L'Opéra National de Paris' production of L'Amour des trois oranges must certainly be one of the most elaborate operatic presentations. It has a cast of gazillions, characters who fly, jugglers, fire-eaters, remarkably elaborate costumes, amazingly realistic props (those five-foot 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 you'd see in an opera house. Director Gilbert Deflo's conception and William Orlandi's costumes and sets are rooted in commedia dell'arte, but the production is thoroughly eclectic, with allusions to a wonderfully weird assortment of styles and periods.
Gilbert Deflo
Director
Charles Workman
le Prince
Hannah Esther Minutillo
Guillaume Antoine
Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Fata Morgana
José van Dam
Tchélio
Aleksandra Zamojska
Victor von Halem
Lucia Cirillo
Sméraldine
David Bizic
le Héraut
Notre-Dame de Paris82%
Maria64%
Quai des Orfèvres75%
Gazon maudit60%
Design for Living71%
Paris Can Wait58%
À trois, on y va59%
The Phantom of the Opera72%
Paris, je t'aime67%
Good Grief61%
Paris nous appartient67%
A Night at the Opera74%
Les Valseuses66%
Aurore61%
The Three Musketeers63%
Tournée63%
La fille de son père60%
Sorgoï Prakov67%
Passages63%
La Règle du jeu74%
