1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,357 The following programme contains strong language 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,557 and scenes of a sexual nature 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,640 From the outset. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,197 It's the Salieris! 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,677 Your bride is on the table. 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,517 We all know how beholden you are to this Emperor! 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,197 A new job has become available. 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,877 I was wondering if you might bring me his manuscripts, 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,423 make his case for the Emperor. 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,957 But you are a woman. I am a man. 11 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,637 This is the way of things now. 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,877 Get yourself dressed! Why, have you changed your mind? 13 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,917 A very rude chap... 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,077 You're gonna run out of students. Fine! 15 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:40,637 Stanze! 16 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,997 Pack your trunk. We're going away! 17 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,917 You are throwing away the gift that God gave you. 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,757 You selfish little bastard! 19 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,560 ♪ 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,757 Sir, I'm sorry to tell you that your son is dead. 21 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,157 The Mass for Raimund is ready to perform. 22 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,760 Great Mass in C Minor 23 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,760 ♪ 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,757 'From this time on, 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,360 we are enemies, you and I.' 26 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,920 Kill the man... 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,800 ...kill the God. 28 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,600 ♪ 29 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,757 What's that you're singing? Oh, it's nothing. 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:39,997 A tune I heard. 31 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,477 You go to the concerts? 32 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,037 I go to casinos. 33 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:45,681 There's usually a string quartet. 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,600 Quintet, for that one. 35 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:50,997 But the tune, it stuck with you? 36 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,000 I haven't been able to get it out my head. 37 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,397 Do you know who wrote it? 38 00:01:58,480 --> 00:01:59,760 No. 39 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,757 I do. 40 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,840 ♪ 41 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,880 Keep singing it. ♪ 42 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,680 Second movement - Andante. 43 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,677 Subdominant key of C major. 44 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,597 ♪ It enters your brain, 45 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,200 tunnelling into your subconscious like a spell. 46 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Yes. 47 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,357 I didn't come here for absolution, you understand? 48 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,040 Not... Not for pleasure. 49 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,927 I can give you whatever you came here for. Just keep singing. 50 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,077 Enchant me like the Pied Piper. 51 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,397 Like a rat? 52 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,600 What would you do, if you caught a rat? 53 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,757 Would you be kind to it? 54 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,197 No. No, you'd want to punish it, 55 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,157 Wouldn't you? 56 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,160 You'd want to hurt it, crush it. 57 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,360 Harder! 58 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:09,880 Harder. Please. 59 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,463 Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor 60 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,597 Woo-hoo! 61 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,840 ♪ 62 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,717 Did I ever tell you I was a priest 63 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,437 at the Church of San Luca? 64 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,197 I mean, the whole of Venice is beautiful, 65 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:27,480 assuming you like canals - which I don't, actually. 66 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,197 Although I do think I was rather good 67 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:31,557 at the whole priest thing... 68 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:32,877 Save for the mistress. 69 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,357 I had two children with her, which... 70 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,837 Anyway, they defrocked me, if you can believe it. 71 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,957 Banished from Venice! Yes, I can believe that, actually. 72 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,517 The Emperor and his constant need for reforms! 73 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,797 I mean, it's outrageous. Child labour outlawed, 74 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,237 Peasants allowed to move wherever they want... How is Constanze these days? 75 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,477 She worries sometimes about, you know... my students, and so on. 76 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,077 Your students? Yes, my students. They're drying up. 77 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,077 Anyway, more importantly, 78 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,637 the Emperor has commissioned me to write another opera! 79 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,720 I did hear that. What's it about? No idea! 80 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:06,077 I was gonna ask you, would you like to be a part of it? 81 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,757 Fancy putting some words to the music? 82 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:09,117 Well, I'm sorry, darling, 83 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,168 but I have another master. 84 00:05:11,251 --> 00:05:13,200 Do you? 85 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,560 That's funny. He never used to come to these things. 86 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,957 Ah, I think lately he's grown something of a dark side. 87 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,717 What do you mean? Well, I heard 88 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,397 that they don't see him much at church on Sundays any more. 89 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:26,960 Let's just say that. 90 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,077 That's not going to happen to us! 91 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,797 The Emperor slaps the faces of the aristocracy, 92 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,997 asks us to turn the other cheek and thank him 93 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,077 Hello. Oh, hi. 94 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,917 I don't really have anything to say to you. I just thought, 95 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,037 if someone didn't step in and start talking to you, 96 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,900 you might've murdered one of those men. Oh, I might still. 97 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,477 I'm Franz Suessmayr. Are you a friend of my husband's? 98 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,397 Oh, no. Just... an admirer. 99 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,797 Oh! 100 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,757 Oh, well, you fit in well here, then. Very well. 101 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:02,049 Hm! I saw you sing last year. Mm? The Mass. 102 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,560 Yes, I... I still think about it. 103 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,560 Anyway, I'm glad I met you. 104 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,160 Have a nice evening. 105 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:17,360 Court Composer. 106 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,040 Excuse me. 107 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,277 What happened to your eye? Oh... 108 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:32,997 I slipped getting out of the bath. 109 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,917 They're death traps. Mm! 110 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,597 My wife insists on having two a month! 111 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,637 I tell her she's taking her life into her hands. 112 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,197 How's the new work? Oh, good. 113 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,277 Les Horaces. Operatic tragedy. 114 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,717 An operatic tragedy! 115 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,477 Well, it's been at least five minutes since the last one 116 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,037 The librettist? Da Ponte. 117 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,557 Ugh! Feckless creature. 118 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,557 Ah, Lorenzo has his eccentricities, 119 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,517 But he's the best, and only the best will do. 120 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:57,800 Mm. 121 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,477 How are you, Antonio? 122 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,677 I'm fine. It's just you seem not yourself these days. 123 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,277 I'm not sure what it is. I worry. 124 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,477 You can tell me if there's something wrong. 125 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,877 Are we talking about our feelings, Giuseppe? 126 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,277 You're getting soft, Kapellmeister. 127 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,360 I'm perfectly fine. 128 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,957 Mm... I do have something to talk to you about. 129 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,997 The Court has commissioned Mozart again. 130 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,597 The Emperor likes him. Well, he's a risk. Well, I mean... 131 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,397 you've heard it, Antonio. 132 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,397 My God, the boy can write! You can't deny that. 133 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,757 Well, I think his talents may be outweighed by his... 134 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,437 Eccentricities? 135 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,597 The Emperor wants to give him another go. 136 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,437 My hands are tied. 137 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,597 We are opening ourselves up to ridicule. 138 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,157 Joseph wants his opera houses to be a shining light 139 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,760 for all of Europe to... 140 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,833 Giuseppe... 141 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,902 We're going to need a new Kapellmeister. 142 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,840 Oh, look, there's Salieri. 143 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,957 Our new Kapellmeister. 144 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,160 Congratulations. Thank you. Hm! 145 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,560 So, how does it feel? 146 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,357 No different. You have all of Vienna and its musicians in your palm. 147 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:58,611 You must feel something. 148 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,677 We'll have to be quick today. I have a lot of meetings. 149 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,237 Will you still be able to... tutor me? Well... 150 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,717 A Kapellmeister has to be very selective 151 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,800 over who he keeps in his inner circle. 152 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,320 I am going to have to let a lot of my pupils go. 153 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,197 But you, Katerina... 154 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,171 You, I intend to keep... 155 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:23,920 ...in my palm. 156 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,840 ♪ 157 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,557 ♪ MOZART: Can you imagine? 158 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,877 Choking to death on beef, of all things! 159 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,877 What's wrong with beef? Well, I can think of better things to choke on. 160 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,757 There we are, sir. I love it! 161 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,397 Anton, that sounds a bit flat to me. 162 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,597 Made er... they've made Salieri Kapellmeister, did you hear? 163 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,437 Aloysia mentioned it eight or nine times, yes. 164 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,517 He's actually summoned me to go meet with him. 165 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,997 What does he want? No, Anton, that's sharp now! 166 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,237 Just go through it all again, I think, please. 167 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,477 I think he wants to talk to me about the new opera. 168 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:38,157 Rosenberg thinks I might get a longer run this time, which is good. 169 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,797 ♪ 170 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,197 There was a boy at our party a few weeks ago. 171 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,360 Erm, he'd been at Raimund's Mass. Right... 172 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,463 He remembered hearing me sing. 173 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,717 Hadn't been able to stop thinking about it. 174 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,717 Yes, well, it was a good piece, and all that, wasn't it? 175 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,797 I was just thinking about doing it again. 176 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,317 Doing...? Singing. 177 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,517 Oh, as in... professionally, or...? 178 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,557 Well, I was a good enough soprano when I was younger. 179 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,077 There are roles out there in my range. 180 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,077 I mean... Yes. 181 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,797 Yes, it's just singing a Mass is one thing, 182 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,960 but opera's kind of... weeks on end, sometimes months. 183 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,237 Anyway... 184 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,240 See you later. 185 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,880 ♪ 186 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,360 ♪ 187 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:45,220 Mozart! Come in, come in. 188 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,637 Oof! I was very sorry to hear about Bonno. 189 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,677 Oh, yes, yes. Terrible. 190 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,660 It makes one wonder, doesn't it... 191 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,120 ...in all this chaos, what God's plan might be. 192 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:03,197 Yes, oh, now... Your new commission. Erm... 193 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,397 I had to petition hard for you. 194 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:10,917 Er... there are still some at the Court who needed persuading. 195 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,517 I don't wish to speak ill of the dead, 196 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,597 but I think that Bonno's passing 197 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:17,917 may have been of benefit to you, 198 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,637 if you take my meaning? 199 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,357 Yes, absolutely, no, yes. Of course. 200 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,997 And er... believe me, I'm grateful for everything. 201 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:26,957 I... I really am. 202 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,957 Still, what's the theme? General idea of the thing. 203 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,757 No idea, I'm afraid. I'm still working on that. 204 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,437 Really? 205 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,197 Well, we were all thinking 206 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:38,757 something a little fantastical. 207 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,717 Fantastical? 208 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,357 Gods, angels, kings, knights... 209 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,237 That sort of a thing. 210 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,797 Bit of a spectacle. The Emperor wants crowd-pleasers. 211 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,637 You understand. No, thank you, no. 212 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,597 I think people are bored of that now. 213 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,277 I was imagining, if anything, 214 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,157 Something a little bit more sort of real life. 215 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,040 You know, just sort of relatable. 216 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,157 Mozart... 217 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,077 Audiences don't come to the opera 218 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,040 to see relatable characters. They come to be inspired! 219 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,680 Yes, I think I can do both. 220 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,400 Of course you can. 221 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,117 I have er... given you 222 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,122 The librettist Argenti. 223 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,437 Argenti? Mm-hm. 224 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,397 Are you joking? 225 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,997 Am I writing a birthday card, or a singspiel for three-year-olds 226 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,477 Argenti is a more than competent librettist. 227 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:35,517 Argenti can barely spell "librettist". He's a moron! 228 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,797 Be that as it may. 229 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,560 Everyone else is... is busy. 230 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,077 Oh, and I almost forgot: the Emperor wants this 231 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,117 Before Christmas. 232 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,637 Before Christmas? Yes, I'm sorry. 233 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,197 I... I hope that won't be a problem? 234 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,597 Not for me, but I suppose I better tell Argenti 235 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,077 to start sharpening his quill. 236 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,917 Hope he doesn't accidentally stab himself 237 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,415 up the arsehole with it Good! 238 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,317 Well, er... let me know the theme 239 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,037 as soon as possible. 240 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,597 Of course. And my best to Constanze. 241 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,760 Thank you so much. 242 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,520 ♪ 243 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,157 Uh... I want to know what it's like 244 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,560 to make something beautiful. 245 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,240 Mm! 246 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,237 I'm reading the most wonderful book. 247 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,680 It's a play. It's banned, you know. 248 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,240 Banned by whom? My uncle, obviously. 249 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,837 What's it about? 250 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,557 A marriage. 251 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,120 Lust... 252 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,560 ...and desire. 253 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,360 And lies and truth. 254 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,157 Why has the Emperor banned this book? 255 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,637 He thinks it's dangerous. 256 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,797 It sounds so silly, doesn't it? 257 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,173 Being afraid of something like a book or a song. 258 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:00,680 Well... 259 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,640 Words can be dangerous. 260 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,920 Perhaps... I quite like danger. 261 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,437 If I don't get what I want, 262 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,520 I get bored. 263 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,160 And I hate getting bored. 264 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,440 Well, sometimes life is boring, so... 265 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,200 If you can't give me what I want... 266 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:29,757 ...then I don't see there's any point 267 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,352 in you being my tutor any more, 268 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,920 but I don't think you can afford to lose me. 269 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,320 I mean... 270 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,277 ...what are you gonna do without me? 271 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,440 Beg on the street? 272 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,440 ♪ 273 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,317 This is a banned play. 274 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,277 It's banned because there's truth in it. 275 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,437 It's banned because it depicts the servants 276 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,877 as smarter than the masters. 277 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,077 Which they are. Let me say, 278 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,397 as a particularly smart servant myself, 279 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,357 You should find a different story. 280 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,517 OK. Let me play you something. 281 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,877 Something of what? Of this. 282 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,677 I've already started writing it. I can't stop thinking about it. 283 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:32,957 Well, try harder. 284 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,037 Come on. No - 285 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,237 One aria! One aria, that's the deal. 286 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,677 Come on! To what end? 287 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,277 Because you are gonna be my librettist. 288 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,957 Thank you, but I told you I'm spoken for 289 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,157 and my other half gets very jealous. 290 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,677 Do you want to spend all your life 291 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,037 Writing milquetoast operas for Kapellmeister Salieri? Yes! 292 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,157 Don't you ever just want an easy life? 293 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,037 No! Not at the expense of the music. 294 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,517 Come on, one aria. All right. 295 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,259 What do you mean, you're quitting? 296 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,637 I've promised my services to another composer. 297 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,357 Who? 298 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,357 Mozart. But you're working for me! Yes. 299 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:14,634 No. Erm, it's just... Yes, no, erm... "It's just" what? 300 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,200 He played me some of it. 301 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,997 Well, I suppose you could work on both at once. 302 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,157 Well, that won't be possible. 303 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,197 Why not? 304 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,837 You're leaving Vienna? Just until we finish writing it, 305 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,477 Yes. "We"? Me and Da Ponte. 306 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,397 Why can't you write it here? Because if anybody finds out 307 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:40,517 about what we're doing, 308 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,597 they'll shut us down. What? What is this opera? 309 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,797 It's a secret, Stanze. I don't understand. 310 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,997 Look, this is how we have to do it. It can't be ruined. 311 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,997 It's very... You know, it's very delicate, 312 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,997 OK? I can't explain it to you. No, no, you can't.It's very... 313 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:54,877 Erm, and the... the Princess Elizabeth? 314 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,637 Her lessons? I... I don't know. It's probably good 315 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,197 to have some time apart, frankly. 316 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,050 Time apart? What do you mean, "Time apart"? 317 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,837 What happened? 318 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,237 Oh... no, nothing's happened. Those lessons are important. I worked... 319 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,037 We worked really hard to get you that job! 320 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:12,037 I can't be thinking about fucking music lessons, OK? 321 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,237 I have to do this. I have to do it! 322 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,797 Yes, you have to leave. Yes! 323 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,280 Well, yes. 324 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,640 Will you be back next month? 325 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,477 I don't know. 326 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:27,680 Probably not. Why? 327 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,280 It'll be Raimund's anniversary. 328 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,000 But I will lay flowers on your behalf, shall I? 329 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:48,976 Good afternoon, sir. 330 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:51,837 Fuck! 331 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,637 Bastard! 332 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,840 Fuck! 333 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,720 Bastard! 334 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,200 Uh... 335 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,480 Your Majesty. 336 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,477 Your Majesty, I have some rather unfortunate news. 337 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,517 You'll remember how, at Bonno's insistence, 338 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,477 Mozart was given another opera commission. 339 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,117 Well, I... he's stolen my librettist, you see, 340 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,117 and what's more, he's refusing to reveal 341 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,720 what his opera is even about. 342 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,157 Your Majesty, what... what happened? 343 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,757 One of the dogs bit me. 344 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,197 Tried to stop it mauling a stag. 345 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,477 I was stupid. 346 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,837 Bonno didn't commission Mozart - I did. 347 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,597 Aren't there enough librettists in this damn town to go around? Can't you all share? 348 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,237 Well, of course, of course... of course we can. 349 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:07,757 There is, however, another matter, 350 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,637 a more sensitive matter 351 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,117 I thought you should be aware of. 352 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,917 There are rumours that Mozart may have been erm... 353 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,517 in... indelicate with the Princess. 354 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,557 Indelicate? I'll have him whipped. 355 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,917 Oh, no. Just his manner, sir. 356 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,397 Nothing that would have crossed that line, I assure you. 357 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,437 But even so... Erm... 358 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,877 Yes, no, we can't have any suggestion of impropriety, 359 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,997 Especially... given her temperament. 360 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,637 We can have him quietly removed from the position. 361 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,197 No need for a scandal. 362 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,197 And I can find somebody more appropriate to tutor her. 363 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,117 Fischer, perhaps? No, you do it. 364 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,037 Me tutor her? Are you sure? 365 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,077 Yes, it's cleaner that way. 366 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,117 Besides, I've enough on my plate as it is right now. 367 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,277 Of course. And, and... and the opera? 368 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:54,917 You're the Kapellmeister now. 369 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,077 If one of your composers is writing a secret opera, 370 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,517 it is up to you to find out what it is 371 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,957 before whining to me about it! 372 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,601 I'm gonna wash this shit off me. 373 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,600 Amadeus! Amadeus! 374 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,317 Jesus Christ! Are you working? 375 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,157 Not in the carriage, Wolfgang! 376 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,797 This is a sacred space. 377 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,797 What's there to it, anyway? Oi, excuse me! 378 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,677 It's a farce. 379 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,717 Everyone dresses up as everyone else. 380 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,197 So-and-so hides under so-and-so's frock. 381 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,117 They all fuck each other. The end. 382 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:53,557 It's not that kind of farce. 383 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,477 There's more to it than that. Figaro. Susanna. 384 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,517 They lose each other, then find each other again. 385 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,357 It's complicated. We need to capture the spirit of it. 386 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:01,557 Erm... 387 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,757 The Marriage Of Figaro. 388 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,277 Yes. 389 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:08,277 How's the Marriage of Mozart? OK, look... 390 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,640 Pour me another drink! 391 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,920 Go on. Argh! 392 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,637 Come on! 393 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,277 ♪ 394 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,317 Wolfgang, you've dragged me away from Vienna 395 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,117 To write an illegal opera with you. 396 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,717 I was under the impression 397 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,237 that we'd at least be very drunk - very drunk! 398 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,717 I'm trying to work out the feeling of this section. What is it? 399 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,277 The Count is confused. 400 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:51,917 He thinks Susanna doesn't love him. 401 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,557 OK, we can have her lie to him. 402 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,397 You know, give him a false hope, a false promise. 403 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,120 Deception.Deception. Betrayal. 404 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,317 Forgiveness? 405 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,397 Ooh! Forgiveness is good. 406 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,717 Yeah, forgiveness is good. 407 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,157 OK, yes, a theme of forgiveness. 408 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,237 Wolfgang, I'm going to invite some girls over now. 409 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,397 Uh-huh. 410 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,997 You could just put a pin in the opera chat for five minutes. 411 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,517 Susanna and the Countess have started working together, 412 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,117 That's why Susanna goes to the Count. 413 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,757 But she needs to convince HIM that she does love him. 414 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,317 That's all part of this amusing plot. 415 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,597 And it's, like, "Oh, finally! Crudel! Perche finora..." 416 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,717 "Cruel girl, why did you make me wait so long?" 417 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,717 You know, erm... I was a priest in Venice. 418 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,837 And how does it end? The opera? 419 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,077 Er, well, they end up happily together. 420 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,717 So not like real life, then? 421 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,917 Oh, no, don't... don't say that. 422 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,957 He's so sweet, he's writing this for his wife. 423 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,197 Anyway, thank you for the company. This has been fun. 424 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,677 Where are you going? I'm going to work! 425 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,397 Fucking hell. You can't leave. 426 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,037 You've just told us all about your opera, you have to play us some. 427 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,597 Well, the instruments are all in my room, so I... 428 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,021 Well, you could play it to me in your room, then. 429 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,637 Amadeus! Amadeus! ♪ 430 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,920 Put your bow down and fuck someone! 431 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,480 ♪ 432 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,117 That's the duet from the Third Act. 433 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,437 I didn't actually think 434 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,276 you were going to play me your opera. 435 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,037 Hmm... 436 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,560 Yes. 437 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,040 It was very nice, though. 438 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,517 And... you're writing it for your wife? 439 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,000 Yes. 440 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,463 You could just... talk to her. 441 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,320 This is how I talk. 442 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,240 Well, it better be good, then. 443 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,360 Yes... 444 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,560 ♪ 445 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,077 Crudel! Perche Finora duet 446 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,220 ♪ Mi sento dal con ten to 447 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,317 ♪ Pieno di gioia il cor 448 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,357 ♪ Scusatemi se men to 449 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,037 ♪ Voi che intendete amor ♪ 450 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,157 Stanze! 451 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,200 ♪ 452 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,120 STANZE! 453 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,880 Symphony No. 80, Menuet - Trio 454 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,237 Hello, Frau Mozart? Oh! 455 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,637 Sorry to startle you. 456 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,437 Franz Suessmayr. We met a while ago. 457 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,037 Yes, yes, you rescued me 458 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,077 from a very boring conversation at a party. 459 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,317 Do you remember? Yes. What can I do for you? 460 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,397 Well, I wondered if I could talk to your husband? Oh, he's not here. 461 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,637 Oh, that's a shame. 462 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,837 I'm here on behalf of the Royal Viennese School of Music, you see. 463 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,957 We've been writing to him about performing for us. 464 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,197 You should come in. Oh, no, I shouldn't. 465 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:40,920 You'll get washed away. 466 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,557 Come in. Thank you. 467 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:45,713 So this performance... 468 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,117 For the school. 469 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,077 I mean, it would just need to be a half an hour, just... 470 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,717 just some works on the forte piano, 471 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,757 maybe the viola - whatever he wanted. 472 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,880 Two florins. Two florins? 473 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,477 For an hour, yes. He doesn't do half-hour concerts. 474 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,077 My husband is a royally commissioned opera composer 475 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,477 and erstwhile tutor to the Princess Elizabeth. 476 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,677 If you require a quartet, we'll source the musicians 477 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,077 for a 15% cut of each of their fees. 478 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,597 Yes, of course. 479 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,237 Er, I just need to discuss that with the Head of the School. 480 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,074 And the fee would need to be paid up front, of course.Naturally. 481 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,320 You speak very plainly. 482 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,037 Is that a problem? No. 483 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,997 No, not at all. 484 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,040 I like it. 485 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,237 Er, well... 486 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,880 It was a pleasure seeing you again. 487 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:38,957 Sorry. 488 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,037 You know, this is probably an imposition, 489 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,757 but er... there's a concert tomorrow, actually. 490 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,197 It's just a small thing, but it's quite fun. 491 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,037 You and your husband would be very welcome. 492 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,117 Well, my husband's away, so... 493 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,360 Yes, of course. You said. 494 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,317 Well... I mean, you could come. 495 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,157 I'll save you a table. It's at Schuman's. 496 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,837 Do you know it? Yes. 497 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,397 I could tell you all about the school and the performance. 498 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,277 A couple of glasses of schnapps, I'm sure you could even raise that fee 499 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,960 by a bit! 500 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,720 Yes, well... maybe. 501 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,160 Maybe. Maybe I'll come. 502 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:15,960 Aah! 503 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,157 It's perfect. Send a call-out for musicians. 504 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,157 Get them here within the week. 505 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,077 And you think they'll all come? Just tell them that Mozart and Da Ponte 506 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,717 have written the greatest opera 507 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,717 they'll ever have the chance to perform, 508 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,837 and then they'll come. This will be erm... 509 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,517 worth it, won't it? Doing this? 510 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,597 Yes, I think she'll like it. 511 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,677 Erm, I was more talking about 512 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,557 whether its artistic merits 513 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,277 might be enough to keep us out of jail 514 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,357 for disobeying the Emperor. Hmm... 515 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,717 Well, that's part of the fun. 516 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:49,077 That's part of the fun. That is part of the fun... OK. 517 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,277 OK, all right, thank you! 518 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,517 We'll take it. 519 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,400 ♪ 520 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,117 'My darling Constanze. 521 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,517 We have stopped in a small town for a few weeks 522 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,477 in the hope of finding an opera... 523 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,917 and all of the pieces are fitting into place 524 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,117 in ways even better than I could have hoped... ' ♪ 525 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,077 '..and I feel so strongly that when you listen to this opera, 526 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,717 you will see what's in my heart in new ways, 527 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,117 in ways that I hope you will truly understand. 528 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,277 I miss you 529 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,928 and I love you and I look forward to when we are together...' 530 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,160 Hi. 531 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,677 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 532 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,997 Now, for this next performance I need a female voice. 533 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,477 Who can sing here? Who do we know? 534 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,880 Me! 535 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,120 Madam, what about you? 536 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,437 No. 537 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,640 Oh... Come on! 538 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,757 You came. 539 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,437 Yes. 540 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,520 Do you know this one? Mm-hmm. 541 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:42,677 ♪ Soon this will also happen 542 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:48,117 ♪ That we are one in the room 543 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:53,677 ♪ Soon I'll be jealous despite everything 544 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:59,197 ♪ Breathe more freely from your chest 545 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,000 ♪ 546 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,597 ♪ If I give you my heart and hand 547 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,877 ♪ Faced with the yes word 548 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,077 ♪ If I give you my heart and hand 549 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,437 ♪ Mit dem Jawort zugewandt ♪ 550 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,037 So you'll never be a prima Donna - so what? 551 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,237 A mediocre soprano in a family full of coloraturas. 552 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,597 That wouldn't bother you? 553 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,357 It would bother me a little bit. 554 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,837 Then marry a prodigy and see how that feels! 555 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,157 Your husband is exceptional. 556 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,520 Mm. That's one word for him. 557 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,477 Also useless, chaotic... 558 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,637 And no-one knows what to do with him. 559 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:41,877 They can't rely on him, 560 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,397 but they can't let him go. 561 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,317 He's just like erm... 562 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,597 A moth dancing around in a lamp. 563 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,437 And he'll either fly away, or he'll burn. 564 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,240 And me with him. 565 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,917 What? 566 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,717 "A moth in a lamp"? Mm-hm. 567 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,080 It's a metaphor. It's a good one. Shut up. 568 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,317 How long is he away for? 569 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,997 I don't know. I got a letter from him 570 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,397 saying they'd found a rehearsal space in Trebic... 571 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,477 At the end of the month. 572 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,877 I think they plan to stay there till November, at least. 573 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,131 Where the hell's Trebic? 574 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,120 No idea. Hmm! 575 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,000 November is a long time to be alone.Hmm. 576 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:25,640 Yes, it is. 577 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,200 ♪ 578 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,837 Trebic? They've booked a rehearsal space there 579 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,360 for the end of the month. 580 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,237 Kapellmeister, 581 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,757 I hope you don't mind me questioning you, but I... 582 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,397 Well, I don't want to feel as if I'm engaging in subterfuge. 583 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:49,557 Oh, Franz. 584 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,317 I care deeply for Mozart. 585 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,557 He has the artist's proclivity for self-destruction. 586 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:59,157 It's my job as Kapellmeister and... his friend 587 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,480 To make sure he doesn't indulge those instincts. 588 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,917 You can clear your conscience. 589 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,317 By helping me, you are helping him. 590 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,120 And his wife, as well. 591 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,560 Hello, baby. 592 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,280 I miss you. 593 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,920 Do you still listen to me sing? 594 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,200 I hope so. 595 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,360 ♪ 596 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,157 You must practise, Princess. 597 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:12,977 But I don't like to. 598 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,477 I'm sure... 599 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:22,585 you could think of a way to help me remember it all... 600 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,976 ...without the work. 601 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,080 Do you like it? 602 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,040 My uncle got it for me. 603 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,920 Ow! 604 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,760 ♪ 605 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,756 There! I've made a little map for you 606 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,077 Don't play with me. 607 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,560 I never play games I can't win. 608 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,877 When's Wolfgang coming back? 609 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,360 Oh, he's not. 610 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,837 Hi, there. Hi, nice to see you. 611 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,957 Thank you so much. Please, there's your entrance. 612 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:30,877 Hello, my friend. 613 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,837 Hi, sir, welcome. 614 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,957 Opera singers over there with Lorenzo. 615 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,357 Violin... 616 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,237 Er... viola. Are you still with viola, sir? 617 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,197 OK, so... everyone go to the pillar. 618 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,640 OK... 619 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:45,517 All right! 620 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,397 Thank you, everybody, for travelling all this way. 621 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,437 You're probably wondering 622 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,077 why the clandestine nature of this whole affair. 623 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,437 Well, Lorenzo and I have a confession to make: 624 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,237 we're not just asking you here 625 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,397 to be co-collaborators on this opera. 626 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,477 We're also asking you to be co-conspirators. 627 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,780 What we're rehearsing today is a version of The Marriage Of Figaro. 628 00:37:09,781 --> 00:37:14,157 Just give us a few hours of your time, 629 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,517 and if at the end of the rehearsal you want to leave, 630 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,240 you can leave. 631 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,437 Well, here we go... 632 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,840 "Voi, Signor, Che Giusto Siete" from The Marriage Of Figaro 633 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,000 ♪ 634 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:42,600 Franz? 635 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:44,917 Constanze. 636 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,520 I was just passing... 637 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,957 Well, no. Actually, I... I never pass by here. 638 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,357 It's miles from my apartment. 639 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,837 Extremely inconvenient. 640 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,997 But I came because... 641 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,277 I wanted to come and tell you... 642 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:58,800 I'm leaving. 643 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,600 For a bit. 644 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,157 I see. 645 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:09,957 I didn't want you to think that I just... disappeared. 646 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,080 No. 647 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,200 No, no, that's very kind of you. 648 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,517 I will be back in Vienna on the 10th of December. 649 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,117 Your husband... 650 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,520 He'll be back. Yes. 651 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:29,757 I th... I thought maybe I would visit the St Michael's Church 652 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,480 on the evening I return. 653 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,902 If someone wanted to find me... alone... 654 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:40,880 ...that's where I'd be. 655 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,366 Why are you telling me that? 656 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,840 Because I think I would go mad if I didn't. 657 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,237 I merely require two minutes of His Majesty's time. 658 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,277 I'm afraid it's just not possible. 659 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,077 Young man, I have a weekly routine with the Emperor 660 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,357 whereby I try to teach him the forte piano 661 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,157 and he resolutely fails to retain 662 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:23,477 a single piece of my knowledge! 663 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,037 Now, we do this every Thursday at this time. 664 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,397 Now, if he is too busy... 665 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:28,757 Herr Salieri, it is simply - 666 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:33,117 I'M THE KAPELLMEISTER OF THE COURT OF EMPEROR JOSEPH II, 667 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,917 and I... Antonio. 668 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,117 Your Majesty, I do apologise for this cacophony, but... 669 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,760 Right, yes, come in. 670 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,077 There's no time for a music lesson today, I'm afraid, Antonio. 671 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,877 The Ottomans have provoked Russia into war 672 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,557 and we are treaty-bound to defend them... 673 00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,277 with everything that we have. 674 00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,677 Revolution brewing in the Netherlands, 675 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,477 Prussians sabre-rattling at the North. 676 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,317 There could hardly be a more inopportune time for a war. 677 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,440 I have no experience of war. 678 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,840 Mm! I should hope you never will. 679 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,705 What was it that you wanted to speak to me about? I... 680 00:42:15,209 --> 00:42:17,440 Yes, erm... 681 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,117 I have heard word of a banned opera 682 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,717 being readied for performance. 683 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,037 Banned opera? Yes. 684 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,037 The Marriage Of Figaro, Your Majesty. You banned it yourself. 685 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,197 I've no memory of it. What's it about? 686 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,557 Adultery, sin, betrayal, 687 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,637 upper classes being depicted as fools, 688 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,557 the working poor their betters. 689 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,976 Who wrote it? Mozart. 690 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,397 And the librettist? Da Ponte. 691 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,717 I thought he was doing yours. 692 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,797 No. Right, so it'll be in Italian. 693 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,717 Only the aristocrats will understand it. 694 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,717 They're hardly likely to start a revolution 695 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,517 Look, Antonio, I don't recall banning this play. 696 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,637 I also don't recall its title being used as the primary motive 697 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,157 in any peasant uprisings that may be occurring. 698 00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:04,117 Let them put it on. Go with Van Swieten to the opening night. 699 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,477 If the audience are moved to leave the theatre 700 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,197 and march on the palace demanding my head, 701 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,480 then you have my permission to shut it down. 702 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,240 ♪ 703 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,397 Stanze! 704 00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,757 I... I need to leave! 705 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,277 I'll meet you there. 706 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,200 Pardon? I'll meet you there! 707 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,960 All right. 708 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,120 Excuse me. 709 00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:03,717 Five minutes. Five minutes! 710 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,317 Are you all right? Hmm? 711 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,117 Are you all right? Yes. 712 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,357 Constanze isn't here yet, so... 713 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:10,757 I need... 714 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:11,997 Listen to me. 715 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,957 I quit the Kapellmeister's opera to do this 716 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,517 because I believe in it. 717 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:17,877 And I believe in you. 718 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,957 But it does need to go well, you understand? 719 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,077 Yes. Now, what do we say? 720 00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:25,997 We say fuck 'em all. Yes? Fuck 'em all. Yes. 721 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,157 Fuck 'em all. Good boy! 722 00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:30,760 No! Turn around. 723 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,960 Sit down. 724 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,840 The Marriage Of Figaro 725 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:11,880 ♪ 726 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:39,001 ♪ Contessa, per do no 727 00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:44,837 ♪ Perdono 728 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:50,360 ♪ Perdo-o-o-o-ono 729 00:48:53,080 --> 00:49:01,360 ♪ Piu docile io sono 730 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:07,357 ♪ E dico di si 731 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,120 'He had secured greatness. 732 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,600 Written himself immortal. 733 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,800 And I said nothing.' 734 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:27,001 ♪ Ah, tutti contenti 735 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:35,200 ♪ Saremo cosi 736 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:36,957 ♪ Saremo cosi 737 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:43,317 ♪ Saremo 738 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:48,440 ♪ Cosi 739 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,077 Hey! 740 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:06,320 Where are you going? 741 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:09,680 ♪ 742 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,357 Our Emperor rides to war, 743 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,400 and you incite a mob? 744 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:16,641 You couldn't hear it, could you? 745 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,120 You never could. 746 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,037 Shame, you know. 747 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,317 I was starting to enjoy it. 748 00:51:59,251 --> 00:52:01,920 ♪ 749 00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:36,920 Subtitles by Sky Access Services www.skyaccessibility.sky