He sparked a feud by giving a toast "to the health of Italian art!
This man's literary work includes a fairy tale in verse about a Bear King, Re Orso, and his short story "The Black Bishop," not to mention his poems like "Dualismo" collected in Libro dei Versi. He sparked a feud by giving a toast "to the health of Italian art! That it may escape the circles of the old and idiots, and remain young and genuine!" His only completed opera contains the aria "Ecco el mondo" in the second act when the title character is given a glass globe in which the earth is reflected – that opera is Mefistofele, which premiered at La Scala to bad reviews. This member of La Scapigliatura is better known for writing a work which includes "O Monumento" and "Cielo e Mar," as well as the "Dance of the Hours" – he based that work on "Angelo, Tyrant of Padua" by Victor Hugo. FTP, name this man who wrote the libretto for La Gioconda, and the librettos for Simon Boccanegra, Otello, and Falstaff while working with his frequent partner Giuseppi Verdi.
This man's literary work includes a fairy tale in verse about a Bear King, Re Orso, and his short story "The Black Bishop," not to mention his poems like "Dualismo" collected in Libro dei Versi.
Arrigo {Boito} (Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito or “Tobia Gorrio”)