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Mozart's operas where perfectly matched for the libretti of 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 rake; and a teacher, poet and librettist who became a greengrocer.

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

Lorenzo Da Ponte The Life and Times of Mozarts

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    A Paperback by Sheila Hodges, H. C. Robbins Landon

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 4/30/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299178741, 978-0299178741
      ISBN10: 0299178749

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mozart's operas where perfectly matched for the libretti of 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 rake; and a teacher, poet and librettist who became a greengrocer.

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

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