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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- Born in
- Padua
- Educated at
- Milan Conservatory
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
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1842
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