S. Prokofiev - The Love For Three Oranges Suite (complete). Part 1.

Louis de Froment conducting the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, a very good interpretation! Part 1 of 2.

The Love for Three Oranges is an opera composed in 1919 by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto based on the play L'Amore delle tre melarance by Carlo Gozzi.

The play itself is based on Giambattista Basile's fairy tale "The Love for Three Oranges" (#408 in the Aarne-Thompson classification system). The absurd story is in the Commedia dell'Arte tradition, and concerns a young prince, cursed by a wicked witch and forced to voyage into distant lands in search of three oranges, each of which contains a princess. The libretto was adapted by Prokofiev and Vera Janacopoulos from Vsevolod Meyerhold's translation of Gozzi's play. The adaptation modernized some of the Commedia dell'Arte influences and also introduced a healthy dose of Surrealism. At its première, the opera was sung in French, as L'Amour des trois oranges.

The best-known piece in the opera is the "March." It is a popular orchestral selection, and was used by CBS in the series The FBI in Peace and War that was broadcast 1944-1958.

The opera was given its premiere performance on December 30, 1921 at the Chicago Opera, with the composer himself conducting. It has become Prokofiev's most widely performed opera, having entered the standard repertoire of many opera companies.

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[NLPsucks]

The more i listen to Prokofiev, the more it seems to me, Star War creators are cheats and thiefs!

[gregapage]

@NLPsucks

It's interesting you say that. In an interview, John Williams (composed the Star Wars score) said he was greatly influenced by Soviet music like this. Especially Dmitry Shostakovich's symphonic work.

[Nobodyknowsme021]

Incredibly epic piece! Very consistent in mood,

[Osteomorphis]

I am interested in this piece literally because of its title.

[MosOdd]

6:00 undisputedly the best part

[apollonianclockwork]

Great piece but messy performance.

[othmarschoeck]

@TFreckle Also, listen to the last movement from Dvorak's "Dumky" Trio. At the climax, the cello comes in out of nowhere and plays the E. T. theme.

[ChicagoTheory]

Was it Williams who "composed" the Superman music, too? He stole some of that music from Beethoven's Eighth Symphony, I believe.

[Ozkhar25]

@NLPsucks lol yeah,but I would say they are rather influenced by his work ;)

[EDGJZConglomerate]

@NLPsucks I have just recently noticed the similarities between the styles between Williams and Prokofiev as well. If you listen to the soundtrack for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, you can hear the influence of Prokofiev everywhere.

[jaykay2003]

@NLPsucks

Prokofiev  "inspired" them all.....

[Tuck213]

@PuissantAlgernon That's so true ^^