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Boito, Arrigo Enrico
Gorrio, Tobia
pseudonym
compositor, compositore, librettist, librettista, musicista, traduttore, composer, musicista, poet, critic, compositor, poeta
| born: 24 Feb 1842 |
Padova, Italy |
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| born: 28 Feb 1842 |
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| born: ------- 1840 |
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Source: 3 |
| died: 10 Jun 1918 |
Milan, Italy |
Source: 1 |
| died: 09 Jun 1919 |
Milan, Italy |
Source: 2 |
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Mexico City, Mexico |
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Index of Librettists and Translators
p. 255-260 In:
Fanelli, Jean Grundy
A chronology of operas, oratorios, operettas, cantatas and misellaneous stage works with music performed in Pistoia 1606-1943
Bologna: Edizioni Pendragon, 1998, 301 p.
Index of Composers
p. 251-255 In:
Fanelli, Jean Grundy
A chronology of operas, oratorios, operettas, cantatas and misellaneous stage works with music performed in Pistoia 1606-1943
Bologna: Edizioni Pendragon, 1998, 301 p.
Verhoeven-Kooij, Anna Jacoba
Jago, Otello's kwade genius : de lange ontstaansgeschiedenis van Verdi's Otello
Mens En Melodie 51:219-23 May 1996
mus port
Guinther, L.T.
Aida : another view
Opera News 60:33 Mar 2 1996
illustr.
Note: play: After "Aida"
Fairtile, L.B.
Verdi's first "Willow Song" : new sketches and drafts for Otello
19th Century Music 19:213-30 N3 1996
mus notes table
Graeme, R.
Recordings Mefistofele (abridged), Arrigo Boito (Boris Christoff, Giacinto Prandelli, Orietta Moscucci, Amalia Pini, Piero De Palma; Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus; Vittorio Gui, conductor) (EMI Classics, 2 CDs)
Opera Quarterly: 13:133-6 N1 1996
Girardi, M.
French sources of Falstaff and some aspects of its musical dramaturgy
Opera Quarterly: 11:45-63 N3 1995
mus notes
Note: includes appendices
Polaczek, Dietmar
Teufelszeug : Scala-Premieren: Boitos Mefistotele [sic] und Vacchis La Station Thermale in Mailand
Opernwelt N5:20-21 May 1995
illustr.
Balthazar, S.
Tectonic and linear form in the ottocento libretto
The case of the two Otellos
Opera Journal: (US) 28:2-14 N1 1995
bibliog notes table
Essinger, M.W.
Teufel noch einmal : Arrigo Boitos Mefistofele an der Mailander Scala
Oper und Konzert 33:26 N2 1995
illustr.
Polo, C.
L'Otello di Verdi nelle traduzioni shakespeariane dell'Ottocento
Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana 29:418-30 N3 1995
facs il mus notes
Nomi Citati Nella Cronologia
p. 581-637 In:
Vetro, Gaspare nello
Teatro Reinach 1871-1944 : gli spettacoli musicali opere concerti operette
Parma: Comune di Parma - Archivo storico Teatro Regio, 1995, 653 p.
Number of People : 4,465
Buchau, S. von
Boito in three acts
San Francisco Opera 72:18-20+ N8 1994
biog il port
Termini, Olga
Form and content in the Prologue in Heaven : Goethe's Faust versus Boito's Mefistofele
Opera Journal: (US) 27:2-11 N3 1994
notes
Bletschacher, Richard
Apollons Vermachtnis : vier Jahrhunderte Oper
Wien: Ueberreuter, 1994, 496 p.
Mefistofele
San Francisco Opera 72:25-30+ N8 1994
illustr.
Note: synopsis and rehearsal photos
Edwards, G.
Edwards, R.
The metamorphosis of character : from Angelo, tyran de Padoue to La Gioconda
Opera Journal: (US) 26:3-20 N3 1993
mus notes
Kima, B.
Bocksprunge : Neuinszenierung von Boitos Mefistofele in Basel
Oper und Konzert 31:13 Nov-Dec 1993
illustr.
Otterbach, Friedemann
Teufelsspuk im Glaspalast : Erstauffuhrung von Arrigo Boitos Oper Mefistofele in Basel
Orchester, Das 41:1321+ N12 1993
illustr.
Green, M.
Faustian modulations : Boito and Pynchon
bibliog mus graph
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.
Number of People : 11,539
Allitt, John Stewart
Forcella, Pierluigi
Musica e musicisti a Bergamo : dalle origini ai contemporanei
Prefazione di John Stewart Allitt
Bergamo: Edizioni Villadiseriane, 1992, 384 p.
Metdepenninghen, E.
Houston Boito, Mefistofele
Home entertainment Recordings
Opera Canada 32:53 N2 1991
illustr.
Note: Sony Classical CD
Recordings in review Boito : Mefistofele (Eva Farkas, Eva Marton, Tamara Takacs, Placido Domingo and various other artists; Hungaroton Opera Chorus, Nyiregyhazi Boys Choir, Hungarian State Orchestra, Giuseppe Patane, conductor) (Sony Classical)
Musical America 111:67-8 N4 1991
Metdepenninghen, E.
Brussel Boito, Mefistofele
Schreiber, Ulrich
Opernfuhrer fur Fortgeschrittene eine Geschichte des Musiketheaters; das 19. Jahrhundert
Basel: Barenreiter Kassel, 1991, 974 p.
Graeme, R.
Recordings
Opera Quarterly: 8:150-53 N2 1991
Note: Sony Classical
Classical music reviews Mefistofele (Samuel Ramey (bass), Mefistofele; Placido Domingo (tenor), Faust; Eva Marton (soprano), Margherita/Elena; Sergio Tedesco (tenor), Wagner; Tamara Takacs (mezzo-soprano), Marta; Hungaroton Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Orchestra, Giuseppe Patane, conductor) (Sony Classical)
Stereo Review 56:89 Jun 1991
illustr.
Opera
Musical Opinion 114:101 Mar 1991
Note: Chelsea Opera Group
O'Grady, Deirdre
The last troubadours : poetic drama in Italian opera 1597-1887
Luys, T.
Wuppertal
Opera (England) 42:85-6 Jan 1991
Hagman, Bertil
Arrigo Boitos Mefistofeles aateruppstaanden paa CD
Musikrevy 46:338-9 N7 1991
illustr.
Knutsen, Arvid J.
Choices
Opera Journal: (US) 24:42-7 N2 1991
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Covello, Richard
World Report Chicago unveils major production of revised Antony and Cleopatra
Opera Canada 32:31 N4 1991
illustr.
Sommerfestspiele Split : Il Nerone.
Oper und Konzert 28:28 Sep 1990
Budden, Julian
Florence
Opera (England) 41:469-70 Apr 1990
Split
Oper und Konzert 28:22-3 Jan 1990
Wuppertal
Oper und Konzert 28:22-3 Nov 1990
Meyer, A.K.
Nur ein Teil von jener Kraft : Boitos Mefistofele in Wuppertal
Kirchberg, Klaus
Wuppertal Boito, Mephistopheles
il p45
Bender, J.
Roundup San Francisco Opera
Opera Canada 31:48-9 N1 1990
Taddie, D.
The devil, you say : reflections on Verdi's and Boito's Iago
Opera Quarterly: 7:52-71 N1 1990
il port
Kaufman, Marion
Kaufman, Thomas G.
Ashbrook, William
Annals of Italian Opera; Verdi and his major contemporaries.
A selected chronology of performances with casts
Foreword by William Ashbrook
With the research assistance of Marion Kaufman
New York: Garland, 1990, 590 p.
Ross, P.
'E l'Ideal fu sogno' : Arrigo Boito und seine Reformoper Mefistofele
Jahrbuch fur Opernforschung, 1990, p. 69-86
Holmes, John L.
Composers on composers
New York: Greenwood Press, 1990, 189 p.
San Francisco: Vor dem Erdbeben : Beginn der Herbstsaison.
Oper und Konzert 28:24-5 May 1990
Bloomfield, Arthur
San Francisco
Opera (England) 40:1436-7 Dec 1989
Bernheimer, Martin
Opernbrief aus Kalifornien
illustr.
Notes on Otello
San Francisco Opera, [Otello Issue] 1989, p. 26-7+
illustr.
Mefistofele
San Francisco Opera [Mefistofele Issue] 1989
biog il port
Whole issue of
Innsbruck
Oper und Konzert 27:17 Dec 1989
Genf
Oper und Konzert 27:11-12 Oct 1989
Bogdanovic, D.
Split
Opera (England) 40:1317 Nov 1989
Note: Summer Festival
Hernandez, O.A.
Santiago
Opera (England) 40:91 Jan 1989
Pfaff, T.
Man of the month : Arrigo Boito
San Francisco Opera, [Falstaff Issue] 1989, p. 53-5
biog facs ports
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 401-440 In:
Girardi, Michele
Rossi, Franco
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1792-1936
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1989, 491 p.
Number of People : 5,626
Porter, Andrew
A miracle of an opera
San Francisco Opera, [Falstaff Issue] 1989, p. 26-7+
illustr.
Kerner, Leighton
Music Lulu and the devil
Village Voice: 34:96 Nov 7 1989
illustr.
Note: San Francisco Opera
Linz
Oper und Konzert 26:21 Jun 1988
Note: Ernani konzertant
Dyer, Richard
La Gioconda lives on
San Francisco Opera N10:26-7+ Fall 1988
illustr.
Sutcliffe, James Helme
Roundup Bielefeld: Stadtische Buhnen
Opera Canada 29:38 N1 1988
Hyams, B.
Arrigo Boito and friends
San Francisco Opera N10:50+ Fall 1988
biog port
Zurich
Oper und Konzert 26:26-7 Dec 1988
Baxter, R.
Philadelphia
Opera (England) 39:591-2 May 1988
Clark, A.
Geneva
Opera (England) 39:1482-3 Dec 1988
illustr.
Fierz, Gerold
Metaphysik und/oder Theaterzauber
Opernwelt 29:44-5 Nov 1988
illustr.
Note: Zurich und Genf
Norton-Welsh, Christopher
Linz Graz
Opera (England) 39:1101-2 Sep 1988
Harris, K.
Recordings
Opera Quarterly: 6:145-7 N2 1988-1989
Note: EMI Angel
Linz
Buhne N358-9:110 Jul-Aug 1988
illustr.
Naredi-Rainer, E.
Arrigo Boitos Mefistofele in der Grazer Oper
Oesterreichische Musikzeitschrift 43:420-22 Jul-Aug 1988
Zondergeld, Rein A.
Henneberger, M.
Bielefeld Boito and Stephan
Opera (England) 39:475-8 Apr 1988
illustr.
Suppan, Wolfgang
Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens
3. Auflage des Lexikons des Blasmusikwesens
Herausgegeben in Verbindung mit dem Bund Deutscher Blasmusikverbande
Freiburg-Tiengen: Blasmusikverlag Schulz, 1988, 386 p.
Number of People : 2,925
Mayer, G.
Graz
Buhne N358-9:108+ Jul-Aug 1988
illustr.
Blumauer, Manfred
Sakrales Welttheater : Boitos Mefistofele in Graz
Opernwelt 29:61-2 Jul 1988
illustr.
Dutronc, Jean-Louis
Mefistofele a Marseille
Diapason-Harmonie (Currently Diapason (France)) N344:42 Dec 1988
illustr.
Faust-Italianita : Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Neue Musikzeitung 37:31 Jun-Jul 1988
Note: Norman Treigle, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Josella Ligi u.a.
Note: CD reissue of 1974 recording
Note: Julius Rudel
Casale, S.
A question of fidelity
Opera News 52:16-18 Feb 27 1988
illustr.
Note: Shakespeare's Othello and Verdi's Otello
Konold, Wulf
Credo in un Dio crudel ...
Die Figur des Jago bei Shakespeare und Boito / Verdi
Musik & Bildung 20:121-7 Feb 1988
il mus port
Clark, A.
Zurich
Opera (England) 39:1483-4 Dec 1988
illustr.
Scherzer, Ernst
Sturm-und-Drang-Oper; Arrigo Boitos Mefistofele in Osterreich und der Schweiz
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik 149:35-6 Dec 1988
Cervello, M.
Primeras escaramuzas
Monsalvat N156:56-7 Jan 1988
illustr.
Note: Barcelona
Opera
Musical Opinion 111:67-8 Feb 1988
illustr.
Note: Bielefeld
Triggiani, Giuseppe
Mannino, Franco
Il melodramma nel mondo 1597-1987
Prefazione di Franco Mannino
Bari: Levante Editori-Bari, 1988, 378 p.
Sutcliffe, James Helme
Dresden
Opera (England) 38:95-7 Autumn 1987
Note: Festival
Halasz, Gabor
Ein Plaedoyer fur den Komponisten Boito : Helmuth Rilling dirigiert Mefistofele im Konzertsaal
Opernwelt 28:34-5 N1 1987
Busch, H.
Destined to meet
Opera Quarterly: 5:4-23 N2-3 1987
facs port
Diederichs, J.
Bielefeld
illustr.
Busnelli, Mariella
Genova
Monsalvat N148:48 Apr 1987
illustr.
Fath, R.
Regietheater in Italien
Modi, Sorab
Roundup Genoa: Teatro Margherita
Opera Canada 28:41 N3 1987
illustr.
Persche, Gerhard
Neros Rocky-Horror-Show : Hinreissende Inszenierung von Arrigo Boitos Nerone in Bielefeld durch John Dew und Gottfried Pilz
Opernwelt 28:29-30 N11 1987
illustr.
Stuckmann, R.
Das Vermachtnis eines "Zugellosen" Boitos Nerone in Bielefeld
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N11:48 Nov 1987
Bielefeld
Oper und Konzert 25:5-6 N12 1987
illustr.
Gualerzi, Giorgio
Genoa
Opera (England) 38:523-5 May 1987
illustr.
Fath, R.
Wenn der Staubsauger in den Apfel beisst ... Ken Russell und Boitos Mefistofele in Genua : bunt wie der Malwettbewerb von Zwolfjahrigen
illustr.
Loskill, J.
Cerhas Baal in Monchengladbach und Boitos Nero in Bielefeld
Orchester, Das 35:1300+ Dec 1987
illustr.
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 296-362 In:
Trezzini, Lamberto
Due secoli di vita musicale storia del teatro comunale di Bologna
Seconda edizione
A cura di Lamberto Trezzini
Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1987, 362 p.
Number of People : 4,845
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