Lorenzo Da Ponte
Italian opera librettist, poet, and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lorenzo Da Ponte[lower-alpha 1] (né Emanuele Conegliano; 10 March 1749 – 17 August 1838[4]) 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 (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.[5][6] Da Ponte was also a close friend of Mozart and Casanova.[5][7]