Amadeus

The following programme contains strong language.

Sexual references and scenes which some viewers may find distressing

Sexual references and scenes which some viewers may find distressing

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Antonio Salieri.

The whole reason why I came to Vienna

was to write for the Imperial Opera!

Oh, yuck, who wrote this? Can I change it?

Oh, yuck, who wrote this? Can I change it?

Oh, my goodness!

Bravo! Fantastic!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Court composer...

It's an honour to serve the crown.

I want you to succeed here.

Herr Mozart!

Hello!

# EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK #

It used to be that I could find his voice

as easily as I found my own.

as easily as I found my own.

His? God's!

Oh, yes... Him!

# DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL #

# DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL #

There were just too many notes!

Just because you're stuck rehashing boring old operas doesn't mean I have to be!

Maybe God doesn't speak to you because you fucking bore him!

Maybe God doesn't speak to you because you fucking bore him!

Perhaps it was in that moment

I knew I was gonna kill Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

I knew I was gonna kill Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

You're shocked...

I don't blame you.

I don't blame you.

It's a shocking thing to hear.

Why... Why share this with me?

Why not tell this to a priest or a constable?

You and I have no great bond.

Or had you forgotten what you did?

But we have the GREATEST bond, Frau Mozart.

We have him!

Herr Mozart?

They're ready for you.

# SYMPHONY NO. 41 IN C MAJOR #

Congratulations!

I expected better of you, you know!

Ah, right...!

Ah, Antonio!

Herr Salieri!

Oh, and Frau Salieri! It's the Salieris!

Oh, and Frau Salieri! It's the Salieris!

You came! Well, of course we came!

Congratulations! Thank you so much, thank you!

Your bride is on a table...?

Yes, I... I don't know why!

Yes, I... I don't know why!

You know, I've been thinking about it

and I forgive you

for what happened when you didn't defend me, I really do!

I understand it now, you're in a very difficult position!

I understand it now, you're in a very difficult position!

We all know how beholden you are to this emperor,

all the constraints and the rules!

It's no wonder that some of your things don't fly!

You're like a big, beautiful bird in a cage!

I could NEVER do what you do!

It'd drive me absolutely fucking mad!

I heard there's a new one coming, though!

I heard there's a new one coming, though!

Is that true? Yes. La scuola de' gelosi.

La scuola de' gelato!

Ice Cream School!

Gelosi. Ah, gelosi...

Gelosi. Ah, gelosi...

The School of Jealousy!

Uh, well, Stanze's sister is going up for a part.

Very good singer.

Completely fucking mental, but, uh...

Lovely singing voice! Ah...!

Lovely singing voice! Ah...!

Please make yourselves at home!

Enjoy these sausages and gherkins!

Pow!

Mmm...

Mmm!

He didn't come to the wedding.

Who?

My father.

Neither did mine.

I suppose he is dead, so I have to forgive him.

You should write to him. Tell him off.

Maybe I will.

Argh!

Come now, you're getting better, Your Majesty!

What's the punishment for lying to an emperor, do you think?

What's the punishment for lying to an emperor, do you think?

Is it flogging or beheading?

There are people in this palace who'd drag you out into the garden

and beat you to death with rocks if I asked them to!

and beat you to death with rocks if I asked them to!

All of them, actually!

You still have some way to go but you ARE improving, Majesty!

My niece Elizabeth is coming to Vienna.

She needs a music tutor, lest she ends up like her uncle!

She needs a music tutor, lest she ends up like her uncle!

The princess?

Your Majesty, I would be honoured to...

Ha, I'm sure you would, court composer, but, uh...

Ha, I'm sure you would, court composer, but, uh...

No, I think the princess would like somebody a little bit more...

A bit more...? Oh, I don't know...

Vibrant!

Well, she's young!

You understand what I'm trying to say!

Yes, I think I do, sir...

She had a rather fun idea, how about Mozart?

Mozart? I think she might rather like that!

Mozart? I think she might rather like that!

He tutors, surely?

I've heard the boy play.

I mean, God, if he can rub some of that off on my niece then so much the better!

How is he, anyway?

I was worried that he was a bit wounded by my critique on his opening night.

Well, he's written about 200 concertos and gotten married since then

Well, he's written about 200 concertos and gotten married since then

so I think he's doing fine, sir!

Yes, I was hoping that he might be given a chance to write something new for us.

Another brothel-set fantasy with too many notes, perhaps?

Another brothel-set fantasy with too many notes, perhaps?

Perhaps a little more judiciousness in your handling of him next time

but it's funny, I went away from that opera and couldn't stop thinking about it.

but it's funny, I went away from that opera and couldn't stop thinking about it.

It got under my skin somehow.

We need to be BOLDER, Antonio!

You were right,

getting you to restage Tarare, it was...

getting you to restage Tarare, it was...

A success. Safe.

'A copy of a Parisian hit', that's what my sister called it.

No, courage is what's needed now.

No, courage is what's needed now.

Courage in court and in government.

We need to be BRAVE, Antonio, hmm?

Brave men win the day, do they not?

Of course, Your Majesty.

Of course, Your Majesty.

I'll let you give Mozart the good news about Elizabeth. Wonderful.

My goodness, Rupert...

Have you been practising?

Um, yes...

Yes, no, I can tell!

Yes, no, I can tell!

You've really improved, haven't you?

I kid, of course.

I jest, I jape, I make merry.

I can tell that you're lying, Rupert.

I can tell you have NOT been practising.

I can tell you have NOT been practising.

In fact, what you just produced

leads me to question whether you haven't actually discovered

something that is sort of the reverse of practising,

something that is sort of the reverse of practising,

a kind of NOT practising

so powerful as to completely undo all of the accumulated knowledge of our previous session.

A sort of anti-practice!

Have you cultivated an irrational fear of competency,

Have you cultivated an irrational fear of competency,

perhaps?

Did somebody perform rudimentary surgery

and replace your ten fingers with flaccid baby cocks, Rupert?

and replace your ten fingers with flaccid baby cocks, Rupert?

Do you have flaccid baby cocks for fingers, Rupert?

Have you even touched this fucking harpsichord a single time

since I walked out of that door a week ago?

since I walked out of that door a week ago?

No, I didn't think so...

And THAT'S why you're not playing it very well!

And THAT'S why you're not playing it very well!

Now, I'm gonna go and use your privy

in the hope that the noise of my intestinal fluctuations are more pleasing

than whatever the fuck you just tried to fart out of these keys!

than whatever the fuck you just tried to fart out of these keys!

Baby cocks for fingers? Yes...

Baby cocks for fingers? Yes...

You're gonna run out of students!

Don't worry, everybody in this town wants to learn the violin

or fortepiano or the fucking triangle!

or fortepiano or the fucking triangle!

You got a letter... From your father.

It came while you were asleep.

Like an assassin. Mm-hm.

Like an assassin. Mm-hm.

Mm-hm...

Let me see.

Don't worry, it's just his way!

He doesn't deserve you! He DEFINITELY deserves me!

He doesn't deserve you! He DEFINITELY deserves me!