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.

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Scott Boito’s binder for his wife has passwords, account balances and instructions on how to pay all the bills.

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Now that she’s set a retirement date, Kerry Boito finds herself almost ready to be involved.

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Whatever his motivation, Verdi was determined to make “Simon Boccanegra” a success, and he and the Italian librettist Arrigo Boito reworked it extensively after its premiere in Venice in 1857.

From New York Times

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

From Seattle Times

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