National Theatre Live: Amadeus
Music. Power. Jealousy.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
Cast
Lucian Msamati
Antonio Salieri
Adam Gillen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Karla Crome
Constanze Weber (later Mozart)
Sarah Amankwah
Venticello
Hammed Animashaun
Venticello
Tom Edden
Joseph II
Alexandra Mathie
Count Johann Kilian Von Strack
Hugh Sachs
Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg
Geoffrey Beevers
Baron Gottfried Van Swieten
Fleur de Bray
Katherina Cavalieri
Wendy Dawn Thompson
Teresa Salieri
Peter Willcock
Salieri's Cook
Eamonn Mulhall
Salieri's Valet
Andrew MacBean
Kapellmeister Bonno and Citizen of Vienna
Everal Walsh
Major-Domo and Citizen of Vienna
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Storyline
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
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