Surname: Boito Forename(s): Arrigo b. 24 February 1842. d. 10 June 1918. Nationality: Italian. VIAF.
Composer, man of letters, and poet. Studied at the Milan Conservatory. Travelled in
France, Poland, Germany, and England. Composer of the opera Mefistofele (1868), which adapts Goethe’s Faust. Biographical information: Oxford Reference. (DD)