Arrigo Boïto

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)

Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1842 (Padua), Died June 10, 1918 (Milan)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1828 - 1943

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, librettist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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	composer, librettist
Victor	BVE-24782	10-in.	2/23/1927	Dai campi, dai prati	Beniamino Gigli	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-24782	10-in.	1/5/1921	Dai campi, dai prati	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	B-24783	10-in.	1/5/1921	Epilogo : Giunto sul passo estremo	Beniamino Gigli	Tenor 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	BVE-27089	10-in.	3/15/1927	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.	December 1922 or January 1923	Giunto sul passo estremo	Aureliano Pertile	Tenor vocal solo	composer
Columbia	70583	10-in.	December 1922 or January 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.)	WBX21	12-in.	3/11/1926	Mefistofele : prologue (Chorus of angels)	Teatro alla Scala Coro ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra	Chorus, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WBX183	12-in.	11/3/1927	Ave, signor	Nazzareno De Angelis	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WBX184	12-in.	2/17/1828	Ecco il mondo	Nazzareno De Angelis	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WBX188	12-in.	11/4/1927	Aria del fischio	Nazzareno De Angelis	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	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	Fernando Autori ; 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	Coro della Scala ; 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 ; Ines Talamo	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

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Boïto, Arrigo," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102666.

Boïto, Arrigo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102666.

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