Ugo Falena (25 April 1875 in Rome – 20 September 1931 in Rome) was an Italian silent

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and occasional opera

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. His films include ''Otello'' (1909), ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1911), ''William Tell'' (1911), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1912), and a notable adaptation of Mascagni's ''

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'' (1916) featuring the soprano who sang at the premiere of the opera, itself,

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. He also wrote the libretto for

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'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

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'' (''Otello'') (1909) *'' La signora delle camelie'' (1909) *''

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'' (1910) *'' Rape of the Sabines (Il ratto delle Sabine)'' (1910) *'' Salomè'' (1910) *'' William Tell (Guglielmo Tell)'' (1911) *'' I promessi sposi'' (1911) *''Tristan and Isolde'' (1911) *'' Marco Visconti'' (1911) *'' Romeo and Juliet (Romeo e Giulietta)'' (1912) *''

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'' (''Our Son'') (1914) *'' Il Giornalissimo'' (1914) *'' Il re fantasma'' (''The Ghost King'') (1914) *''

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'' (1914) *'' Rivelazione e fatalità'' (1914) *'' Scarpine rotte'' (1914) *'' Il disinganno di Pierrot'' (''The Disillusion of Pierrot'') (1915) *'' Il fantasma della felicità'' (1915) *'' Il sogno di Giacobbe'' (1915) *''

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'' (''Daughter of the Sea'') (1917) *''

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'' (1917) *'' A Santa Lucia'' (1917) *''

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'' (''Caligula'') (1917) *'' Le nozze di Vittoria'' (''The Victory Night'') (1917) *''

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'' (1918) *'' Il ferro'' (''The Iron'') (1918) *''

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'' (1918) *'' Le due Marie'' (''The Two Marys'') (1918) *''Salomé'' (1918) *''

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Giuliano l'Apostata ''Giuliano l'Apostata'' is a 1919 Italian historical drama film directed by Ugo Falena, starring Guido Graziosi and Ileana Leonidoff. Set in the 4th century, it is a biographical film about the Roman Emperor Julian (emperor), Julian, known as Ju ...

'' (''Julian the Apostate'') (1919) *'' Il trittico dell'amore'' (1920) *'' Il volo degli aironi'' (1920) *'' Il piccolo santo'' (1920) *'' Cenerentola'' (1920) *'' Le due esistenze'' (''The Two Existences'') (1920) *'' La congiura dei Fieschi'' (1921) *'' 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

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falena, Ugo 1875 births 1931 deaths Italian film directors Italian opera librettists Italian male dramatists and playwrights