Librettists
With Donald Macleod.
3: In his time, da Ponte was a poet, gambler, librarian, bookseller, milliner, grocer and professor of languages - among other things. But his name is for ever associated with three Mozart masterpieces. Including: Mozart Finch ' Han dal Vino
(Don Giovanni )
Thomas Hampson (baritone),
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Mozart Ecco la Marcia (Wedding March) (The Marriage of Figaro) Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine
Mozart Soave sia II Vento (Cosi Fan Tutte) Soloists, London Philharmonic, conductor Bernard Haitink
Plus excerpts from works by Sallerl, Soler and Dussek.