Arrigo Enrico Boïto
Born: Padua (Austrian Empire), 24 Feb. 1842
Died: Milan (Italy), 10 June 1918
Operas
Mefistofele
(5.3.1868 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) [
rev: (4.10.1875, Bologna)
]
Nerone
(1.5.1924, Teatro alla Scala, Milan) [
composed 1877-1915
]
Opera Libretti
The years given are those of the premieres.
Amleto
(Faccio; 1865)
Un tramonto
(G. Coronaro; 1873)
La falce
(A. Catalani; 1875)
La Gioconda
(
A. Ponchielli
; 1876)
Semira
(L. San Germano; never perf.)
Ero e Leandro
(G. Bottesini; 1879 -
L. Mancinelli
; 1897)
Simon Boccanegra
(
G. Verdi
; 1881 [revised version])
Basi e bote
(R. Pick-Mangiagalli; 1927)
Otello
(
G. Verdi
; 1887)
Falstaff
(
G. Verdi
; 1893)
Boïto also provided the text to Verdi's cantata
Inno delle Nazioni
(24.5.1862, Her Majesty's Theatre, London).
Portraits:
Painting
(JPEG; 17828)
Engraving
(GIF; 16008)
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23 Sep 2005