Renzo Rossellini

Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, music critic, and music educator. A prolific composer who wrote a wide range of music, Renzo Rossellini was born in Rome on 2 February 1908. After graduating from the conservatory he worked as a music critic for Il Messaggero 4 ballets, 10 operas, 2 oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, chamber music, and vocal music. His first published composition was the art song "Le cennamelle". He wrote the music to several of his brother's films, including Rome, Open City (1945) and Paisan (1946).

In 1934 Rossellini married pianist Lina Pugnani. Their son was the producer Franco Rossellini (1935-1992). His marriage to Lina ended in divorce, and in the 1950s he married his second wife, Anita Limongelli. From 1972-1976 he was artistic director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. He died in Monte Carlo on May 13, 1982.

Partial list of works Ballets

La danza di Dassine (1934) Racconto d’inverno (1947) Canti del Golfo di Napoli (1954) Poemetti pagani (1960)

Operas

La Guerra (1956) Il vortice (1958) La piovra (1958) Le campane (1959, television opera) Uno sguardo dal ponte (1961) Il linguaggio dei fiori (1963) La leggenda del ritorno (1966) L’avventuriero (1968) L'Annonce faite à Marie (1970) La reine morte (1973)

Selected filmography

The Ancestor (1936) Under the Southern Cross (1938) Princess Tarakanova (1938) The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939) The White Ship (1941) A Pilot Returns (1942) Luisa Sanfelice (1942) Giarabub (1942) Noi Vivi (1942) Addio Kira (1942) Knights of the Desert (1942) A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942) The Two Orphans (1942) The Man with a Cross (1943) Maria Malibran (1943) Rome, Open City (1945) The Tyrant of Padua (1946) Desire (1946) Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946) The Brothers Karamazov (1947) Fatal Symphony (1947) The Other (1947) L'Amore (1948) Love and Blood (1951) Shadows Over Naples (1951) Rome-Paris-Rome (1951) Without a Flag (1951) Messalina (1951) Europe '51 (1951) A Woman Has Killed (1952) Repentance (1952) I'm the Hero (1952) The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) Milady and the Musketeers (1952) We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) The Man From Cairo (1953) For You I Have Sinned (1953) House of Ricordi (1954) Storm (1954) The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954) Orient Express (1954) Legions of the Nile (1959)

Awards Nastro d'Argento: Best Score for Paisà (1946) and for I fratelli Karamazoff (1947).