Da Ponte

[ duh pon-tee; Italian dah pawn-te ]

noun

1. Lo·ren·zo [l, uh, -, ren, -zoh, law-, loh-, law-, ren, -dzaw], Emanuele Conegliano, 1749–1838, Italian librettist and teacher of Italian, in the U.S. after 1805.

Da Ponte

/ dɑ ˈpɔnte /

noun

1. Da PonteLorenzo17491838MItalianWRITING: writerMUSIC: librettist Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Cosi fan tutte (1790)

Example Sentences

Da Ponte became the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University.

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A new translation, giving not only Da Ponte's verses, but Mozart's improvements on them, is a pressing necessity.

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Da Ponte, however, hoped to overcome this difficulty; he agreed with Mozart to keep.the undertaking a secret.

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Da Ponte, without consulting any one, went straight to the Emperor, and told him what had happened.

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But it gives occasion for a succession of musical situations which, considered apart, have been skilfully treated by Da Ponte.

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It does not seem to have occurred to Da Ponte to develop his plot by means of an artistic arrangement of ensemble pieces.

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