b. 24 February 1842. d. 10 June 1918. Nationality: Italian.
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)