Premise: The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title L'amour des trois oranges (Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам , "Lyubov' k tryom apel'sinam"), is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev. Its French libretto was based on the Italian play "L'amore delle tre melarance" by Carlo Gozzi. The opera premiered at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on 30 December 1921.
Hypothesis: The Love for Three Oranges was meant to be taken seriously.