Franco Mannino was an Italian

Italy

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 film

Film

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 composer

Composer

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, pianist, opera director, playwright and novelist, born in Palermo

Palermo

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He made his debut as pianist at the age of 16. He conducted the National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre

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 Orchestra in Canada

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 between 1982 and 1986, among the others.

In all he wrote more than 440 compositions including opera, ballet, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music and music for the theatre. In addition there was his music for more than a hundred films by some of the best-known directors of his day, including Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...

 with whom he collaborated many times, including such films as Death in Venice

Death in Venice (film)

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His 1963 opera Il diavolo in giardino, from a libretto by Visconti (and collaborators) based on a Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

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 short story, was presented at the Teatro Massimo

Teatro Massimo

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 in Palermo

Palermo

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 in February. Another of his works, which Visconti directed, was the ballet

Ballet

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Mario e il Mago in 1956.

He died in Rome in 2005.