After the composition of Aida and Messa di Requiem, Verdi considered that his compositive career had concluded. Arrigo Boito, with his talent and psychological skills, will encourage the italian Maestro to go on and to compose his two last operas: Otello and Fasltaff. Besides Boito's brilliant adaptation of both plays as libretist, he will be the one who supports and encourages Verdi in every moment of weakness, allowing him to fulfill his frustrated wish at the end of his career: the success of a comic opera.
Ferrando Montalvá, María. El papel de Boito en la madurez de Verdi: Otello y Falstaff. En: Zibaldone. Estudios italianos de La Torre del Virrey, 2013, Vol. 1, no. 2: 75-82
