Boito

American  

[boi-toh, baw-ee-taw] / ˈbɔɪ toʊ, ˈbɔ i tɔ /

noun

1. Arrigo 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.

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Boito British  

/ ˈbɔːito /

noun

1. 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

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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