The Love for Three Oranges

For other uses, see The Love for Three Oranges (disambiguation).
L'amour des trois oranges
Satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev
At the Théâtre du Capitole, 1971
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)
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago

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 (‹See Tfd›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.