In the Footsteps of Lorenzo Da Ponte: Words, Music, and Flavors from Veneto to the New World

In the Footsteps of Lorenzo Da Ponte: Words, Music,
and Flavors from Veneto to the New World

Program:

Presentation of the life and work of Lorenzo Da Ponte as a man of letters and a promoter of the Italian language and culture in the United States, by Barbara Faedda, Executive Director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University

Musical performance dedicated to Da Ponte’s work as a librettist

Presentation of Da Ponte’s hometown

Tasting of excellent Venetian food and wine products

Event organized in collaboration with

Barbara Faedda serves at Columbia University as the executive director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, where she conceived the International Observatory for Cultural Heritage, and as an adjunct professor in the Italian Department.

Her books include: From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana: A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University (Columbia University Press, 2017) and Élite: Cultura italiana e statunitense tra Settecento e Novecento (Ronzani, 2020). With Paolo Carta, she coedited the volumes A Lost Mediterranean Culture: The Giant Statues of Sardinia’s Mont’e Prama and Tharros: A Sardinian Treasure in the Ancient Mediterranean, both published by Columbia University Press.  She is currently writing a second volume on Italian culture at Columbia, timed to coincide with the centenary celebration of Casa Italiana in 2027. In 2019, Dr. Faedda was appointed Ambassador, Permanent Observer for the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations. In 2022, the President of the Italian Republic named Barbara a “Commendatore dell’ Ordine al Merito della Repubblica” (Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic).

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Valentina Piovano, soprano
Giulio Boschetti, bass – baritone
Francesco Attesti, piano

Music Program 

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 1786

– Scena I:
– Cinque…dieci….venti (Figaro, Susanna)

        Recitativo

-Se a caso madama…(Figaro, Susanna)

        Recitativo

– Se vuol ballare (Figaro)
– Non più andrai farfallone amoroso (Figaro)
– Giunse alfine il momento (Susanna)

DON GIOVANNI 1787

– Madamina il catalogo è questo (Leporello)
– Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
– Batti batti o bel masetto (Zerlina)

Rondò Alla Turca (piano solo)

COSÌ FAN TUTTE 1790

– In uomini in soldati (Despina)
– Il core vi dono (duetto Dorabella, Guglielmo)
– Donne mie la fate a tanti (Guglielmo)

To learn more about the performers:

Valentina Piovano

Giulio Boschetti

Francesco Attesti