Arrigo Boito

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Arrigo Boito was an Italian poet, journalist, composer, and librettist best known for writing the libretti for Verdi’s operas "Otello" and "Falstaff."

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Arrigo Boito canonical 4
Arrigo Boito's opera Mefistofele 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
human
journalist
librettist
poet
burialPlace Monumental Cemetery of Milan
composed Mefistofele
linked to: Méphistophélès
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
linked to: Kingdom of Lombardy
dateOfBirth 1842-02-24
dateOfDeath 1918-06-10
educatedAt Milan Conservatory
era 19th century
early 20th century
familyName Boito
fieldOfWork journalism
opera
poetry
genre libretto
opera
givenName Arrigo
hasSibling Camillo Boito
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire
German Romanticism
linked to: Jena Romanticism
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
movement Scapigliatura
linked to: Fin de siècle
nativeLanguage Italian
notableRole reformer of Italian opera
notableWork Falstaff (libretto)
Mefistofele
linked to: Méphistophélès

Otello (libretto)
linked to: Otello (opera)
occupation composer
journalist
librettist
poet
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
linked to: Kingdom of Lombardy

Padua
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Italy
Milan
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workedWith Amilcare Ponchielli
Giuseppe Verdi
wroteLibrettoFor Aida (revisions)
linked to: "Aida"

Falstaff
linked to: Sir John Falstaff

La Gioconda
linked to: Mona Lisa

Otello
linked to: Otello (opera)

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Eleonora Duse partner Arrigo Boito
Faust legend hasAdaptation Arrigo Boito's opera Mefistofele
linked to: Arrigo Boito
Otello (character) librettoBy Arrigo Boito
subject linked to: Otello in Verdi's "Otello"
Milan Conservatory notableAlumni Arrigo Boito
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse partner Arrigo Boito