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Author(s): Sheila Hodges
ISBN(s): 9780299178741, 0299178749
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 5.77 MB
Year: 2002
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0299178749 
ISBN 13: 9780299178741
Author: Sheila Hodges

Three of the greatest operas ever written—The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte—join the exquisite music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the perfectly matched libretti of Lorenzo Da Ponte. Da Ponte’s own long life (1749–1838), however, was more fantastic than any opera plot. A poor Jew who became a Catholic priest; a priest who became a young gambler and rake; a teacher, poet, and librettist of genius who became a Pennsylvania greengrocer; an impoverished immigrant to America who became professor of Italian at Columbia University—wherever Da Ponte went, he arrived a penniless fugitive and made a new and eventful life. Sheila Hodges follows him from the last glittering years of the Venetian Republic to the Vienna of Mozart and Salieri, and from George III’s London to New York City.

Lorenzo Da Ponte The Life and Times of Mozart s Librettist 1st Table of contents:

  • Chapter 1 – Early Years: From Cologno to Venice

    • Birth and Family Background

    • Education and Early Influences

    • Entry into the Venetian Music Scene

    • The Beginnings of a Literary Career

  • Chapter 2 – The Rise in Venice: A Literary and Romantic Life

    • Da Ponte’s Work as a Librettist

    • His Affair with Venetian High Society

    • The Beginnings of His Collaboration with Mozart

    • The Premiere of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

  • Chapter 3 – A Scandalous Reputation: Exile and Redemption

    • The Scandal and Da Ponte’s Departure from Venice

    • Relocation to Vienna

    • His Continued Work with Mozart: Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte

    • Personal Troubles and Career Struggles

  • Chapter 4 – The American Years: A New Chapter in New York

    • Da Ponte’s Move to the United States

    • Life as a Professor and Entrepreneur in New York City

    • The Struggles of a Classical Artist in a New World

    • His Role in Establishing Italian Opera in America

  • Chapter 5 – Da Ponte’s Librettos: Crafting Operatic Masterpieces

    • Analyzing Da Ponte’s Work with Mozart

    • Literary Style and Themes in Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, and Così fan tutte

    • The Collaboration Process with Mozart

    • The Legacy of the Da Ponte-Mozart Operas

  • Chapter 6 – Later Years and Legacy

    • Da Ponte’s Later Life in America

    • The Impact of His Work on the Development of Opera

    • Recognition and Legacy in Modern Times

    • The Influence of Da Ponte’s Life Story on Opera and Literature

  • Chapter 7 – Lorenzo Da Ponte and the World of 18th-Century Opera

    • The Political and Social Context of Da Ponte’s Time

    • Opera in the Age of Enlightenment

    • How Da Ponte’s Life Reflects the Tumultuous Era

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