Three Loves for Three Oranges

This impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated book gathers together scholars from several countries, disciplines, and research interests to illuminate a seminal work of Modernist theatre and music: The Love of Three Oranges. The approach is unique in that it examines three iterations – Gozzi's theatrical fairy tale (fiaba), Meyerhold's divertissement, and Prokofiev's opera. The interconnections are well-known but the details have been hitherto treated largely in their own disciplinary context: Italian literature, Russian theatre, 20th-century music. Hugely important are the three new translations of the texts, which are either available for the first time in English or supplant antiquated versions. This book should lay the foundations for new research trajectories.