantalone:
Andrei Spekhov (baritone)
Celio:
Alexander Naumenko (baritone)
Fata Morgana:
Olga Kurzhumova (soprano)
Linerta:
Evgenia Gusseva (mezzo)
Nicoletta:
Ekaterina Golovyova (mezzo)
Ninetta:
Svetlana Trifonova (soprano)
Cook:
Vassily Kirnos (bass)
Farfarello:
Vladimir Krasov (bass)
Smeraldina:
Margarita Maruna (mezzo)
Master of ceremonies:
Oleg Bikhtimirov (tenor)
Herald:
Guram Kvitsinia (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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