Why was The Flaming Angel not produced during Sergey Prokofiev’s lifetime?

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Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side. — Sergey Prokofiev Sergey Prokofiev.

The opera The Flaming Angel, composed by Sergey Prokofiev between 1919 and 1927, was not produced during his lifetime simply because it did not find a producer.1

While the work remained unperformed on stage during those years, Prokofiev later utilized thematic material from the opera to compose his Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (1928).1