Evening star., 1955-01-02

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more polite origin he had
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III 1782 settled ii Vienna. ne
was the friend Of Casanova.
and now he formed the second
81 the two alliances that have
given him immortality.
Mozart thick ii the unbe-
lieyably intricate intrigue az
the Court opera. ii which So
lieri and the poet Metastasio
were the dominant PERSONAL.
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and only & few Of da Ponies
many fine librettos were FOR
Mozart. but in combination,
working together scene BY
scene, and even literally lire
by line. the two composed
three musical dramas''Ie
Nozze iii Figaro" !" eDon Gio-
yanni.p and aCosi fan tutte'
=. that have never been
euuaIed
..re Nozze al Figaro the
play BY Beaumarchais. was
hardly acceptable to the
courts because of its satire
on the aristocracy. Da ponte
however knew that no other
book was SO timely Tor success
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Ousted From Vienna
Personal difiiculty beset da
Ponte in Vienna as in every
other city in the world In
which he lived. He was finally
run out of town. but not be-
fore he lost his teeth from
nitric acid given him by q
doctor to whom he had gone
for treatment of q mouth all \
rnent. The doctor. perhaps In
error thought he recognized
in da Ponte the successful RI
val for the affections of hts
mistress. and he had his re-
yenre
There Il no Opportunity even
ii sneak of da Ponies further
adventures On the Continent or
ia London In 1905 We find him
in New York, famous, infa-
nous. broke. and So. His fame
he had LEFT abroad, however,
ana ne started . new lie N
the New World as the pro-
prietor Of 9 grocery store. Lo-
renzo "a Ponte was NOS . very
successiui storekeepey
New York was 2 young ana
rich city. The American desire