Although many may be familiar with the operas of Wolfgang Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, very few people are familiar with the real history of Mozart's librettist, the man who brought Dante and the Italian language to America, lived and taught in Pennsylvania and in New York, and became an American citizen in 1828. In Friday's symposium we'll look at Da Ponte and his extensive networks of literary, scientific and American System proponents. New York Symposium, January 6, 2023.