Boito

American

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

noun

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

Boito British

/ ˈbɔːito /

noun

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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Scott Boito has tried many different ways to get his wife, Kerry, to be interested in their finances over the decades they’ve been married.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

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 • Jun. 8, 2022

Preparing for “Otello,” she went back to the letters of Verdi’s librettist, Arrigo Boito, and noticed how he was absorbing the naturalistic innovations of Ibsen.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2016

Verdi, the later Verdi was helped out by Boito: Just compare 'Otello' and 'Falstaff' with 'Mefistofele'!

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

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