ARRIGO BOITO
\ɐɹˈɪɡə͡ʊ bˈɔ͡ɪtə͡ʊ], \ɐɹˈɪɡəʊ bˈɔɪtəʊ], \ɐ_ɹ_ˈɪ_ɡ_əʊ b_ˈɔɪ_t_əʊ]\
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An Italian poet and musician; born at Padua, 1842. His father was an Italian painter and his mother was a Polish lady, and the son inherits the gifts of both nations. His librettos written for Verdi, Bottesini, and Ponchielli, and his own operas, "Mefistofele" and "Nerone", are of a high order of poetry. In 1877 he published a separate volume of verse.
By Charles Dudley Warner
