L'amour Des Trois Oranges – Opéra Nouvel de Lyon, Lyon

About this event

Directed by Laurent Pelly, who also designs the costumes, this new staging of Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges embraces the opera’s burlesque, satirical, and fairy‑tale spirit. The production channels the score’s vigorous unpredictability, letting the orchestra act like a character in its own right. Set designer Caroline Ginet and lighting designer Michel Le Borgne conjure a playful, highly theatrical world inspired by Carlo Gozzi’s commedia dell’arte. Under the baton of Dmitry Matvienko, the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon bring out the music’s driving energy and biting irony in a co‑production with the Théâtre des Champs‑Élysées.

Cast & creative

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  King of Clubs

  Piotr Micinski
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  The Prince

  Linard Vrielink
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  Conductor

  Dmitry Matvienko
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  Stage director

  Laurent Pelly
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  Costume designer

  Laurent Pelly
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  Set designer

  Caroline Ginet
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  Lighting designer

  Michel Le Borgne
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  Chorus Master

  Benedict Kearns
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  Composer

  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev
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  Librettist

  Vsevolod Meyerhold
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  Librettist

  Carlo Gozzi
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  Princess Clarice

  Lucie Roche
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  Leandro

  Damien Pass
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  Farfarello

  Damien Pass
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  Truffaldino

  Robert Lewis
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  Pantalone

  Marc Mauillon