Da Ponte

[duh pon-tee; It. dah pawn-te]

Da Pon·te

[duh pon-tee; It. dah pawn-te]
noun
Lo·ren·zo [luh-ren-zoh, law-, loh-; It. law-ren-dzaw] , (Emanuele Conegliano), 1749–1838, Italian librettist and teacher of Italian, in the U.S. after 1805.
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Da Ponte (Italian dɑ ˈpɔnte)
 
n
Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749--1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Cosi fan tutte (1790)

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