One of the unanticipated consequences of her efforts. and a striking statistic. and the only one I will offer in this regard. is the increased audience for the dance in America. We have always been a people of symphony orchestras. we have always been a people much given to opera. One of the bits of arcane information I bring to this Chamber is that Mozarts librettist. Da Ponte. emigrated to New York. the United States. toward the end of his life or in the middle of his life. and spent years as director of the New York Opera Company. Opera is a long tradition with us. The man who did the libretto for Don Giovanni spent the last half of his life in New York City.
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