Omaggio a Rossini/Homage to Rossini - Gianini & Luzzati (Musical Animation Films 1964-1973)

1. L'italiana in Algeri (Short Film 1969)
Ouverture dal "L'italiana in Algeri"
Temporale dal "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"

L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) is a 1969 animated film directed by Giulio Gianini and Emanuele Luzzati, based on the 1813 opera of the same name set to music by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Angelo Anelli.

Two lovers, Isabella and Lindoro, departing from Venice on a small boat, are shipwrecked in a storm on the coast of Africa near Algiers. Here Isabella is noticed by Ali, servant of the sultan Mustafà, who has her taken to his master's harem. Isabella, however, shuns Mustafà's advances and runs away from the palace with Lindoro. Ali and Mustafà chase them, but in vain. Mustafà has no choice but to seek consolation from his concubines.

2. Pulcinella (Short Film 1973)
Ouverture dal "Il Turco in Italia"

Pulcinella is a 1973 animated film directed by Giulio Gianini and Emanuele Luzzati.

Pulcinella is harassed by his wife, who considers him a slacker, and is chased by the carabinieri for having urinated under an equestrian monument. He takes refuge on the roof of his house and falls asleep, dreaming of being a famous dancer performing in a large opera house; however, some carabinieri emerge from the audience and start chasing him. The next morning he wakes up and can return home, where he goes back to bed.

The short film won the Nastro d'argento for best short film direction in 1973 and the Critics' Referendum Award at the Salone Internazionale dei Comics of the same year. It was also nominated for the 1974 edition of the Academy Award in the category of best animated short film.

3. La Gazza Ladra Sinfonia (Short Film 1964)
Ouverture dal "La Gazza Ladra"

La gazza ladra is a 1964 animated film directed by Giulio Gianini and Emanuele Luzzati. It takes its name from the opera of the same name by Gioachino Rossini, of which it uses the overture as a soundtrack, without however being based on the same subject as the melodrama.

"After a hundred years of war,
three kings powerful both at sea and on land
made a pact of mutual alliance
to be able to take a nice vacation
so at the head of a thousand troops...
they set out to make war on the birds."

(from the opening credits)

Three kings set out with a huge procession of knights, who slaughter the birds with bows and arrows. A magpie, however, escapes and starts creating problems for the sovereigns: first it steals the crowns from their heads, then it pierces the clouds to make it rain on them, finally it generates waves that toss the umbrellas on which the three kings have found refuge as boats. Having regained land, the kings with their courtiers barricade themselves in a palace, which the magpie and the other surviving birds begin to dismantle, making it resemble an enormous cage containing men.

The short won the Grand Prix at the 1965 Melbourne International Film Festival and was nominated for the 1966 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Musical Consultant Gianfranco Maselli
Orchestra conducted by Maestro Arturo Basile.

Il Flauto Magico/The Magic Flute - Gianini & Luzzati (Musical Animation Film 1978)
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