Prokofiev – L’Amour des Trois Oranges
Opéra National de Paris – Bastille, Saturday December 17 2005 Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling. Production: Gilbert Deflo. Sets and costumes: William Orlandi. Le Roi de Trèfle: Philippe Rouillon. Le Prince: Charles Workman. La Princesse Clarice: Hannah Esther Minutillo. Léandre: Guillaume Antoine. Trouffaldino: Barry Banks. Pantalon: Jean-Luc Ballestra. Tchélio: José Van Dam. Fata Morgana: Béatrice Uria-Monzon. Linette: Natacha Constantin. Nicolette: Letitia Singleton. Ninette: Aleksandra Zamojska. La Cuisinière: Victor von Halem. Farfarello Jean-Sébastien Bou. Le Héraut: David Bizic. Orchestra and chorus of the Opéra National de Paris. Christmas fare in Paris: three oranges and a turkey It isn’t easy putting on the Christmas show at the Opéra National. You need something festive for the families (for instance, three years back the ballet choice was Ivan the Terrible ). But it has to be in good enough taste to satisfy the local aesthetes, for whom Paris remains the world’s arbiter ...