Da Ponte

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Lorenzo Da Ponte only as Mozart's librettist. The references are brief and recur from 2021 to 2026 in a variety of contexts. In the "Musicosophie" series, he presents him as Mozart's best librettist, the author of the trilogy formed by The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte1. He returns several times to one trait: Da Ponte is a defrocked priest or abbé12. In a session devoted to Nerval, he again mentions him as the author of Mozart's best libretti2. In his talk on a "polymorphously perverse" Mozart, he links Da Ponte's status as a defrocked priest to a knowledge of libertinage3, which connects Da Ponte to the subjects of the operas he wrote. More recently, he again cites him in passing as the librettist of Mozart's series of operas4. The passages contain no detailed reading of the libretti themselves.

1. 1Musicosophie 13. Mozart restitué2 Feb 2021 · 51:43
2. 2#3 Nomade ou sédentaire ? - Le cas Nerval6 Jun 2021 · 1:43:55
3. 3MOZART PERVERS POLYMORPHE • Pagani Parle Musique1 Jun 2022 · 0:44
4. 4Leur "Europe", c'est la guerre.28 Feb 2026 · 17:51

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.