Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart's Librettist

Description

"Hodges. . . shows us a lover of language, a scholar, contradictory, big-hearted, as swift and many-sided as his libretti."—Publishers Weekly

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.
"Anyone with literary, biographical, musical, or historical interests will delight in this well-written and vivid portrayal of a multifaceted man."—John Greenhalgh, Classical Music.

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart's Librettist" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 2657
2. Mozart: A Life
3. Mozart: His Life and Work
4. Mozart - His Life and Music
5. The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart
6. U celjustima kurve Del Ponte
7. Dr Seselj - U celjustima kurve Del Ponte
8. Encyclopedia of Modern U.S. Military Weapons: The Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times
9. The Life and Times of Savior 28 #4 (Of 6)
10. Lyrics: times of your life
11. X-Men The Times & Life of Lucas Bishop #1
12. The Life and Times of Savior 28 Issue #03
13. Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope
14. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
15. The Good Life: Truths That Last in Times of Need
16. X-Men The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop ( 3 of 3 ) Complete