World premiere recording on DVD/Blu-ray. Arrigo Boito's libretti, including those for Giuseppe Verdi's Otello and Falstaff, are among the outstanding achievements in opera history, and his own completed opera Mefistofele is present on opera stages. Boito began work on his opera Nerone in 1862, but struggled to complete it immediately, leaving it unfinished for several decades. It became his life's work, and it was only after his death that conductor Arturo Toscanini created a performable version. The premiere took place at La Scala in Milan in 1924. Boito's opera Nerone is available here on DVD/Blu-ray for the first time: "Musically, it is brilliant." (Wiener Zeitung) Arrigo Boito's libretti, including those for Giuseppe Verdi's Otello and Falstaff, are among the most outstanding achievements in opera history, and his own completed opera Mefistofele is present on opera stages. On his opera Nerone, Boito began work in 1862 but was unable to complete it immediately, leaving it unfinished for several decades Decades unfinished. It became his life's work, and it was only after his death that conductor Arturo Toscanini created a performable version. The premiere took place in 1924 at La Scala in Milan.