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Ugo Falena (25 April 1875 in Rome – 20 September 1931 in Rome) was an Italian silent
film director and occasional opera
librettist
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...
. His films include ''Otello'' (1909), ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1911), ''William Tell'' (1911), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1912), and a notable adaptation of
Mascagni's ''
Cavalleria rusticana
''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play ...
'' (1916) featuring the soprano who sang at the premiere of the opera, itself,
Gemma Bellincioni. He also wrote the libretto for
Alfano
Alfano is a village and small ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of December 31, 2012, the comune had a population of 1082.
History
There is little reliable evidence on the ancient history of A ...
's opera, ''L’ultimo Lord''.
Works
*''Trionfi dell'anima'' (1896);
*''In quarantena'' (1897);
*''Il pappagallo'' (''The Parakeet'') (1900);
*''Il sogno di Giacobbe'' (1900);
*''Jolanda di Savoia'' (''Yolande of Savoy'') (1900);
*''I morti'' (1906);
*''Il passato'' (1907);
*''Salomè'' (1910)
*''Il Signor Principe'' (1911);
*''Gli assenti'' (1914);
*''L'Aquila'' (1916);
*''Don Giovanni'' (1923);
*''Le nozze d'Arlecchino'' (1924);
*''Zi' Cardinale'' (1924)
*''Er giubbileo'' (1925);
*''Il buon ladrone'' (1925);
*''L'ultimo lord'' (1925);
*''La sposa del Re'' (1926);
*''Il raggio di Luna'' (1927);
*''La regina Pomari'' (1928);
*''Il favorito'' (''The Favourite'') (1928);
*''Santo Marino'' (1928);
*''La vendetta di Demostene'' (''Demosthene's Vendetta'') (1930);
*''L'esiliata'' (1930);
*''Il duca di Mantova'' (''The Duke of Mantua'') (1931);
*''La corona di Strass'' (''Strass's Crown'') (1931) - posthumous;
*''Diogene senza lanterna'' (1931) - posthumous.
Filmography
*''
Othello'' (''Otello'') (1909)
*''
La signora delle camelie
''The Lady of the Camellias'' (Italian:''La signora delle camelie'') is a 1915 Italian historical drama film directed by Gustavo Serena and starring Francesca Bertini.Moliterno p.33 It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, ''fils novel '' The ...
'' (1909)
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Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her.
Life
Beatri ...
'' (1910)
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Folchetto di Narbona'' (1910)
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Francesca da Rimini'' (1910)
*''
Rape of the Sabines
The Rape of the Sabine Women ( ), also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other citi ...
(Il ratto delle Sabine)'' (1910)
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Salomè'' (1910)
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William Tell (Guglielmo Tell)'' (1911)
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I promessi sposi
''The Betrothed'' ( it, I promessi sposi ) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842. It ...
'' (1911)
*''Tristan and Isolde'' (1911)
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Marco Visconti'' (1911)
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Romeo and Juliet (''Romeo e Giulietta'')'' (1912)
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Un dramma a Firenze'' (''A Drama in Florence'') (1912)
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Lucrezia Borgia'' (1912)
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Beatrice d'Este
Beatrice d'Este (29 June 1475 – 3 January 1497), was Duchess of Bari and Milan by marriage to Ludovico Sforza (known as "il Moro"). She was one of the most important personalities of the time and, despite her short life, she was a major playe ...
'' (1912)
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La rinunzia'' (1913)
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Colei che si deve amare'' (1914)
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I nostri figli'' (''Our Son'') (1914)
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Il Giornalissimo'' (1914)
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Il re fantasma'' (''The Ghost King'') (1914)
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La colpa di Giovanna'' (1914)
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La più forte'' (''The Most Strongest'') (1914)
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Lo stratagemma di Stasià'' (1914)
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Rivelazione e fatalità'' (1914)
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Scarpine rotte'' (1914)
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Il disinganno di Pierrot'' (''The Disillusion of Pierrot'') (1915)
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Il fantasma della felicità'' (1915)
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Il sogno di Giacobbe'' (1915)
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La colpa di Fernanda'' (1915)
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Per la Patria!'' (1915)
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Silvio e lo stradivarius'' (''Silvio and the Stradivarius'') (1915)
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Cavalleria rusticana
''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play ...
'' (1916)
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Cuore e cuori'' (''Heart and Hearts'', also ''Heart to Heart'') (1916)
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Effetti di luce'' (''Light Effects'') (1916)
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Il birichino di Parigi'' (1916)
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La piccola ombra (1916)
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La laude della vita e la laude della morte'' (1916)
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Il figlio della guerra'' (''The Son of War'') (1916)
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La figlia di Erodiade'' (''The Son of Herodias'') (1916)
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La laude della vita e la laude della morte'' (1916)
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La modella'' (''The Model'') (1916)
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La pupilla'' (''The Pupil'') (1916)
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Il malefico anello'' (1916)
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Suor Teresa'' (1916)
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Anna Karenine (Anna Karenina)'' (1917)
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La donna che non ebbe cuore'' (1917)
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La figlia del mare'' (''Daughter of the Sea'') (1917)
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Lilly Pussy'' (1917)
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A Santa Lucia'' (1917)
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La tragica fine di Caligola Imperatore'' (''Caligula'') (1917)
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Le nozze di Vittoria'' (''The Victory Night'') (1917)
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Cenere e vampe'' (1918)
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Il ferro'' (''The Iron'') (1918)
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Lolita'' (1918)
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Le due Marie'' (''The Two Marys'') (1918)
*''Salomé'' (1918)
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Adriana Lecouvreur'' (1919)
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Giuliano l'Apostata'' (''Julian the Apostate'') (1919)
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Il trittico dell'amore'' (1920)
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Il volo degli aironi'' (1920)
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Il piccolo santo'' (1920)
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Cenerentola'' (1920)
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Le due esistenze'' (''The Two Existences'') (1920)
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La congiura dei Fieschi'' (1921)
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Il natalizio della nonna'' (1924)
Bibliography
*AA. VV. ''
Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo'', Vol 4., various editions
*AA. VV. ''Filmlexicon degli autori e delle opere vol. 2'' - Roma, Centro sperimentale di cinematografia, 1959
*S. D'Amico ''Il teatro italiano'' - Milan, Treves, 1932
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1875 births
1931 deaths
Italian film directors
Italian opera librettists
Italian male dramatists and playwrights