Da Ponte, Lorenzo
Born: Mar 10, 1749 AD
Died: 1838 AD, at 89 years of age.
Nationality: Italian
Categories: Librettists, Poets
Died: 1838 AD, at 89 years of age.
Nationality: Italian
Categories: Librettists, Poets
1749 - Born Emanuele Conegliano on the 10th of March in Ceneda (now Vittorio Veneto), Italy.
Moved from Paris to London to New York City to Philadelphia, and ran a grocery store and gave private Italian lessons.
1828 - At the age of 79, da Ponte became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Collaborator with Wolfgang Mozart.
1876 - Wrote libretti "The Marriage of Figaro" (also "Le nozze di Figaro").
1787 - He wrote "Don Giovanni" 1787, "Cosi Fan Tutte" 1790.
1838 - Lorenzo Da Ponte died on 17th of August.
Page last updated: 1:21pm, 25th Mar '07
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Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte (New York Review Books Classics) by Lorenzo Da Ponte (Paperback - May 31, 2000) "It was as though Providence had willed that I should ever, all my life long, keep falling into the hands of knaves," writes Lorenzo da Ponte. Certainly, this remarkable narrative documents a life...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Man Who Wrote Mozart: The Extraordinary Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte by Anthony Holden (Paperback - Sep 28, 2007) In June 1805 a 56-year-old Italian immigrant disembarked to Philadelphia carrying only a violin. Before dying in New York 23 years later, he would find New World respectability as the first Professor...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart¿s Librettist by Sheila Hodges (Paperback - Apr 27, 2002) "Hodges. . . shows us a lover of language, a scholar, contradictory, big-hearted, as swift and many-sided as his libretti."—Publishers WeeklyThree of the greatest operas ever written—The...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Mozart-Da Ponte Operas: The Cultural and Musical Background to Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte by Andrew Steptoe (Hardcover - Dec 15, 1988) Mozart's collaborations with the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte led to the composition of three of the great masterpieces of opera. This book, designed to guide the reader to a deeper understanding and...  |
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Mozart's Don Giovanni: Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte and Amanda Holden (Paperback - May 25, 1987) |
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Le Nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro): Original libretto in Italian with an English translation by Lorenzo Da Ponte (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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