(_Called DA PONTE_)
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.