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This is the revised edition of April FitzLyon's celebrated biography of Mozart's librettist, who provided the brilliant, witty texts for The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. Born a Jew in the Republic of Venice, he became a Christian before involving himself in political and amorous intrigue and having to flee, like his friend Casanova, to Vienna, pursued by both the Inquisition and jealous husbands. As court poet to Joseph II he succeeded Metastasio and worked with many composers, until his escapades forced him to move on to London, where he managed the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. After a series of financial disasters he moved to New York, where he worked several jobs before becoming a professor at Columbia. He helped to introduce Italian opera to the USA and in old age wrote his notoriously unreliable memoirs.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: arts & entertainment

• Full title: Lorenzo Da Ponte
• Subtitle: A Biography of Mozart's Librettist
• Author: April Fitzlyon
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• EAN: 9780714543703
• ISBN: 0714543705
• ID: 04646014
• Publisher: Alma Books Ltd.
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 198 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. November 2011

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