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Boito

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Bo·i·to  (b-t), Arrigo 1842-1918.
Italian composer, librettist, and writer best known for his romantic opera Mefistofele (1868).
Boito (Italian) [ˈbɔːito]
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(Biographies / Boito, Arrigo (1842-1918) M, Italian, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: librettist) Arrigo (arˈrigo). 1842-1918, Italian operatic composer and librettist, whose works include the opera Mefistofele (1868) and the librettos for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff


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Verdi's librettist Arrigo Boito merged ``The Merry Wives of Windsor'' with material from ``Henry IV, Parts I and II'' to create ``Falstaff.
A FAMILIAR 'FALSTAFF' BUOYED BY BASS-BARITONE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In 1896 Verdi wrote to his friend Boito that musical "Te Deums" were usually performed "at great, solemn, noisy celebrations for a victory or a coronation.
DE PROFUNDIS : Verdi's searing 'Requiem' by Ivry, Benjamin / Commonweal
The current arrangement of statues and reliefs dates from 1895 when the architect Camillo Boito attempted the first modern reconstruction of Donatello's altar.
Approaching the Altar: Donatello's Sculpture in the Santo by Johnson, Geraldine A. / Renaissance Quarterly
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