LAmour des trois Oranges Prokofiev

LOpéra National de Paris production of LAmour des Trois Oranges must certainly be one of the most elaborate operatic presentations It has a cast of gazillions characters who fly jugglers fireeaters remarkably elaborate costumes amazingly realistic props those fivefoot oranges are convincingly juicy and edible looking a huge set fireworks and so on In fact at times it looks more like a Cirque de Soleil show than something youd see in an opera house Director Gilbert Deflos conception and William Orlandis costumes and sets are rooted in commedia dellarte but the production is thoroughly eclectic with allusions to a wonderfully weird assortment of styles and periods