The Devil You (don’t) Know
Arrigo Boito is best known as the librettist for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff, but he was also a composer. As Opera Australia prepares to stage his only opera, Mahima Macchione traces his career.
Mahima Macchione is a writer and researcher based in London. She has written for Naxos, Opera Today and Opera Wire, and is a doctoral student at King’s College London, where she is working on the history of opera in Imperial Brazil.
Arrigo Boito is best known as the librettist for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff, but he was also a composer. As Opera Australia prepares to stage his only opera, Mahima Macchione traces his career.
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