Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest
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Lorenzo Da Ponte's Degrees
- Doctorate Theology University of Vienna
Why Is Lorenzo Da Ponte Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Lorenzo Da Ponte was a Venetian, 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 , Don Giovanni , and Così fan tutte . He was the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University, and with Manuel Garcia, the first to introduce Italian opera to America. Da Ponte was also a close friend of Mozart and Casanova.
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