Berutti (originally, Beruti), Arturo

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Berutti (originally, Beruti), Arturo

Berutti (originally, Beruti), Arturo, Argentine composer of Italian descent; b. San Juan, March 27, 1862; d. Buenos Aires, Jan. 3, 1938. He received his early training in music with his father; then went to Leipzig, where he became a student of Jadassohn. He subsequently lived in Italy, where he composed 3 operas: La Vendetta (Vercelli, May 21, 1892), Evangelina (Milan, Sept. 19, 1893), and Taras Bulba (Turin, March 9, 1895). Returning to Argentina in 1896, he premiered the following operas in Buenos Aires: Pampa (July 27, 1897), Yupanki (July 25, 1899), Khrise (June 21, 1902), Hórrida Nox (the opera by a native Argentine composer, written to a Spanish libretto, to be produced in Argentina; July 7, 1908), and Los Heroes (Aug. 23, 1919).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire