NY Classics: Memoirs of Da Ponte by Da, Ponte Lorenzo (9780940322356)
NY Classics: Memoirs of Da Ponte by Da, Ponte Lorenzo (9780940322356)
NY Classics: Memoirs of Da Ponte (Book)
Da, Ponte Lorenzo Release Date: 15 Sep 2006 Format: Paperback Pages: 478 ISBN: 9780940322356 ISBN-10: 0940322358
Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote three brilliant libretti for Mozart - Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro - to which plot and counterplot are central. They were also the substance of Da Ponte's own extraordinary life. From the canals of Venice to the streets of New York, Da Ponte ran the gamut of intrigues, meeting a host of remarkable men in the process. Priest, professional gambler, court poet, impresario, proprietor of a bordello and grocery store and the first professor of Italian literature at Colombia University, Lorenzo Da Ponte's life (1749-1838) was led and documented with unfailing flair.
