Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838)

Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Northumberland County, dedicated 1994.

Northumberland County · dedicated 1994 · Market & 3rd Sts.

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Mozart's librettist in the 1780s for "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni," and "Cosi fan tutte" came to America in 1805 and lived in Sunbury from June 1811 to August 1818. Da Ponte wrote that on visiting Sunbury, the adopted home of his wife's family, "I grew so enamored of the town that I resolved to settle there." A teacher, distiller, and merchant, he lived at the southwest corner of Third and Market Streets.

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