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Lorenzo Da Ponte (né Emanuele Conegliano; 10 March 1749 – 17 August 1838) was an Italian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart 's most celebrated operas: The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790).
Lorenzo Da Ponte (born March 10, 1749, Céneda, near Treviso, Veneto [Italy]—died Aug. 17, 1838, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an Italian poet and librettist best known for his collaboration with Mozart.
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Aug 29, 2017 · The relationship between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte. A trio of Mozart's best-loved operatic masterpieces are to be performed at Dubai Opera, but less well known is his relationship with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. Robert Garratt. 29 August, 2017.
The Da Ponte operas, or Mozart–Da Ponte trilogy, are the three operas composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based on libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte: The Marriage of Figaro (1786); Don Giovanni (1787); Così fan tutte (1790).
He was Lorenzo Da Ponte, a defrocked Italian priest who twenty years earlier had written the libretti to three Mozart operas — Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and Così fan tutte. But gambling debts, love affairs, and politics had chased him from Europe, and in 1805 Da Ponte arrived in America, where he tried to support his family by ...
Mar 10, 2019 · Lorenzo da Ponte, born on March 10, 1749, would go on to become one of the great librettists in the history of opera. He was born Emanuele Conegliano, but when his father converted from Judaism to Catholicism to marry a Catholic woman, he took the name of Lorenza da Ponte.
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Jul 28, 2006 · Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote the librettos for Don Giovanni and other Mozart operas. The Venice-born writer helped bring the Mozart's works to life, seeming to know exactly what the composer wanted...
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