Arrigo Boïto
Arrigo Boito (Italian: [arˈriːɡo ˈbɔito]; born Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito; 24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918) was an Italian librettist, composer, poet and critic whose only completed opera was Mefistofele. Among the operas for which he wrote the libretti are Giuseppe Verdi's monumental last two operas Otello and Falstaff as well as Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda. Along with Emilio Praga and his own brother Camillo Boito, he is regarded as one of the prominent representatives of the Scapigliatura (Italian bohemian) artistic movement. He wrote essays under the anagrammatic pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio) |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]546 | 7-in. | 12/3/1900 | Mefistofele : Serenata | Rosalia Chalia ; Jane Frankel | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto) | composer | |
| Victor | C-2817 | 12-in. | 10/17/1905 | Mefistofele selection | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | C-3633 | 12-in. | 7/27/1906 | L'altra notte | Elda Cavalieri | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-4536 | 12-in. | 5/28/1907 | Mefistofele : Epilogo | Florencio Constantino ; Victor Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-5056 | 12-in. | 2/3/1908 | L'altra notte | Geraldine Farrar ; Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-8550 | 10-in. | 1/13/1910 | Ave signor! | Marcel Journet | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-8553 | 12-in. | 1/14/1910 | Son lo spirito | Marcel Journet ; Victor Orchestra | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-9842 | 10-in. | 1/24/1911 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Alberto Amadi | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-9843 | 10-in. | 1/24/1911 | Dai campi | Alberto Amadi | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-12574 | 12-in. | 11/5/1912 | Mefistofele : Selezione | Vessella's Italian Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-12705 | 10-in. | 12/11/1912 | Dai campi, dai prati | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-12706 | 10-in. | 12/11/1912 | Giunto sul passo | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-12913 | 12-in. | 2/13/1913 | Lontano, lontano | Edmond Clément ; Geraldine Farrar | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-22248 | 10-in. | 9/23/1918 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Carlos Mejía | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-24609 | 12-in. | 10/4/1920 | L'altra notte | Frances Alda | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | librettist, composer | |
| Victor | B-24782 | 10-in. | 1/5/1921 | Dai campi, dai prati | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-24782 | 10-in. | 2/23/1927 | Dai campi, dai prati | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-24783 | 10-in. | 1/5/1921 | Epilogo : Giunto sul passo estremo | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-24783 | 10-in. | 2/23/1927 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-27089 | 10-in. | 3/15/1927 | Ave Signor! | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-27089 | 10-in. | 11/22/1922 | Ave signor! | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-46380 | 12-in. | 11/14/1928 | Prologue | Creatore's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-48405 | 12-in. | 11/26/1928 | Selections from Mefistofele | Creatore's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 1748 | 10-in. | Jan.-Mar. 1904 | Giunto sul passo | Ferruccio Giannini ; Royal Italian Marine Band | Tenor vocal solo, with band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79636 | 10-in. | 1/11/1921 | Barcarolle | Riccardo Stracciari | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia | 80604 | 10-in. | 10/11/1922 | Dai campi, dai prati | Charles Hackett | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 81246 | 10-in. | 9/28/1923 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Charles Hackett | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30396 | 12-in. | ca. Jan.-May 1910 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Lina Cavalieri | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30414 | 12-in. | 4/8/1910 | Ave signor | José Mardones | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30415 | 12-in. | 4/8/1910 | Son lo spirito che nega | José Mardones | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30417 | 12-in. | 4/9/1910 | Ecco il mondo | José Mardones | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30421 | 12-in. | 4/9/1910 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Florencio Constantino | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30430 | 12-in. | 4/11/1910 | Dai campi, dai prati | Florencio Constantino | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 30597 | 12-in. | 11/29/1910 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Alice Nielsen | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 48546 | 12-in. | 1/3/1916 | Hail, sovereign lord | Columbia Opera Chorus | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 49629 | 12-in. | ca. 1919 | Ave signor | José Mardones | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 10008 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Dai campi dai prati | Oreste Mieli | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10014 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Oreste Mieli | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10080 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Mefistofele : Ave Signor | Paolo Wulman | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10134 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Mefistofele : L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Leonilda Gabbi Paini | Soprano vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10288 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Mefistofele : L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Clara Joanna | Soprano vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10353 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Mefistofele : Dai campi dai prati | Angelo Santini | Tenor vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10383 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 to 1908 | Mefistofele | Ettore Brancaleoni | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 10869 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Mefistofele : Giunto sul passo estremo | Gino Martinez-Patti | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 11047 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Spunta l'aurora pallida | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 11049 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Spunta l'aurora pallida | Eugenia Burzio | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 11278 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Bianca Besalù | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 41942 | 10-in. | 1913 | Mefistofele : Dai campi | Edoardo Garbin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 41943 | 10-in. | 1913 | Mefistofele : Giunto sul passo estremo | Edoardo Garbin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 42034 | 10-in. | between 1910 and 1914 | Ecco il mondo | Vincenzo Bettoni | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 42035 | 10-in. | between 1910 and 1914 | Son lo spirito che nega | Vincenzo Bettoni | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 42036 | 10-in. | either 1913 or 1914 | Mefistofele : Ave Signor, perdona se il mio gergo | Vincenzo Bettoni | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 70582 | 10-in. | between 1920 and 1923 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Aureliano Pertile | Tenor vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 70583 | 10-in. | between 1920 and 1923 | Dai campi, dai prati | Aureliano Pertile | Tenor vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 70600 | 10-in. | between 1920 and 1923 | Lontano, lontano | Rinalda Pavoni ; Aureliano Pertile | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor) | composer | |
| Columbia | 70779 | 10-in. | between 1920 and 1923 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Juanita Caracciolo | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 74716 | 12-in. | between 1916 and 1923 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Eugenia Burzio | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 74828 | 12-in. | between 1916 and 1923 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | F. Campina-Alcaraz | Soprano vocal solo | composer | |
| OKeh | W500083 | 12-in. | 2/28/1929 | Mefistofele | Giuseppe Lo Scialpo ; Salvatore Minichini's Italian Royal Marine Band | Band | composer | |
| OKeh | W500084 | 12-in. | 2/28/1929 | Mefistofele | Giuseppe Lo Scialpo ; Salvatore Minichini's Italian Royal Marine Band | Band | composer | |
| Brunswick | X9498 | 12-in. | approximately 1921 | Mefistofele : Selection | Vessella's Italian Band | Band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E27279 | 10-in. | 4/5/1928 | Morte di Margherita | Orchestra di Armonica de Brunswick | Orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 136 | Not documented | between 4/14/1910 and 4/15/1910 | Dai campi, dai prati | Florencio Constantino | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 222 | 12-in. | approximately July 1910 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Carolina White | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 307 | Not documented | approximately Sept. 1910 | Ecco il mondo | Luigi Lucenti | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 375 | Not documented | approximately Oct. 1910 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Maria Farneti | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 647 | 10-in. | approximately Apr. 1911 | Dai campi | Elvino Ventura | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 709 | 12-in. | approximately July 1911 | Nenia di Margherita | Maria Labia | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 1222 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1912 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Elvino Ventura | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 6627 | 10-in. | 2/19/1919 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Carlos Castro | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 8380 | 10-in. | 3/13/1922 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Claudia Muzio | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 372x[h] | 10-in. | approximately 1901 | Lontano, lontano | Nikolaĭ Figner ; Medei︠a︡ Meĭ-Figner | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano | composer | |
| Gramophone | 477aj | 12-in. | 9/17/1912 | Mefistofele : Serenata | Ebe Boccolini ; Luca Botta ; Giulia Martinengo | Vocal trio (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 481aj | 12-in. | 9/19/1912 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Luca Botta ; Giuseppe Tisci-Rubini | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 492aj | 12-in. | 9/25/1912 | Amore! Misterio! | Luca Botta ; Irene Sollohub | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 615m | 12-in. | 4/26/1912 | Ave Signor... Son lo spirito che nega "Prolog" | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | BE1217 | 10-in. | 6/20/1923 | Son lo spirito | Ezio Pinza ; Carlo Sabajno | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 2927b | 10-in. | Dec. 1902 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Cesira Ferrani | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Gramophone | 3800h | 10-in. | 9/27/1905 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Geraldine Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 13074b | 10-in. | 4/10/1909 | Folletto, folletto | Coro della Scala ; Gennaro De Tura ; Gaudio Mansueto | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 13086b | 10-in. | 4/16/1909 | Lontano, lontano | Gennaro De Tura ; Josephina Huguet | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 13833b | 10-in. | 11/3/1909 | Scena della Grecia—Serenata "La luna immobile" | N. Ardoni ; Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Gaetano Pini-Corsi | Vocal trio (soprano, mezzo-soprano, and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 20257b | 10-in. | 10/17/1918 | Se tu mi do ni un'ora | Beniamino Gigli ; Carlo Scattola | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 20275b | 10-in. | 11/9/1918 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gennett | 15381 | 10-in. | 7/23/1929 | Guinto siul paso extremo - epilogo | Augusto Monterroso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX336 | 12-in. | between September and December 1928 | Prologue | Nazzareno De Angelis ; Milan Symphony Orchestra ; Lorenzo Molajoli ; Teatro alla Scala Coro | Bass vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX337 | 12-in. | between September and December 1928 | Prologue | Milan Symphony Orchestra ; Lorenzo Molajoli ; Teatro alla Scala Coro | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX338 | 12-in. | between September and December 1928 | Prologue | Nazzareno De Angelis ; Milan Symphony Orchestra ; Lorenzo Molajoli | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX342 | 12-in. | between September and December 1928 | Prologue | Milan Symphony Orchestra ; Lorenzo Molajoli | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX347 | 12-in. | September-December 1928 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare | Maria Zamboni | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | B441 | 10-in. | September 1924 | Sento che ascende | Ernesto Badini ; Lina Lanza | Vocal duet (mezzo-soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | B442 | 10-in. | September 1924 | Guarda quaggiù | Ernesto Badini | Vocal duet (baritone and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | B443 | 10-in. | September 1924 | Vivete in pace | Ernesto Badini | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | B444 | 10-in. | September 1924 | Come è buona | Lina Lanza | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX653 | 12-in. | September-December 1929 | Scena del giardino | Gina Cigna ; Pablo Civil ; Ida Mannarini ; Tancredi Pasero | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX654 | 12-in. | September-December 1929 | Scena del giardino | Gina Cigna ; Pablo Civil ; Ida Mannarini ; Tancredi Pasero | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX655 | 12-in. | September-December 1929 | Scena del giardino | Gina Cigna ; Pablo Civil ; Ida Mannarini ; Tancredi Pasero | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX660 | 12-in. | September-December 1929 | Notte cupa, truce | Giannina Arangi-Lombardi | Female vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WBX674 | 12-in. | September-December 1929 | Forma ideal purissima | Giannina Arangi-Lombardi ; Salvatore Baccaloni ; Antonio Melandri ; Vasari ; Emilio Venturini | Vocal quintet, with vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1268 | 10-in. | between January and April 1927 | Ecco il mondo | Tancredi Pasero | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1271 | 10-in. | between January and April 1927 | Aria del fischio | Tancredi Pasero | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1330 | 10-in. | April 1927 | Ave Signor | Tancredi Pasero | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1384 | 10-in. | between April and August 1927 | Il bel giovanetto | Vocal chorus (unidentified; Columbia Records) | Vocal chorus | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1560 | 10-in. | between August and November 1927 | Dai campi, dai prati | Luigi Marini | Tenor vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1561 | 10-in. | between August and November 1927 | Giunto sul passo estremo | Luigi Marini | Tenor vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1608 | 10-in. | between August and November 1927 | Ecco il mondo | Umberto Di Lelio | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB1716 | 10-in. | between August and November 1927 | Aria del fischio | Umberto Di Lelio | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB2015 | 10-in. | between January and June 1928 | Spunta l'aurora pallida | Maria Laurenti | Soprano vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB2496 | 10-in. | approximately 1929 | Ecco il magico specchio | Enrico Molinari | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WB2500 | 10-in. | approximately 1929 | Vivete in pace | Enrico Molinari | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2257 | 12-in. | 5/28/1942 | Mort d'Othello: Que nul ne craigne | François Ruhlmann ; Georges Thill | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2258 | 12-in. | 2/4/1943 | Duo d'Othello & Desdemone: Que Dieu te tienne en joie | François Ruhlmann ; Jeanne Segala ; Georges Thill | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2259 | 12-in. | 2/4/1943 | Duo d'Othello & Desdemone | François Ruhlmann ; Jeanne Segala ; Georges Thill | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2260 | 12-in. | 5/29/1942 | Duo d'Othello et Iago: Desdemone coupable | José Beckmans ; François Ruhlmann ; Georges Thill | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2261 | 12-in. | 5/29/1942 | Duo d'Othello & Iago | José Beckmans ; François Ruhlmann ; Georges Thill | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2262 | 12-in. | 5/29/1942 | Duo d'Othello & Iago | José Beckmans ; François Ruhlmann ; Georges Thill | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2263 | 12-in. | 6/2/1942 | Monologue d'Othello: Dieu, tu pouvait m'infliger | François Ruhlmann ; Georges Thill | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2337 | 12-in. | 11/26/1942 | Credo de Iago | José Beckmann ; François Ruhlmann | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2338 | 12-in. | 11/26/1942 | Chanson du saule | François Ruhlmann ; Jeanne Segala ; Madeleine Sibille | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CLX2339 | 12-in. | 11/26/1942 | Chanson du saule | François Ruhlmann ; Jeanne Segala ; Madeleine Sibille | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | librettist |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Boïto, Arrigo," accessed May 3, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102666.
Boïto, Arrigo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 3, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102666.
"Boïto, Arrigo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 May 2024.
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