BBC R3 Documentary - \'Lorenzo Da Ponte\' sp7 torrent

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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