Nerone

opera by Boito

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discussed in biography

  • Boito, portrait by an unknown artist
    In Arrigo Boito

    Boito’s second opera, Nerone, occupied him for nearly 50 years; completed after his death by Vincenzo Tommasini and Arturo Toscanini, it was produced in Milan in 1924, but, despite its grand design and spectacle, it lacked the musical character that distinguished Mefistofele.

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