Lorenzo Da Ponte Da Ceneda; born in Venice, Italy, in 1748; died in New York, August 17, 1838, was an ardent poet and dramatist, and was attached to the Court Theatre at Vienna in 1784, where several of his librettos were produced with success. He came to New York about 1809, and established himself as a teacher of languages, finally becoming Professor of Italian Literature in Columbia College. He was a very popular figure in New York society, and dearly loved by his compatriots, to whom he gave an affectionate welcome upon their coming to his new home. He was an intimate associate of Mozart, Metastasio, and Joseph II. of Austria. Upon the arrival of the first Italian opera of Signor Garcia and his illustrious daughter in New York, they found that Da Ponte had made their way to triumph easy. He was, in fact, the foster-father of Italian opera in America.
Scena Quarta dell Atto Quinto di Adad, Poema Dramatico, del Signor Giacoma A. Hillhouse. Tradatto in Verso Italiano da L. Da Ponte, N. Y. Gray e Bunce, 1825.
This is an Italian translation of the last act of Hillhouse's Hadad.
Assur Re d'Ormus. Dramma. New York: Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. 47.
Il Don Giovanni. Dramma Eroicomica. Nova-Jorca: Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. 51.
Le Nozze di Figaro. Dramma Eroicomica. New York, Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. iv. 3-63.
Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Don Giovanni, e L'Assur Re d'Ormus. Tre Drammi. [New York], Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. [2] ii, iv. 3-63, 51, 47.
L'Ape Musicale. Azione Teatrale in un atto; Da Rappresentari Nel Teatro Del Park, a New York, Per La Prima Volta. New York, Stampatori da G. F. Bunce, 1830. 16mo, pp. 37.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, by the Italian Opera Company, April 20, 1830.
DA PONTE, LORENZO L.
Lorenzo L. Da Ponte was the son of the last-named author, and was Professor of Italian Literature and Language in the University of the City of New York up to the time of his death in 1840. He published a History of Florence, and Memorie di Lorenzo Da Ponte da Cenada, 3 vols., New York, 1823.