Da Ponte

American  

[duh pon-tee, dah pawn-te] / də ˈpɒn ti, dɑ ˈpɔn tɛ /

noun

1. Lorenzo Emanuele Conegliano, 1749–1838, Italian librettist and teacher of Italian, in the U.S. after 1805.

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Da Ponte British  

/ dɑ ˈpɔnte /

noun

1. 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)

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Da Ponte

Phil became an opera company and Disney an almost fullfledged opera house, staging Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas with sets by famed architects, beginning with Gehry, and costumes by edgy designers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Da Ponte created a streamlined version of the piece; his son Luigi contributed the English translation that Teatro Nuovo used for its projected titles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Da Ponte originally wrote his “Così Fan Tutte” libretto for Salieri, who began working on it and then set it aside.

From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019

López has also folded into this new drama some nods to Don Juan tellings by Tirso de Molina, Lorenzo Da Ponte and Molière.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2017

Da Ponte contemplated a dramma giocoso; Mozart humored him until his imagination came within the shadow cast before by the catastrophe, and then he transformed the poet's comedy into a tragedy of crushing power.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Henry Edward Krehbiel

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