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Lorenzo Da Ponte
Photo: Michele Pekenino (engraver, 19th century) after Nathaniel Rogers (American, 1788-1844) (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)

Also known as: Lorenzo da Ponte, Da Ponte, Emanuele Conegliano, Лоренцо да Понте, لورنزو دابونتي, 로렌초 다 폰테

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Known works

  • Storia della lingua e letteratura italiana in New York (1827)
  • Lorenzo Da Ponte a suoi rispettabili allievi, amici e concittadini
  • Mémoires
  • דרמה ג׳יוקיזו בשתי מערכות
  • Catalogo di libri italiani : con un picciolo numero di francesi e tedeschi