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Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito was an Italian librettist, composer, poet and critic whose only completed opera was Mefistofele. Among the operas for which he wrote the libretti are Giuseppe Verdi's monumental last two operas Otello and Falstaff as well as Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda.
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culture · Italian librettist and composer (1842–1918) · librettist · composer · poet · journalist · screenwriter · politician · writer · musician · also Arrigo Boito, Tobia Gorrio, Arrigo Enrico Boito, Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito, Boito
Born 24 February 1842 · Died 10 June 1918 · Q219491
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2025· 2 entries
Released album “Nerone”.
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2011· 1 entry
NPR: Arrigo Boito
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Gramophone Collectors’ Edition CD no. 21, The Real Great Composers: The Real Dvořák”.
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “Strauss: Scenes from “Salome“ / 5 Lieder / Boito: Prologue from “Mefistofele””.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Mefistofele (Frankfurter museumsorchester)”.
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Mefistofele (Live 1965)”.
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “Mefistofele: Great Scenes”.
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1985· 2 entries
Released album “Mefistofele”.
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Released album “Berlioz: Requiem / Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele / Verdi: Te Deum”.
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “Prologue to Mefistofele / Te Deum”.
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1974· 1 entry
Released album “Love Duets from Giovanna d'Arco · Don Carlo · Mefistofele · Manon Lescaut”.
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1918· 1 entry
Died 1918-06-10.
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1893· 1 entry
And on his death in Milan, he was interred there in the Cimitero Monumentale
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1866· 1 entry
With Galli, Franco Faccio, and Emilio Praga, Boito fought under Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Seven Weeks' War in which the Kingdom of Italy and Prussia fought against Austria, after which Venice was ceded to Italy
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1842· 1 entry
Born 1842-02-24.
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