B4

Tom Stoppard –The Love For Three Oranges

(adapted by Tom Stoppard from the French original ‘L’Amour Des Trois Oranges’ by Serge Prokofiev)

B4 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Chandos Records. Published 2005. Paperback booklet with double CD set. 92 pages numbered 3-94. Pages 124mm x 139mm. Front: orange with in white ‘the love for | three Oranges’ and down the left side in black on grey ‘Prokofiev’. Catalogue number CHAN 10347(2).

Note 1: A recording of Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House in February 2005. The booklet accompanying the CD set includes the complete lyrics by Stoppard.

Note 2: The opera with lyrics written by Tom Stoppard for the Glyndebourne Touring Company was first performed in October 1983.  The opera programme does not include Stoppard’s lyrics and neither does the book about the Glyndebourne production (with sets designed by Maurice Sendak and directed by Frank Corsaro).

See photos below.

Theatrical Performances

UK Premiere: 6th and 7th October 1983 at Glyndebourne, UK; followed by touring performances in Plymouth, Oxford, Southampton, Norwich and Nottingham during October and November 1983.