The celebrated italian jewish born writer, poet, memorialist and librettist LORENZO DA PONTE (Ceneda, 1749 - New York, USA 1838), born Emanuele Conegliano. Author of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart librettos for celebrated greatest Operas : The Marriage of Figaro (Il matrimonio di Figaro, 1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790).