The librettist of Venice : the remarkable life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's poet, Casanova's friend...
The librettist of Venice : the remarkable life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's poet, Casanova's friend...
The librettist of Venice : the remarkable life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's poet, Casanova's friend, and Italian opera's impresario in America / Rodney Bolt.
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New York, NY : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N782.1092/30
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English
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xvii, 428 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck, 2006.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
After reaching the heights of artistic success and the depths of financial ruin in some of Europe's greatest cities, he emigrated in 1805 to America, where he survived stints as a grocer and bookstore proprietor to help establish New York City's first opera house and to become, at age seventy-six, the first professor of Italian at Columbia Universi...
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The librettist of Venice : the remarkable life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's poet, Casanova's friend, and Italian opera's impresario in America / Rodney Bolt.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-411) and index.
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N782.1092/30
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74VKvxO6RlqO
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1596911182
9781596911185
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782.1092 B
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991021692069702626
