“s most popular Italian operas, The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790), and Soler”
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
Lorenzo Da Ponte was an Italian and American 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).
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culture · Italian librettist, professor, and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838) · librettist · translator · playwright · composer · poet · writer · songwriter · lyricist · bookseller · also Lorenzo Da Ponte, Da Ponte, Emanuele Conegliano, Ponte
Born 10 March 1749 · Died 17 August 1838 · Q268166
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2009· 1 entry
The Spanish director Carlos Saura released his Italian film Io, Don Giovanni, a somewhat fictionalized account of Da Ponte, which attempted to link his life with his libretto for Don Giovanni
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1839· 1 entry
The building was burned to the ground, but it was speedily rebuilt and reopened
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1838· 2 entries
Died 1838-08-17.
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In New York; an enormous funeral ceremony was held in New York's old St
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1836· 1 entry
The opera house became the National Theater
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1833· 1 entry
At the age of eighty-four, he founded the first purpose-built opera theater in the United States, the Italian Opera House in New York City, on the northwest corner of Leonard and Church Streets, which was far superior to
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1828· 1 entry
At the age of 79, Da Ponte became a naturalized U
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1807· 1 entry
Began to write his Memoirs (published in 1823), described by Charles Rosen as "not an intimate exploration of his own identity and character, but rather a picaresque adventure story
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1805· 1 entry
Da Ponte settled in New York City first, then Sunbury, Pennsylvania, where he briefly ran a grocery store and gave private Italian lessons while entertaining in some business activities in Philadelphia
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1749· 1 entry
Born 1749-03-10.
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