 He returned to Italy after the war.His first work as an animator was the short film "I paladini di Francia", together with Giulio Gianini, in 1960.He provided designs for the London Festival Ballet, the Chicago Opera House, the Vienna Staatsoper and the Glyndebourne Festival, including several Mozart productions and Verdi's "Macbeth" produced by Michael Hadjimischev in 1972.