The Love for Three Oranges

L'amour des trois oranges
Satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev
Native title
  • L'amour des trois oranges
LibrettistProkofiev
LanguageFrench
Based onL'amore delle tre melarance
by Carlo Gozzi
Premiere
30 December 1921 (1921-12-30)

L'amour des trois oranges, Op. 33, is a 1921 satirical French-language opera by Sergei Prokofiev. He wrote his own libretto, basing it on the Italian play L'amore delle tre melarance, or The Love for Three Oranges (Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам Lyubov k tryom apyelsinam) by Carlo Gozzi, and conducted the premiere, which took place at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on 30 December 1921.