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The Love for Three Oranges: Prokofiev's commedia dell’arte showpiece in Philadelphia

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“Banks as Truffaldino... an agile tenor voice and excellent comic timing”
Reviewed at Academy of Music, Philadelphia on 22 September 2019
Prokofiev, L’amour des trois oranges (The Love for Three Oranges)
Opera Philadelphia
Corrado Rovaris, Conductor
Alessandro Talevi, Director
Justin Arienti, Set Designer
Manuel Pedretti, Costume Designer
Scott Conner, King of Clubs
Ben Wager, Farfarello
Zachary James, Cook
Katherine Pracht, Princess Linetta
Kendra Broom, Princess Nicoletta
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Smeraldina
Will Liverman, Pantalone
Wendy Bryn Harmer, Fata Morgana
Brent Michael Smith, The Magician Celio
Alissa Anderson, Princesse Clarissa
Tiffany Townsend, Ninetta
Zachary Altman, Leandro
Barry Banks, Truffaldino
Jonathan Johnson, Prince
Elizabeth Braden, Choirmaster / chorus director
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