Choreography by Vera Altunina | Music by Karen Khachaturyan
Based on a story written by Gianni Rodari

Chipollino, or Little Onion, fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom. The main theme is the struggle of the underclass against the powerful, and the importance of friendship in the face of difficulties.

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Cipollino (or Chipollino) is a fictional character from Gianni Rodan's eponymous Tale of Cipollino (Italian: Il romanzo di Cipollino Chippolino), also known under its 1957 renamed title of Adventures of Cipollino (Italian: Le avventure di Cipollino), a tale about political oppression.

The story of Chipollino was popular enough to have a ballet staged in Ukrainian Academic Ballet and Opera Theatre named after T. Shevchenko in 1974, with music composed by Karen Khachaturian and choreographed by Genrik Alexandrovich Maiorov.

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