Cipollino
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Cipollino is a fictional character from Gianni Rodari
's eponymous Tale of Cipollino , also known under its 1957 renamed title Adventures of Cipollino , a children's tale about political oppression. The story of Cipollino was popular enough to have a ballet staged in Ukrainian Academic ballet and opera theatre named after T.Shevchenko in 1974, composed by Karen Khachaturian
and choreographed by Genrik Alexandrovich Maiorov. Cipollino, or Little Onion, fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom. The main theme is the struggle of the underclass against the powerful, good versus evil, and the importance of friendship in the face of difficulties.
Gianni Rodari
Gianni Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his books for children. He won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 and is considered by many to be Italy's most important twentieth-century children's author...
's eponymous Tale of Cipollino , also known under its 1957 renamed title Adventures of Cipollino , a children's tale about political oppression. The story of Cipollino was popular enough to have a ballet staged in Ukrainian Academic ballet and opera theatre named after T.Shevchenko in 1974, composed by Karen Khachaturian
Karen Khachaturian
Karen Surenovich Khachaturian, was a Soviet and Russian composer of Armenian ethnicity and the nephew of composer Aram Khachaturian.Khachaturian was born in Moscow, the son of Suren Khachaturian, a theatrical director...
and choreographed by Genrik Alexandrovich Maiorov. Cipollino, or Little Onion, fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom. The main theme is the struggle of the underclass against the powerful, good versus evil, and the importance of friendship in the face of difficulties.
Adaptions
- Chipollinos tavgadasavali a TV film
- ChipollinoChipollino (film)Chipollino is a 1972 Soviet film directed by Tamara Lisitsian. The film is also known as Cipollino .- Cast :*Gianni Rodari as Storyteller*Aleksandr Yelistratov as Chipollino...
directed by Tamara Lisitsian