BBC R3 Documentary - 'Lorenzo Da Ponte' sp7

BBC R3 Documentary - 'Lorenzo Da Ponte' Presented by Paul Robertson Broadcast February 1, 2006 Coded from tape at 128/44.1 Sound quality is a little harsh, but the programme is readily audible throughout. Paul Robertson in discussion with Anthony Holden, [who had just published a biography of Da Ponte, 'The Man Who Wrote Mozart'] about Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) was born a jew, and became a Catholic priest. He took a married woman as his mistress. Together they opened a brothel next door to his church. Da Ponte provided the brothel's musical entertainment, playing his violin for the customers while dressed in his priest's robes. Finally banished from Venice he moved to Vienna and was appointed 'Poet to the Theatres'. He collaborated with Salieri and Mozart. He wrote the librettos of: 'Così fan tutte', 'Le nozze di Figaro', and 'Don Giovanni'. .

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