Lorenzo Da Ponte

1749 - 1838

About the Author

A prolific Venetian librettist who wrote the libretto for Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro (based upon a play by Beaumarchais) and Cosi fan tutte.

In The Library:

• author: Mozart’s Opera Marriage of Figaro, containing the Italian text, with an English translation, and the Music of all of the Principal Airs (1786)