Lorenzo Da Ponte
- Emmanuele Conegliano
- Lorenzo Daponte
- Sort Name
- Ponte, Lorenzo Da
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1749-03-10
- Place of birth
- Vittorio Veneto
- Date of death
- 1838-08-17
- Place of death
- New York
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Lorenzo Da Ponte (né Emanuele Conegliano; 10 March 1749 – 17 August 1838) was an Italian 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).
He was the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University, and with Manuel Garcia, the first to introduce Italian opera to America. Besides Mozart, Da Ponte was also a close friend of Casanova.
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Venetian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. Last modified: 2023-12-05 (revision #162377)
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