class="">Amadeus by Peter Shaffer

When the curtain rises, Vienna’s streets vibrate with whispers. It is rumoured that, driven by envy, the now elderly composer Antonio Salieri killed the famous Mozart thirty two years ago. We set upon a journey, guided by Salieri himself, through the dark corners of his memory, witnessing all the episodes of his relationship with Mozart. As a child, Salieri made a deal with God. He asked to be a famous composer, in return pledging his entire creation to the celestial glory. As he becomes the court composer of the Habsburg Empire, he makes the acquaintance of Mozart, and thus his convenient existence starts to fall apart. How can a music of unearthly beauty, proof of the divine genius, “the voice of God”, as Salieri calls it, be brought into this world by such a petty, vicious creature? And above all, how could God betray him like that, when he dedicated all his life and career to His glory? Full of envy and devoured by his own mediocrity, Salieri pretends to be Mozart’s friend, determined to destroy him. A perfidious game, at the end of which both men fall. Mozart dies in misery, sickness and vice, while Salieri is doomed to live and witness how his rival’s music stands the test of time.  But the question still remains, like an echo in the old streets of Vienna. Did Salieri really kill Mozart? Did he do it, or did he not?