Lorenzo Da Ponte

Lorenzo Da Ponte (born Emanuele Conegliano; 10 March 1749 17 August 1838) was an Italian, 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 Cos fan tutte (1790).

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