Cipollino

For the variety of marble with the same name, see Cipollino marble.
Signor Tomato and Cipollino on a 1992 Russian stamp.

Cipollino, or Little Onion, is a fictional character from Gianni Rodari's eponymous Tale of Cipollino (Italian: Il romanzo di Cipollino), also known under its 1957 renamed title Adventures of Cipollino (Italian: Le avventure di Cipollino), a children's tale about political oppression. Cipollino was popular in Soviet Union, up to the point of being adapted as a ballet composed by Karen Khachaturian and choreographed by Genrik Alexandrovich Maiorov,[1] originally staged in Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine in 1974.

In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, Cipollino fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk 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.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Official Website of Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia
  2. ↑ Ballet Theatre of Lancaster
  3. ↑ Chipollinos tavgadasavali on IMDb. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Jack Zipes (27 January 2011). The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films. Routledge. pp. 325–327. ISBN 978-1-135-85395-2.

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