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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Example Sentences

Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, meant to make us squirm as they uncover our insecurities and the faults in our materialistic facades.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Mozart and Da Ponte leave it tantalizingly ambiguous; we’ll see what Mr. McDermott thinks.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018

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

State Sen. Daniel Da Ponte, who introduced a similar bill in the Senate, said there should be consequences for people who “snub the process.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2015

Da Ponte, as may be imagined, lost no time in calling on Garcia and setting on foot a scheme for bringing forward "my 'Don Giovanni,'" as he always called it.

From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Krehbiel, Henry Edward