Boito

[ boi-toh; Italian baw-ee-taw ]

noun

1. Ar·ri·go [uh, -, ree, -goh, ah, r, -, ree, -gaw], 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.

Boito

/ ˈbɔːito /

noun

1. BoitoArrigo18421918MItalianMUSIC: composerMUSIC: librettist Arrigo (arˈriɡo). 1842–1918, Italian operatic composer and librettist, whose works include the opera Mefistofele (1868) and the librettos for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff

Example Sentences

Whatever his motivation, Verdi was determined to make “Simon Boccanegra” a success, and he and the Italian librettist Arrigo Boito reworked it extensively after its premiere in Venice in 1857.

From New York Times

Within days, Arrigo Boito started sketching a libretto for Verdi, a letter between the two recalled.

From Seattle Times

Boito focused on Iago’s evil and disruption of Otello’s marriage to Desdemona, with a stolen handkerchief a key dramatic device, while Berio di Salsa portrayed a love triangle among Otello, Rodrigo and Desdemona, the plot turning on a letter with a lock of hair.

From Seattle Times

The libretto by Arrigo Boito, based loosely on the Victor Hugo play “Angélo, Tyran de Padoue,” takes place in 17th-century Venice.

From New York Times

Mr. Livermore points to the genius of the librettist Boito for capturing a full range of human emotion within three hours of opera.

From New York Times