Teresa Saporiti

Teresa Saporiti (1763 – 17 March 1869)[1] was an Italian operatic soprano and composer most remembered today for creating the role of Donna Anna in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni.

Little is known about her early life, but in 1782 she and her elder sister Antonia were engaged by the impresario, Pasquale Bondini [it], to sing with his Italian opera company in Leipzig.

[3] Teresa, however, stayed with the company until 1788 and performed with them in Leipzig, Dresden and Prague, most famously as Donna Anna in the 1787 world premiere of Don Giovanni.

She was an attractive woman, and several authors have speculated that Don Giovanni's emphatic line in the act 2 dinner scene, "Ah che piatto saporito!"

[6] Saporiti also composed two arias, "Dormivo in mezzo al prato" and "Caro mio ben, deh senti", which were published in 1796.