Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (born 1749)

Lorenzo Da Ponte

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

Lorenzo Da Ponte was an Italian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas: The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte…