Three of the greatest operas ever written-The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte-join the exquisite music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the perfectly matched libretti of Lorenzo Da Ponte. Da Ponte's own long life (1749-1838), however, was more fantastic than any opera plot. A poor Jew who became a Catholic priest; a priest who became a young gambler and rake; a teacher, poet, and librettist of genius who became a Pennsylvania greengrocer; an impoverished immigrant to America who became professor of Italian at Columbia University-wherever Da Ponte went, he arrived a...
Three of the greatest operas ever written-The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte-join the exquisite music of Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Against All Odds is about Wanda's struggles to break the abuse and poverty cycle in her life. Also, how she dealt with each issue and how she learned to depend on God early in life for hope, comfort, and results. First, Wanda's mother was physically abused by her father. Second, Wanda was abused by her older siblings and her parents until she was 13 years old. Third, she was 16 1/2 years old and a junior in high school when she became pregnant and married to an abusive spouse. Later, she divorced him after six years of abuse. Finally, she remarried and have been married for 36 years. Next,...
Against All Odds is about Wanda's struggles to break the abuse and poverty cycle in her life. Also, how she dealt with each issue and how she learned ...