Rugantino is a musical comedy by Pietro Garinei

Pietro Garinei

Pietro Garinei was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter.-Biography:Garinei was born at Trieste and graduated in pharmacy...

 and Sandro Giovannini, which debuted at the Teatro Sistina

Teatro Sistina

The Teatro Sistina is a theatre in Rome, Italy.The building, designed by Marcello Piacentini, was begun in 1946 on the former site of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Polish Institute. It was inaugurated on 28 December 1949 as a cinema, but later become mostly used for theatrical and cabaret...

 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Italy, on 15 December 1962. Music was written by Armando Trovaioli

Armando Trovaioli

Armando Trovaioli is an Italian film composer and pianist with over 200 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for low-budget exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of...

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It is a comedy set in the papal Rome of the 19th century. Actors who played in the first edition included Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre....

 (Rugantino), Aldo Fabrizi

Aldo Fabrizi

Aldo Fabrizi was an Italian actor and cinema and theatre director.-Actor Filmography:* Avanti, c'è posto... by Mario Bonnard...

 (as Mastro Titta, a historical executioner), Lea Massari

Lea Massari

Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari is an Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but when she was 22, she changed her name to Lea Massari after the death of her fiancé Leo...

 (Rosetta, later replaced by Ornella Vanoni

Ornella Vanoni

Ornella Vanoni, OMRI is one of the most credited pop singers of Italy. She is known for her sophisticated pop style.-Artistic career:...

) and Bice Valori

Bice Valori

Bice Valori was an Italian show girl and actress.Valori was born in Rome. She was the wife of actor Paolo Panelli....

 (Eusebia). In the second Italian edition Rugantino was played by Enrico Montesano

Enrico Montesano

Enrico Montesano, born in Rome, Italy on 7 June 1945, is a popular actor for theater and cinema in Italy, as well as a showman. He starred in the 1977 film Pane, burro e marmellata and the 1978 film Le braghe del padrone, both times alongside Adolfo Celi.-Career:Montesano comes from a family...

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The comedy was also represented in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 (Canada) and New York

New York

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(february 1964), USA.