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The following programme
contains strong language

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and scenes of a sexual nature

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From the outset.

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It's the Salieris!

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Your bride is on the table.

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We all know how beholden
you are to this Emperor!

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SALIERI:
A new job has become available.

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I was wondering if you might
bring me his manuscripts,

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make his case for the Emperor.

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But you are a woman. I am a man.

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This is the way of things now.

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(HISSES) Get yourself dressed!
Why, have you changed your mind?

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A very rude chap...

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You're gonna run out of students.
Fine!

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Stanze!
(HORSE WHINNIES)

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Pack your trunk. We're going away!

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You are throwing away
the gift that God gave you.

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You selfish little bastard!

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♪ (PLAYS DISCORDANT NOTES)

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MAN: Sir, I'm sorry to tell you
that your son is dead.

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The Mass for Raimund
is ready to perform.

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♪ MOZART: Great Mass in C Minor

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♪ (SOPRANO SOLO)

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SALIERI: 'From this time on,

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we are enemies, you and I.'

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Kill the man...

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...kill the God.

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(BELL TOLLS)

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♪ (WOMAN HUMS
"EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK - ANDANTE")

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What's that you're singing?
Oh, it's nothing.

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A tune I heard.

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You go to the concerts?

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I go to casinos.

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There's usually
a string quartet.

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Quintet, for that one.

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But the tune, it stuck with you?

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I haven't been able
to get it out my head.

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(CHUCKLES)

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Do you know who wrote it?

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No.

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I do.
(BELT BUCKLE CLINKS)

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♪ (RESUMES HUMMING)

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Keep singing it.
♪ (HUMS)

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♪ (ORCHESTRA PLAYS
"EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK")

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Second movement - Andante.

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Subdominant key of C major.

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♪ (HUMS) It enters your brain,

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tunnelling into your subconscious
like a spell.

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(SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH)

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Yes.

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I didn't come here for absolution,
you understand?

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Not... Not for pleasure.

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I can give you whatever
you came here for. Just keep singing.

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Enchant me like the Pied Piper.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

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Like a rat?

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What would you do,
if you caught a rat?

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Would you be kind to it?

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No.
No, you'd want to punish it,

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Wouldn't you?

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You'd want to hurt it, crush it.

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Harder!

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(GROANS)

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(PANTING)

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Harder. Please.

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♪ MOZART: Piano Concerto No.20
in D Minor

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Woo-hoo!
(LAUGHTER)

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♪ (PLAYS WALTZ)

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(ANIMATED CHATTER)

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MAN:
Did I ever tell you I was a priest

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at the Church of San Luca?

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I mean, the whole of Venice
is beautiful,

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assuming you like canals -
which I don't, actually.

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Although I do think
I was rather good

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at the whole priest thing...

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Save for the mistress.

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I had two children with her,
which...

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Anyway, they defrocked me,
if you can believe it.

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Banished from Venice! Yes,
I can believe that, actually.

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MAN: The Emperor
and his constant need for reforms!

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I mean, it's outrageous.
Child labour outlawed,

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Peasants allowed to move wherever
they want... How is Constanze these days?

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She worries sometimes about,
you know... my students, and so on.

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Your students? Yes, my students.
They're drying up.

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Anyway, more importantly,

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the Emperor has commissioned me
to write another opera!

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I did hear that. What's it about?
No idea!

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(BOTH CHUCKLING)

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I was gonna ask you,
would you like to be a part of it?

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Fancy putting some words
to the music?

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Well, I'm sorry, darling,

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but I have another master.

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Do you?

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That's funny. He never used to come
to these things.

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Ah, I think lately
he's grown something of a dark side.

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What do you mean?
Well, I heard

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that they don't see him much
at church on Sundays any more.

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Let's just say that.

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MAN:
That's not going to happen to us!

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The Emperor slaps the faces
of the aristocracy,

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Asks us to turn the other cheek
and thank him (!)

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Hello.
Oh, hi.

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I don't really have anything
to say to you. I just thought,

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if someone didn't step in
and start talking to you,

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you might've murdered one
of those men. Oh, I might still.

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(BOTH CHUCKLE)

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I'm Franz Suessmayr.
Are you a friend of my husband's?

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Oh, no. Just... an admirer.

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Oh!

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Oh, well, you fit in well here,
then. Very well.

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Hm! I saw you sing last year.
Mm? The Mass.

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Yes, I...
I still think about it.

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Anyway, I'm glad I met you.

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Have a nice evening.

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Court Composer.

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Excuse me.

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What happened to your eye?
Oh...

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I slipped getting out of the bath.

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They're death traps.
Mm!

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My wife insists on having
two a month!

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I tell her she's taking her life
into her hands.(CHUCKLES)

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How's the new work?
Oh, good.

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Les Horaces. Operatic tragedy.

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An operatic tragedy!

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Well, it's been at least
five minutes since the last one (!)

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The librettist?
Da Ponte.

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Ugh! Feckless creature.

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Ah, Lorenzo has his eccentricities,

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But he's the best,
and only the best will do.

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Mm.

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How are you, Antonio?

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I'm fine. It's just
you seem not yourself these days.

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I'm not sure what it is. I worry.

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You can tell me
if there's something wrong.

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Are we talking
about our feelings, Giuseppe?

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You're getting soft, Kapellmeister.

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I'm perfectly fine.

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Mm... I do have something
to talk to you about.

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The Court
has commissioned Mozart again.

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The Emperor likes him.
Well, he's a risk. Well, I mean...

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you've heard it, Antonio.

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My God, the boy can write!
You can't deny that.

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Well, I think his talents
may be outweighed by his...

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Eccentricities?

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The Emperor wants
to give him another go.

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My hands are tied.

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We are opening ourselves up
to ridicule.

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Joseph wants his opera houses
to be a shining light

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for all of Europe to...
(CHOKING)

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Giuseppe...
(CHOKING CONTINUES)

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(CHOKING INTENSIFIES)

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(PATRONS GASP)

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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We're going to need
a new Kapellmeister.

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Oh, look, there's Salieri.

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Our new Kapellmeister.

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Congratulations.
Thank you. Hm!

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So, how does it feel?

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No different. You have all of Vienna
and its musicians in your palm.

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You must feel something.

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We'll have to be quick today.
I have a lot of meetings.

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Will you still be able
to... tutor me? Well...

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A Kapellmeister
has to be very selective

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over who he keeps
in his inner circle.

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I am going to have to let
a lot of my pupils go.

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But you, Katerina...

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You, I intend to keep...

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...in my palm.

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♪ (PLAYS AND SINGS MELODIOUSLY)

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♪ (FORTEPIANO BEING TUNED)
MOZART: Can you imagine?

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Choking to death on beef,
of all things!

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What's wrong with beef? Well, I can
think of better things to choke on.

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STYLIST: There we are, sir.
I love it!

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Anton, that sounds a bit flat to me.

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Made er... they've made Salieri
Kapellmeister, did you hear?

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Aloysia mentioned it
eight or nine times, yes.

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He's actually summoned me
to go meet with him.

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What does he want?
No, Anton, that's sharp now!

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Just go through it all again,
I think, please.

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I think he wants to talk to me
about the new opera.

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Rosenberg thinks I might get a longer
run this time, which is good.

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♪ (TUNING CONTINUES)

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There was a boy at our party
a few weeks ago.

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Erm, he'd been at Raimund's Mass.
Right...

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He remembered hearing me sing.

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Hadn't been able
to stop thinking about it.

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Yes, well, it was a good piece,
and all that, wasn't it?

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I was just thinking
about doing it again.

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Doing...?
Singing.

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Oh, as in... professionally, or...?

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Well, I was a good enough soprano
when I was younger.

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There are roles out there
in my range.

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I mean...
Yes.

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Yes, it's just singing a Mass
is one thing,

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but opera's kind of...
weeks on end, sometimes months.

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Anyway...

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See you later.

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♪ (TUNING CONTINUES)

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(DOOR BANGS SHUT)

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♪ (PLAYS SIMPLE PIECE)

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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Mozart! Come in, come in.

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Oof! I was very sorry
to hear about Bonno.

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Oh, yes, yes. Terrible.

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It makes one wonder, doesn't it...

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...in all this chaos,
what God's plan might be.

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Yes, oh, now...
Your new commission. Erm...

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I had to petition hard for you.

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Er... there are still some
at the Court who needed persuading.

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I don't wish to speak ill
of the dead,

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but I think that Bonno's passing

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may have been of benefit to you,

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if you take my meaning?

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Yes, absolutely, no, yes. Of course.

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And er... believe me,
I'm grateful for everything.

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I... I really am.

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Still, what's the theme?
General idea of the thing.

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No idea, I'm afraid.
I'm still working on that.

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Really?

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Well, we were all thinking

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something a little fantastical.

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Fantastical?

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Gods, angels, kings, knights...

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That sort of a thing.

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Bit of a spectacle.
The Emperor wants crowd-pleasers.

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You understand.
No, thank you, no.

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I think people are bored of that now.

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I was imagining, if anything,

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Something a little bit
more sort of real life.

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You know, just sort of relatable.

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(BOTH CHUCKLE)

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Mozart...

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Audiences don't come to the opera

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to see relatable characters.
They come to be inspired!

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Yes, I think I can do both.

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Of course you can.

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I have er... given you

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The librettist Argenti.

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Argenti? (LAUGHS)
Mm-hm.

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Are you joking?

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Am I writing a birthday card, or
a singspiel for three-year-olds (?)

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Argenti is
a more than competent librettist.

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Argenti can barely spell
"librettist". He's a moron!

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Be that as it may.

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Everyone else is... is busy.

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Oh, and I almost forgot:
the Emperor wants this

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Before Christmas.

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Before Christmas?
Yes, I'm sorry.

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I... I hope that won't be a problem?

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Not for me, but I suppose
I better tell Argenti

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to start sharpening his quill.

251
00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,917
Hope he doesn't
accidentally stab himself

252
00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,561
up the arsehole with it (!)
Good!

253
00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,317
Well, er... let me know the theme

254
00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,037
as soon as possible.

255
00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,597
Of course.
And my best to Constanze.

256
00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,717
Thank you so much.

257
00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,800
(RETREATING FOOTSTEPS)

258
00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,520
♪ (GENTLE TUNE ON FORTEPIANO)

259
00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,157
Uh... (CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)
I want to know what it's like

260
00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,560
to make something beautiful.

261
00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,240
Mm!

262
00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,237
I'm reading the most wonderful book.

263
00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,680
It's a play. It's banned, you know.

264
00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,240
Banned by whom?
My uncle, obviously.

265
00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,837
What's it about?

266
00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,557
A marriage.

267
00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,120
Lust...

268
00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,560
...and desire.

269
00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,360
And lies and truth.

270
00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,157
Why has the Emperor banned this book?

271
00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,637
He thinks it's dangerous.

272
00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,797
It sounds so silly, doesn't it?

273
00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,173
Being afraid of something
like a book or a song.

274
00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:00,680
Well...

275
00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,640
Words can be dangerous.

276
00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,920
Perhaps... I quite like danger.

277
00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,120
(CLEARS THROAT)

278
00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,437
If I don't get what I want,

279
00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,520
I get bored.

280
00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,160
And I hate getting bored.

281
00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,440
Well, sometimes life is boring, so...

282
00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,200
If you can't give me what I want...

283
00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:29,757
...then I don't see there's any point

284
00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,352
in you being my tutor any more,

285
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,920
but I don't think you can afford
to lose me.

286
00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,320
I mean...

287
00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,277
...what are you gonna do without me?

288
00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,440
Beg on the street?

289
00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,280
(I'll make you beg.)

290
00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,680
(GRUNTS)

291
00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,600
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

292
00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,037
(BODIES THUD AGAINST PIANO)

293
00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,397
♪ (CACOPHONOUS CHORD)
(MOANS)

294
00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,397
(PLEASURABLE MOANING)

295
00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,037
(MUSIC SWELLS)

296
00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,677
(MOANING CLIMAXES)

297
00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,317
This is a banned play.

298
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,277
It's banned
because there's truth in it.

299
00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,437
It's banned
because it depicts the servants

300
00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,877
as smarter than the masters.

301
00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,077
Which they are.
Let me say,

302
00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,397
as a particularly smart servant
myself,

303
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,357
You should find a different story.

304
00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,517
OK. Let me play you something.

305
00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,877
Something of what?
Of this.

306
00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,677
I've already started writing it.
I can't stop thinking about it.

307
00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:32,957
Well, try harder.

308
00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,037
Come on.
No -

309
00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,237
One aria! One aria, that's the deal.

310
00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,677
Come on!
To what end?

311
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,277
Because you are gonna be
my librettist.(SCOFFS)

312
00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,957
Thank you,
but I told you I'm spoken for

313
00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,157
and my other half gets very jealous.

314
00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,677
Do you want to spend all your life

315
00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,037
Writing milquetoast operas
for Kapellmeister Salieri? Yes!

316
00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,157
Don't you ever
just want an easy life?

317
00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,037
No! Not at the expense of the music.

318
00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,517
Come on, one aria.
All right.

319
00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,259
What do you mean, you're quitting?

320
00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,637
I've promised my services
to another composer.

321
00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,357
Who?

322
00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,357
Mozart.
But you're working for me! Yes.

323
00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,757
No. Erm, it's just...
Yes, no, erm... "It's just" what?

324
00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:14,840
(SIGHS)

325
00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,200
He played me some of it.

326
00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,960
(SCOFFS)

327
00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,997
Well, I suppose
you could work on both at once.

328
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,157
Well, that won't be possible.

329
00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,197
Why not?

330
00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,837
You're leaving Vienna?
Just until we finish writing it,

331
00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,477
Yes. "We"?
Me and Da Ponte.

332
00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,397
Why can't you write it here?
Because if anybody finds out

333
00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:40,517
about what we're doing,

334
00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,597
they'll shut us down. What?
What is this opera?

335
00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,797
It's a secret, Stanze.
I don't understand.

336
00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,997
Look, this is how we have to do it.
It can't be ruined.

337
00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,997
It's very...
You know, it's very delicate,

338
00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,997
OK? I can't explain it to you.
No, no, you can't.It's very...

339
00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:54,877
Erm,
and the... the Princess Elizabeth?

340
00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,637
Her lessons?
I... I don't know. It's probably good

341
00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,197
to have some time apart, frankly.

342
00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,050
Time apart?
What do you mean, "Time apart"?

343
00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,837
What happened?

344
00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,237
Oh... no, nothing's happened. Those
lessons are important. I worked...

345
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,037
We worked really hard
to get you that job!

346
00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:12,037
I can't be thinking
about fucking music lessons, OK?

347
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,237
I have to do this.
I have to do it!

348
00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,797
Yes, you have to leave. Yes!

349
00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,280
Well, yes.

350
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,640
Will you be back next month?

351
00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,477
I don't know.

352
00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:27,680
Probably not. Why?

353
00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,237
It'll be Raimund's anniversary.

354
00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,520
(POIGNANT MUSIC)

355
00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,000
But I will lay flowers
on your behalf, shall I?

356
00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,440
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

357
00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,220
MAN: Good afternoon, sir.

358
00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:51,837
Fuck!

359
00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,637
Bastard!

360
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,840
Fuck!
(BANGING AND CLATTERING)

361
00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,677
Bastard!

362
00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,800
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

363
00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,976
(FRANTIC SCREECHING)

364
00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,280
(HUNTING CRIES AND GUNSHOTS)

365
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,200
Uh...

366
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,437
Your Majesty.

367
00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,520
(HORSES SNORT AND WHINNY)

368
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,477
Your Majesty,
I have some rather unfortunate news.

369
00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,517
You'll remember how,
at Bonno's insistence,

370
00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,477
Mozart was given
another opera commission.

371
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,117
Well, I...
he's stolen my librettist, you see,

372
00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,117
and what's more,
he's refusing to reveal

373
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,720
what his opera is even about.

374
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,157
Your Majesty, what... what happened?

375
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,757
One of the dogs bit me.

376
00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,197
Tried to stop it mauling a stag.

377
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,477
I was stupid.

378
00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,837
Bonno didn't commission Mozart -
I did.

379
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?

380
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,237
Well, of course, of course...
of course we can.

381
00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:07,757
There is, however, another matter,

382
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,637
a more sensitive matter

383
00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,117
I thought you should be aware of.

384
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,917
There are rumours
that Mozart may have been erm...

385
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,517
in... indelicate with the Princess.

386
00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,557
Indelicate? I'll have him whipped.

387
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,917
Oh, no. Just his manner, sir.

388
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,397
Nothing that would have crossed
that line, I assure you.

389
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,437
But even so...
Erm...

390
00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,877
Yes, no, we can't have
any suggestion of impropriety,

391
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,997
Especially... given her temperament.

392
00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,637
We can have him quietly removed
from the position.

393
00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,197
No need for a scandal.

394
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,197
And I can find somebody
more appropriate to tutor her.

395
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,117
Fischer, perhaps?
No, you do it.

396
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,037
Me tutor her? Are you sure?

397
00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,077
Yes, it's cleaner that way.

398
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,117
Besides, I've enough on my plate
as it is right now.

399
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,277
Of course. And, and... and the opera?

400
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:54,917
You're the Kapellmeister now.

401
00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,077
If one of your composers
is writing a secret opera,

402
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,517
it is up to you
to find out what it is

403
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,957
before whining to me about it!

404
00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,601
I'm gonna wash this shit off me.

405
00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,600
DA PONTE: Amadeus! Amadeus!

406
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,797
(HORSES WHINNY AND SNORT)

407
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,880
(WHINES SOFTLY)

408
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,320
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

409
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,480
(COACHMAN URGES HORSES ON)

410
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,557
(BIRDSONG / COW LOWING)

411
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,317
DA PONTE: Jesus Christ!
Are you working?

412
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,157
Not in the carriage, Wolfgang!

413
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,797
This is a sacred space.

414
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,797
What's there to it, anyway?
Oi, excuse me!

415
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,677
It's a farce.

416
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,717
Everyone dresses up
as everyone else.

417
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,197
So-and-so hides
under so-and-so's frock.

418
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,117
They all fuck each other. The end.

419
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:53,557
It's not that kind of farce.

420
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,477
There's more to it than that.
Figaro. Susanna.

421
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,517
They lose each other,
then find each other again.

422
00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,357
It's complicated.
We need to capture the spirit of it.

423
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:01,557
Erm...

424
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,757
The Marriage Of Figaro.

425
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,277
Yes.

426
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:08,277
How's the Marriage of Mozart?
OK, look...

427
00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,823
Pour me another drink!
(GRUNTS)

428
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,800
(INDISTINCT CAROUSING)

429
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,920
Go on.
Argh!

430
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,637
(GRUNTS)
Come on!

431
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,277
♪ (MERRY FOLK TUNE)

432
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,317
Wolfgang,
you've dragged me away from Vienna

433
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,117
To write an illegal opera with you.

434
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,717
I was under the impression

435
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,237
that we'd at least be very drunk -
very drunk!

436
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,717
I'm trying to work out the feeling
of this section. What is it?

437
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,277
The Count is confused.

438
00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:51,917
He thinks Susanna doesn't love him.

439
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,557
OK, we can have her lie to him.

440
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,397
You know, give him a false hope,
a false promise.

441
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,120
Deception.Deception.
Betrayal.

442
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,317
Forgiveness?

443
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,397
Ooh!(WOMAN GIGGLES)
Forgiveness is good.

444
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,717
Yeah, forgiveness is good.

445
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,157
OK, yes, a theme of forgiveness.

446
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,237
Wolfgang, I'm going
to invite some girls over now.

447
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,397
Uh-huh.

448
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,997
You could just put a pin
in the opera chat for five minutes.

449
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,517
Susanna and the Countess
have started working together,

450
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,117
That's why
Susanna goes to the Count.

451
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,757
But she needs to convince HIM
that she does love him.

452
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,317
That's all part of this amusing plot.

453
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,597
And it's, like, "Oh, finally!
Crudel! Perche finora..."

454
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,717
"Cruel girl,
why did you make me wait so long?"

455
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,717
You know, erm...
I was a priest in Venice.

456
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,837
And how does it end?
The opera?

457
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,077
Er, well,
they end up happily together.

458
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,717
So not like real life, then?

459
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,917
Oh, no, don't... don't say that.

460
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,957
He's so sweet,
he's writing this for his wife.

461
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,197
Anyway, thank you for the company.
This has been fun.

462
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,677
Where are you going?
I'm going to work!

463
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,397
Fucking hell.
You can't leave.

464
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,037
You've just told us all about your
opera, you have to play us some.

465
00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,597
Well, the instruments
are all in my room, so I...

466
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,021
Well, you could play it to me
in your room, then.

467
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,920
(BOTTLES CLINK / DRUNKEN LAUGHTER)

468
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,637
Amadeus! Amadeus!
♪ (VIOLIN PLAYS)

469
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,920
Put your bow down and fuck someone!

470
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,480
♪ (PLAYS TENDER MELODY)

471
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,117
That's the duet from the Third Act.

472
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,437
(CLEARS THROAT)
I didn't actually think

473
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,276
you were going to play me
your opera.

474
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:30,520
(Yes...)

475
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,037
Hmm...

476
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,560
Yes.

477
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,040
It was very nice, though.

478
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,517
And... you're writing it
for your wife?

479
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,000
Yes.

480
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,463
You could just... talk to her.

481
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,320
This is how I talk.

482
00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,240
Well, it better be good, then.

483
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,360
Yes...

484
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,560
♪ (POIGNANT ORCHESTRAL CHORDS)

485
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,077
♪ MOZART: Crudel! Perche Finora duet
(The Marriage Of Figaro)

486
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,317
DA PONTE: ♪ Mi sento dal con ten to

487
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,317
♪ Pieno di gioia il cor

488
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,357
♪ Scusatemi se men to

489
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,037
♪ Voi che intendete amor ♪

490
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,157
Stanze!

491
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,200
♪ (HARMONIOUS DUET)

492
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,120
STANZE!

493
00:25:58,120 --> 00:25:59,960
(APPLAUSE)

494
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,480
(CHURCH BELL TOLLS)

495
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,880
♪ HAYDN: Symphony No. 80,
Menuet - Trio

496
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,927
(NO AUDIBLE SPEECH)

497
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,237
SUESSMAYR: Hello, Frau Mozart?
Oh!

498
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,637
Sorry to startle you.

499
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,437
Franz Suessmayr.
We met a while ago.

500
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,037
Yes, yes, you rescued me

501
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,077
from a very boring conversation
at a party.

502
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,317
(CHUCKLES) Do you remember?
Yes. What can I do for you?

503
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,397
Well, I wondered if I could talk
to your husband? Oh, he's not here.

504
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,637
Oh, that's a shame.

505
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,837
I'm here on behalf of the Royal
Viennese School of Music, you see.

506
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,957
We've been writing to him
about performing for us.

507
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,197
You should come in.
Oh, no, I shouldn't.

508
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:40,920
You'll get washed away.

509
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,557
Come in.
Thank you.

510
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:45,713
So this performance...

511
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,117
For the school.

512
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,077
I mean, it would just need to be
a half an hour, just...

513
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,717
just some works on the forte piano,

514
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,757
maybe the viola -
whatever he wanted.

515
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,880
Two florins.
Two florins?

516
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,477
For an hour, yes.
He doesn't do half-hour concerts.

517
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,077
My husband is a royally commissioned
opera composer

518
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,477
and erstwhile tutor
to the Princess Elizabeth.

519
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,677
If you require a quartet,
we'll source the musicians

520
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,077
for a 15% cut of each of their fees.

521
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,597
Yes, of course.

522
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,237
Er, I just need to discuss that
with the Head of the School.

523
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,074
And the fee would need to be paid
up front, of course.Naturally.

524
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,320
You speak very plainly.

525
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,037
Is that a problem?
No.

526
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,997
No, not at all.

527
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,040
I like it.

528
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,237
Er, well... (CHUCKLES BASHFULLY)

529
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,880
It was a pleasure seeing you again.

530
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:38,957
Sorry.

531
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,037
You know,
this is probably an imposition,

532
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,757
but er... there's a concert
tomorrow, actually.

533
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,197
It's just a small thing,
but it's quite fun.

534
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,037
You and your husband
would be very welcome.

535
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,117
Well, my husband's away, so...

536
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,360
Yes, of course. You said.

537
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,317
Well... I mean, you could come.

538
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,157
I'll save you a table.
It's at Schuman's.

539
00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,837
Do you know it?
Yes.

540
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,397
I could tell you all about
the school and the performance.

541
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,277
A couple of glasses of schnapps, I'm
sure you could even raise that fee

542
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,960
by a bit!
(CHUCKLES)

543
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,720
Yes, well... maybe.

544
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,160
Maybe. Maybe I'll come.

545
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:15,960
MOZART: Aah!

546
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,157
It's perfect.
Send a call-out for musicians.

547
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,157
Get them here within the week.

548
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,077
And you think they'll all come? Just
tell them that Mozart and Da Ponte

549
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,717
have written the greatest opera

550
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,717
they'll ever have the chance
to perform,

551
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,837
and then they'll come.
This will be erm...

552
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,517
worth it, won't it? Doing this?

553
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,597
Yes, I think she'll like it.

554
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,677
Erm, I was more talking about

555
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,557
whether its artistic merits

556
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,277
might be enough
to keep us out of jail

557
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,357
for disobeying the Emperor.
Hmm...

558
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,717
Well, that's part of the fun.

559
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:49,077
That's part of the fun.
That is part of the fun... OK.

560
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,277
OK, all right, thank you!

561
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,517
We'll take it.

562
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,400
♪ (GENTLE MELODY ON FORTEPIANO)

563
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,117
MOZART: 'My darling Constanze.

564
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,517
We have stopped in a small town
for a few weeks

565
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,477
in the hope of finding an opera...

566
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,917
and all of the pieces
are fitting into place

567
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,117
in ways even better than I could
have hoped...' ♪ (OPERA DUET)

568
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,077
'..and I feel so strongly that
when you listen to this opera,

569
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,717
you will see what's in my heart
in new ways,

570
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,117
in ways that I hope
you will truly understand.

571
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,277
I miss you

572
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,837
and I love you and I look forward
to when we are together...'

573
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,440
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY /
PAPER CRUMPLES)

574
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,237
(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)

575
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,840
(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS)

576
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,160
Hi.

577
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,000
(MUSIC CONCLUDES, APPLAUSE)

578
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,677
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
(AUDIENCE CHUCKLES)

579
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,997
Now, for this next performance
I need a female voice.

580
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,477
Who can sing here? Who do we know?

581
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,880
PATRON: Me!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

582
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,120
Madam, what about you?

583
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,437
No. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

584
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,640
ALL: Oh... (SHE MOUTHS)
WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: Come on!

585
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,757
You came.

586
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,437
Yes.

587
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,520
Do you know this one?
Mm-hmm.

588
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:42,677
♪ Soon this will also happen

589
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:48,117
♪ That we are one in the room

590
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:53,677
♪ Soon I'll be jealous despite everything

591
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:59,197
♪ Breathe more freely from your chest

592
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,000
♪ (VIOLIN TRILLS)

593
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,597
BOTH: (IN HARMONY)
♪ If I give you my heart and hand

594
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,877
♪ Mit dem Jawort zugewandt

595
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,077
♪ Wenn ich dir mein Herz und Hand

596
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,437
♪ Mit dem Jawort zugewandt ♪

597
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,037
SUESSMAYR: So you'll never be
a prima Donna - so what?

598
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,237
A mediocre soprano
in a family full of coloraturas.

599
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,597
That wouldn't bother you?

600
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,357
It would bother me a little bit.

601
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,837
Then marry a prodigy
and see how that feels!

602
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,157
Your husband is exceptional.

603
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,520
Mm. That's one word for him.

604
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,477
Also useless, chaotic...

605
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,637
And no-one knows
what to do with him.

606
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:41,877
They can't rely on him,

607
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,397
but they can't let him go.

608
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,317
He's just like erm...

609
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,597
A moth dancing around in a lamp.

610
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,437
And he'll either fly away,
or he'll burn.

611
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,197
And me with him.

612
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,400
(CHUCKLES)

613
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,917
What?

614
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,717
"A moth in a lamp"?
Mm-hm.

615
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,080
It's a metaphor.
It's a good one. Shut up.

616
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,317
How long is he away for?

617
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,997
I don't know.
I got a letter from him

618
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,397
saying they'd found
a rehearsal space in Trebic...

619
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,477
At the end of the month.

620
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,877
I think they plan to stay there
till November, at least.

621
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,131
Where the hell's Trebic?

622
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,120
No idea.
Hmm!

623
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,000
November is a long time
to be alone.Hmm.

624
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:25,640
Yes, it is.

625
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,200
♪ (MELANCHOLY SOLO)

626
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,837
Trebic? They've booked
a rehearsal space there

627
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,360
for the end of the month.

628
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,237
Kapellmeister,

629
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,757
I hope you don't mind me
questioning you, but I...

630
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,397
Well, I don't want to feel
as if I'm engaging in subterfuge.

631
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:49,557
Oh, Franz.

632
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,317
I care deeply for Mozart.

633
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,557
He has the artist's proclivity
for self-destruction.

634
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:59,157
It's my job as Kapellmeister
and... his friend

635
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,480
To make sure he doesn't indulge
those instincts.

636
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,917
You can clear your conscience.

637
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,317
By helping me, you are helping him.

638
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,120
And his wife, as well.

639
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,040
(BIRDSONG)

640
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,880
(SOMBRE MUSIC)

641
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,560
Hello, baby.

642
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,280
I miss you.

643
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,920
Do you still listen to me sing?

644
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,200
I hope so.

645
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,360
♪ (PLAYS HESITANTLY)

646
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:07,000
(EXHALES SHARPLY)

647
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,157
You must practise, Princess.

648
00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:12,977
But I don't like to.

649
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,477
I'm sure...

650
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:22,585
you could think of a way
to help me remember it all...

651
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,976
...without the work.

652
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,080
Do you like it?

653
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,040
My uncle got it for me.

654
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,920
Ow!

655
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,760
♪ (PLAYING SINGLE NOTES)

656
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,951
There!
I've made a little map for you (!)

657
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,077
Don't play with me.

658
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,560
I never play games I can't win.

659
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,877
When's Wolfgang coming back?

660
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,360
Oh, he's not.

661
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,837
Hi, there. Hi, nice to see you.

662
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,957
Thank you so much.
Please, there's your entrance.

663
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:30,877
Hello, my friend.

664
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,837
Hi, sir, welcome.

665
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,957
Opera singers over there
with Lorenzo.

666
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,357
Violin...

667
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,237
Er... viola.
Are you still with viola, sir?

668
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,037
OK, so... everyone go to the pillar.

669
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,197
(HUBBUB)

670
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,640
OK...

671
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:45,517
All right!

672
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,397
Thank you, everybody,
for travelling all this way.

673
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,437
(CHATTER DIES DOWN)
You're probably wondering

674
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,077
why the clandestine nature
of this whole affair.

675
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,437
Well, Lorenzo and I
have a confession to make:

676
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,237
we're not just asking you here

677
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,397
to be co-collaborators
on this opera.

678
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,477
We're also asking you
to be co-conspirators.

679
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,477
What we're rehearsing today is
a version of The Marriage Of Figaro.

680
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,560
(SHOCKED MURMURS)

681
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,157
Just give us
a few hours of your time,

682
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,517
and if at the end of the rehearsal
you want to leave,

683
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,240
you can leave.

684
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,437
Well, here we go...

685
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,840
♪ MOZART: "Voi, Signor, Che Giusto
Siete" from The Marriage Of Figaro

686
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,000
♪ (CONCLUDING CHORDS)

687
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,122
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

688
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,440
(APPLAUSE CONTINUES)

689
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:27,320
(EXHALES DEEPLY)

690
00:38:29,365 --> 00:38:31,557
(BIRD TWITTERS)

691
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,640
(BELL TINKLES)

692
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:42,600
Franz?

693
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:44,917
Constanze.

694
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,520
I was just passing...

695
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,957
Well, no. Actually, I...
I never pass by here.

696
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,357
It's miles from my apartment.

697
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,837
Extremely inconvenient.

698
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,997
But I came because...

699
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,277
I wanted to come and tell you...

700
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:58,800
I'm leaving.

701
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,600
For a bit.

702
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,157
I see.

703
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:09,957
I didn't want you to think
that I just... disappeared.

704
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,080
No.

705
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,200
No, no, that's very kind of you.

706
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,517
I will be back in Vienna
on the 10th of December.

707
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,117
Your husband...

708
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:22,437
He'll be back.
Yes.

709
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,520
Yes.
(CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)

710
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:29,757
I th... I thought maybe I would
visit the St Michael's Church

711
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,480
on the evening I return.

712
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,902
If someone wanted to find me...
alone...

713
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:40,880
...that's where I'd be.

714
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,366
Why are you telling me that?

715
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,840
Because I think I would go mad
if I didn't.

716
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,040
(PENSIVE MUSIC)

717
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,080
(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)

718
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,960
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

719
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,080
(RIPS ENVELOPE OPEN)

720
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,833
(MUSIC SWELLS)

721
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,237
SALIERI: I merely require
two minutes of His Majesty's time.

722
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,277
I'm afraid it's just not possible.

723
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,077
Young man, I have a weekly routine
with the Emperor

724
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,357
whereby I try to teach him
the forte piano

725
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,157
and he resolutely fails to retain

726
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:23,477
a single piece of my knowledge!

727
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,037
Now, we do this every Thursday
at this time.

728
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,397
Now, if he is too busy...

729
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:28,757
Herr Salieri, it is simply -

730
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:33,117
I'M THE KAPELLMEISTER OF
THE COURT OF EMPEROR JOSEPH II,

731
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,917
and I...
Antonio.

732
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,117
Your Majesty, I do apologise
for this cacophony, but...

733
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,760
Right, yes, come in.

734
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
(HUM OF CONVERSATION)

735
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,077
There's no time for a music lesson
today, I'm afraid, Antonio.

736
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,877
The Ottomans
have provoked Russia into war

737
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,557
and we are treaty-bound
to defend them...

738
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,277
with everything that we have.

739
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,677
Revolution brewing
in the Netherlands,

740
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,477
Prussians sabre-rattling
at the North.

741
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,317
There could hardly be
a more inopportune time for a war.

742
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,440
I have no experience of war.

743
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,840
Mm! I should hope you never will.

744
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,705
What was it that you wanted
to speak to me about? I...

745
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:15,877
(SILENCE)

746
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,440
Yes, erm...

747
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,117
I have heard word of a banned opera

748
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,717
being readied for performance.

749
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,037
Banned opera?
Yes.

750
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,037
The Marriage Of Figaro, Your
Majesty. You banned it yourself.

751
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,197
I've no memory of it.
What's it about?

752
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,557
Adultery, sin, betrayal,

753
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,637
upper classes
being depicted as fools,

754
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,557
the working poor their betters.

755
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,976
Who wrote it?
Mozart.

756
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,397
And the librettist?
Da Ponte.

757
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,717
I thought he was doing yours.

758
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,797
No.
Right, so it'll be in Italian.

759
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,717
Only the aristocrats
will understand it.

760
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,717
They're hardly likely
to start a revolution (!)

761
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,517
Look, Antonio,
I don't recall banning this play.

762
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,637
I also don't recall its title
being used as the primary motive

763
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,157
in any peasant uprisings
that may be occurring.

764
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:04,117
Let them put it on. Go with
Van Swieten to the opening night.

765
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,477
If the audience are moved
to leave the theatre

766
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,197
and march on the palace
demanding my head,

767
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,480
then you have my permission
to shut it down.

768
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:19,320
(DOOR SLAMS)

769
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,757
(DOOR OPENS)

770
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,920
(Constanze... I'm back.)

771
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:31,880
(Are you awake?)

772
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:36,833
(KISSES)

773
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,240
♪ (ORCHESTRAL PIECE
FROM "THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO")

774
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,397
MOZART: Stanze!

775
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,757
I... I need to leave!

776
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,277
CONSTANZE: I'll meet you there.

777
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,200
Pardon?
I'll meet you there!

778
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,917
All right.

779
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,000
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

780
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,440
(DOOR SHUTS)

781
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,400
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

782
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,120
Excuse me.

783
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,040
(MUSIC BUILDS)

784
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,210
DA PONTE: (Wolfgang... Wolfgang!)

785
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:57,600
(We need you backstage.)

786
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:03,717
MAN: Five minutes. Five minutes!

787
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,317
Are you all right?
Hmm?

788
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,117
Are you all right?
Yes.

789
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,357
Constanze isn't here yet, so...

790
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:10,757
I need...

791
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:11,997
Listen to me.

792
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,957
I quit the Kapellmeister's opera
to do this

793
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,517
because I believe in it.

794
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:17,877
And I believe in you.

795
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,957
But it does need to go well,
you understand?

796
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,077
Yes.
Now, what do we say?

797
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:25,997
We say fuck 'em all. Yes?
Fuck 'em all. Yes.

798
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,157
Fuck 'em all. Good boy!

799
00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:30,760
(MUTTERING) No! Turn around.

800
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,960
Sit down.

801
00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,160
(ADMIRING GASPS)

802
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:49,960
(APPLAUSE)

803
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,840
♪ MOZART: The Marriage Of Figaro
(Overture)

804
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:11,837
♪ (CONCLUDING CHORDS)

805
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,160
(RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE)

806
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:20,160
(CHEERING)

807
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:39,001
♪ Contessa, per do no

808
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:44,837
♪ Perdono

809
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:50,360
♪ Perdo-o-o-o-ono

810
00:48:53,080 --> 00:49:01,360
♪ Piu docile io sono

811
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:07,357
♪ E dico di si

812
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,120
SALIERI:
'He had secured greatness.

813
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,600
Written himself immortal.

814
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,800
And I said nothing.'

815
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:27,001
♪ Ah, tutti contenti

816
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:35,200
♪ Saremo cosi

817
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:36,957
♪ Saremo cosi

818
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:43,317
♪ Saremo

819
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:48,440
♪ Cosi (BOOING)

820
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:52,960
(MUSIC CONTINUES)

821
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,366
(JEERING DROWNS OUT SINGING)

822
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,077
Hey!

823
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:06,320
Where are you going?

824
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:09,680
♪ (PERFORMANCE CONTINUES)

825
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,080
(SCREAMING, CLAMOURING)

826
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:24,833
(MAYHEM)

827
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:40,880
(HORSE NEIGHING)

828
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,880
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

829
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,160
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

830
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,833
(PANTING)

831
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,357
Our Emperor rides to war,

832
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,400
and you incite a mob?

833
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:16,641
You couldn't hear it, could you?

834
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,120
You never could.

835
00:51:33,240 --> 00:51:35,240
(RETREATING FOOTSTEPS)

836
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:49,277
(COINS JINGLE)

837
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,037
Shame, you know.

838
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:52,357
I was starting to enjoy it.

839
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:54,440
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

840
00:51:58,489 --> 00:52:01,877
♪ (MARCHING DRUMBEAT)

841
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,280
(SYNCHRONISED
MARCHING FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)

842
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:36,920
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