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This programme contains
very strong language

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and scenes of a sexual nature.

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Kapellmeister!

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Kapellmeister! Sir!

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Kapellmeister, please.
Oh, God!

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Oh, no.

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I didn't send for you.

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Your footman found this
on your person.

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It was meant
to be read posthumously.

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And as the snow broke your fall,

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and you didn't cut your throat
deeply enough to bleed to death,

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I respected your wishes,
and I haven't opened it.

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Read it.

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I am an old woman, Antonio,

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pulled from my bed
and made to walk through the cold.

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But I'm here now.

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So, why don't you just tell me

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whatever it was
you wanted to tell me.

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Face to face.

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What is it?

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It's a confession.

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"Piano Concerto No.20
In D Minor"

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It sounded lovely up there, dear.

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Well, thank you.

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I'm composing something new.

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Oh, a commission?
No no.

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A speculative work.
Thank you, Bruno.

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Actually...

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..I'm going to show some
to the Emperor today.

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I thought it might be fun
to have him play a little

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and then surprise him

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and tell him he's the first person
to perform my new opera.

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How could he turn it down?

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Court Composer.

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Uh, F- F Sharp, Your Majesty.

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Yes.

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See, the problem with that note is
it's too difficult to arrive at

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from the note that precedes it.
Who wrote this?

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I did, Majesty, it's a...
It's a new piece.

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Did you not consider that

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the F Sharp was almost
impossible to ascend to from here?

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It seemed at the time as if it were
the correct direction to take.

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Yes, well, perhaps
a reconsideration is in order.

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Perhaps, Your Majesty, yes.

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Right, that's
enough for today, I think.

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Just take a look
at the F Sharp, will you?

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Of course, your Majesty. I...

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You know, I have plans, Antonio.

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Reforms.

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Economic, cultural,
social, religious.

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Reforms, the likes of which I do not
believe have been attempted before.

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The thing with change, though, is
that people aren't very keen on it.

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Even if it's in their best
interests, so...

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..I shall need every trick
at my disposal.

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Do you know what opera is?
Yes.

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Well, what do you think it is, sir?

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Power.

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Kings and queens,
friends and foes,

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they will all come here.

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They will see our palaces,
they will see our armies,

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and they will see our operas.

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Grander and finer than anything

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that London, Prague,
or St Petersburg has to offer.

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I cannot overstate
its importance to the Empire.

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Of course, Your Majesty, and
it's an honour to serve the Crown.

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Good. So, I would like you
to put on a remake.

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A remake?
Mm.

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Your, uh... your opera, Tarare.
The French one.

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I'd like a version for us.

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But, uh... not in French, though.
Do it in Italian.

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Yes, uh...

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I did rather have my sights set
on newer compositions.

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Well, save them.

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A return to past successes
is what's needed in delicate times.

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You're a godly man, hmm?

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You believe that He speaks
through your music?

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I believe He does, sir, yes.

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Well, I need you
to be my voice too, Salieri.

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You have room for us both?

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Of course, sir.

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You seem tired today.

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I stayed up, reading.

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Well, consider
not doing that anymore.

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I have a new commission
from the Emperor.

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It's an old opera of mine,
originally in French,

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to be remounted in Italian
and staged here,

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and I would very much like you
to take a role in it.

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Oh, Court Composer,
I would be honoured.

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What opera is it?
Tarare.

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Tarare?

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It was very popular.
I'm not sure I know it.

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Well, anyway...

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We're doing it again.

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I thought you were writing
something... new.

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Well... put on hold.

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Now, you go home
and try to get some rest.

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Well, I will tonight,
but Friday is the Baroness' party.

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Ugh, I'd forgotten all about that.

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Did you hear
she has a secret performer?

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Who?
Well, it's a secret, isn't it?

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But I've heard it might be Mozart.

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The travelling maestro,

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wrote his first aria in the womb,
and all of that?

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Are you not intrigued?

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At least to meet him.

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I've met my fair share of prodigies
in my time.

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Can't say I remember
many of their names now, though.

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Oh, yes, this could be him.

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He's not gonna be ill-mannered,
is he?

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What do you mean?
He's not gonna be raucous?

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Do you think
he'll have a lot of things?

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Where are we gonna put them all?
He's not putting them in my room.

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He's not putting them in your room.
Do you think he'll be handsome?

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Will you all shush?

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Oh, hello.

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Herr Mozart, welcome.
Welcome to our... huh?

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Firstly, I apologise...
Secondly, good day.

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So, it's two gulden
a month for the room,

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and only the room.
One meal a day is included.

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And I'll do a monthly wash,
but any extra's extra.

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Understood.
Why did you throw up?

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Sophie, don't be rude.
It's alright. I don't mind, Sophie.

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You see, I had quite
a bit of wine last night,

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and then a little more this morning.

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I think it was that, combined with
the motion of the carriage, really.

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Some letters
have already arrived for you.

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Have you opened them?
Oh, from my father.

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Let's have a look.
Shh...

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"Dear Wolfgang, I'm writing
to express my displeasure

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"at you finding room and board
in a delinquent house

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"of ill-reputed sluts."

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I think he's just a bit upset
that I've left Salzburg.

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I did explain to him that you're not
delinquents. Or sluts, obviously.

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The girls' bedrooms are down there.
They all have locks on.

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You're up this way.

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Why did you
leave Salzburg?

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Oh, my employer. I don't like to
speak ill of the man,

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but I once met a stable boy
who'd been kicked in the head

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by a donkey, and I think
he had more cognitive aptitude

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than the Archbishop of Salzburg.

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What a lovely house.

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Have you been here a long time?

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We moved here recently.

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My husband passed away,

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and then my beautiful Aloysia

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got a role at the Imperial Opera,
so here we are.

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That's marvellous news!

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Not about your husband, obviously.

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But the Imperial Opera,
that's marvellous.

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I hope to have my, uh, own work
performed there one day.

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Oh!
Do you have a commission?

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No, just as in I assume it won't
take too long, now that I'm here.

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Is this me?
Mm.

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Vienna.

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'Wolfgang, I write to you again,

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imploring you to see sense.

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'Vienna was not discussed.

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'It is reckless in the extreme...

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'Salzburg was the
right position for you.

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'Apologise to the Archbishop...

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'It is not your talent which causes
me worry but your manner...

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'The politics of Vienna have
destroyed shrewder men than you.

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'Return to Salzburg.
Let me guide your career.

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'Don't ruin what we have spent
so long trying to build.'

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Herr Mozart?

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Wolfgang?
Sorry?

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I was asking about the tours
you went on when you were younger.

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You travelled a lot, didn't you?

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Yes, no, everywhere, um...
England, France, Italy, Vatican.

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Exhausting, really.

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And your mother and father,
they accompanied you?

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Yes. Well, until
mother died, of course.

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Oh? What happened?

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When my mother died?

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Um, well, we were in Paris,
and she was unwell.

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We meant to return together,
but, uh...

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..I returned alone.

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Have you been to
the opera house yet?

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Yes, of course.
We went last year

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when we were visiting the city.

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The girls' father wasn't very well,

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but we still managed to see Armida.
Do you remember?Ah.

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Salieri!Yes. Salieri.
I thought it was quite wonderful.

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Mmm!
Oh, yes.

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Oh, you didn't like it?
Mm... it was fine.

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It was fine!

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Constanze thinks herself
quite the expert,

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which is funny as she is the least
capable vocalist in the family.

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Stanze just has a smaller spectrum
of ability, that's all.

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She wanted to be a star soprano
when she grew up.

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I'm four notes short,
and my range doesn't reach, so...

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These notes...

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..right at the top,
well, Stanze can't hit them.

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God, she used to try and try
and fall about in floods of tears.

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I wonder if you'd hit that note
if I kicked you in the cunt.

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- Stanze!
- What?! She started it!

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We have a guest!

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She started it!

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Hang on a minute. Two seconds.
What?

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Ooh!

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We're not supposed to be in here.
Treat room!

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Don't touch them.
Actually, in my experience,

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the things
you're not supposed to touch

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are the very things
that you should touch first.

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And... taste?

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Oh, that's nice, just a quick...

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Ah!
..fuck!

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Oh!

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Oh, a direct hit!
Shit, I have a performance to give.

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Katerina Cavalieri.

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My name, by the way,
I want you to remember it.

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How could I not?

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Toodle-loo!

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Dear God!

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'It was, on the surface,
a simple piece,

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'but the more you listened,

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the more the layers presented
themselves.

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'The melody and the harmony
alternating seamlessly

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'between right and left hands.

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'Hands which glanced
over the Baroness' fortepiano

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'as if guided by something
greater than himself.

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'This... repulsive creature
played so exquisitely.'

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What do you think?
Fun, no?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Antonio Salieri.

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Oh, the court composer?

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Yes.
This is incredibly fortuitous.

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The whole reason
why I came to Vienna

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was to write
for the Imperial Opera.

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Well, there's a process to all of-
Meringue?

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I wouldn't, they're a bit tart.

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You must at least be able to get me
one meeting with the Emperor?

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He's a very busy man.

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What could be more important
than this?

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Than meeting you?

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Well, I believe
he's currently drawing up plans

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to ensure our nation's claim
on the kingdom of Bavaria.

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I suppose that might be
taking up some of his time.

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Ple-e-ease? Just one meeting.

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I'd be forever in your debt,
obviously.

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Well, there is
an opportunity coming up.

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It's a duel at the palace
against Clementi.

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The Emperor will be judging
the winner.Yes!

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But it's in less than a week.
There's no time to prepare.

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That's loads of time to prepare.

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Mozart, to perform badly
would do you more harm

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than not performing at all.
I don't.

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You don't what?
Perform badly.

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00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,840
Then I shall make arrangements.

250
00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,640
Yes! Thank you so much.
Thank you, Herr Salieri.

251
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,280
Of course.
A pleasure to meet you.

252
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,680
You've just made
an excellent evening even better.

253
00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,680
Bruno!

254
00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,360
Yes, sir?
Ah.

255
00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,240
Bruno, I'll forgo dinner tonight.

256
00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,280
I mean to compose.
Excellent, sir.

257
00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,040
Actually, leave me a small cut of
beef and some vegetables

258
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,240
on a tray outside the door.
Yes, sir.

259
00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,320
Oh, and potatoes
are in season, aren't they?

260
00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:09,160
They are, sir.
I'll have some of those, too.

261
00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,040
And a glass of wine.
There's a Brunello

262
00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,400
that will pair excellently.
But it's young, so open it now.

263
00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,400
It will need time to breathe.
Of course, sir.

264
00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,360
And no disturbances of any kind.

265
00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,480
I believe inspiration
will not be in short supply.

266
00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:23,960
And say good night to my wife.

267
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,680
I don't think
I'll see her this evening.

268
00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:26,920
Right, sir.

269
00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,280
Wolfgang.
Constanze.

270
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,840
Is everything all right?
It's three o'clock in the morning.

271
00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,600
Is it?!
Yes, it is.

272
00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,320
And most people are asleep.

273
00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,400
In the quiet.

274
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,200
Ah...

275
00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:32,880
Hmm.

276
00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:36,960
Did you just write this?

277
00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,800
Can I?
Please.

278
00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,680
It's quite good.
Thank you.

279
00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,120
Quite good?

280
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,600
Is it true, what your sisters said
about you the other night?

281
00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,440
My range? Mm-hmm.

282
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,840
Yes. I used to dream about it,
being a singer.

283
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:08,080
A coloratura soprano.

284
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,040
I wanted to be a star, I suppose.

285
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,680
I agreed with you about Armida,
by the way.

286
00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,880
All those boring trails.

287
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,840
Only a fool would like
something like that.

288
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,680
I hope you're not calling
my sister a fool.

289
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,240
Oh, I wouldn't dream of it.

290
00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,000
I felt really sorry,
hearing about your childhood.

291
00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,960
Having to travel around like that.
I was a very happy child.

292
00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,080
Were you?

293
00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,160
I don't know.

294
00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,000
Were you?
No.

295
00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,800
Well, I...

296
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,840
It wasn't happy or sad.
It was... just...

297
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,600
..um, unremarkable.

298
00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,200
Unremarkable?
Mm-hmm.

299
00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,120
They're only four notes, Constanze.

300
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:02,600
But I can't reach them.

301
00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,880
OK, well...
I'm gonna go back to bed now.

302
00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:14,000
Yes, I'll stop playing.

303
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,440
No, don't.

304
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,240
What?!

305
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,120
Oh, good evening.

306
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,400
Did you just fall down the stairs?
Nope.

307
00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,000
Why do you ask?

308
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,240
What time's the duel?

309
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,960
I think it's in about an hour.
Right...

310
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,760
Should you be
completely smashed for that?

311
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,520
I'm not completely smashed for that.

312
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,400
I just had a couple of sharpeners
with lunch. Honestly...

313
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,320
Fall down one flight of stairs,

314
00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:52,080
suddenly everyone's accusing you
of being completely smashed.

315
00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,480
Excuse me!Tonight's too
important for you to mess it up!

316
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:55,960
Sit down.
Um...Sit down!

317
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,880
I'm making you a coffee.
Coffee? Yes, good idea.

318
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,400
Coffee with a little splash of
cognac if you don't mind.

319
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,200
Juggle.
This is excellent, truly.

320
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,160
I don't actually know how to juggle.
What's excellent?

321
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,760
Your adding self-sabotage
to your other character flaws.

322
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,280
I don't have character flaws.

323
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,880
You have almost nothing
but character flaws.

324
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,480
Vienna isn't Paris.
It isn't London, it isn't...

325
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,360
..Prague.
Anywhere else that it isn't?

326
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,760
Wolfgang!

327
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,480
I want you to succeed here.

328
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,440
Because if you don't,
then you can't pay rent.

329
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,520
I will have to sell my things,
prostitute my sisters,

330
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:28,880
and I really love my things.

331
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,320
Tonight isn't a parlour game.

332
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,840
It's an audition.

333
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,240
You need these people.

334
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,280
Wolfgang!
Oooooh-hoo-hoo!

335
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,760
Ooh, very fancy, very fancy.
Wow!

336
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:48,800
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

337
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,720
Have you ever met
the Emperor before?

338
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,560
No, Wolfgang, no.
I've not met the Emperor before.

339
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,240
Most people don't.

340
00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,920
I wish I'd worn a different dress.

341
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,960
Why? I think you look very comely.

342
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,720
What do you mean by "comely"?
Nothing, I just think you look nice.

343
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,560
I thought you'd like me saying that.
You're not helping, Wolfgang.

344
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:06,880
Herr Mozart!

345
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,840
Hello!

346
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,720
Mozart! Come!

347
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,000
Your Majesty.
Oh! Don't need to worry about that.

348
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,480
Sorry. Yes.I've heard many
stories about your talents,

349
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,680
I can't tell you how keen I am
to hear them for myself.

350
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000
Yes.

351
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,360
And this is?

352
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,240
Your Constanze, Majesty.

353
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,080
I mean Constanze, Your Majesty.

354
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,800
Very good.
Well, shall we begin?

355
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,440
Right, then. Clementi.

356
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:10,760
Ooh!

357
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:30,840
Very good!

358
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,600
Thank you. Actually, may I have
a go at that one first?

359
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,200
I quite like that one.

360
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,080
By all means.
Do you need the music?

361
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:42,320
No, thank you.

362
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,480
Oh! Very good! Very jolly!

363
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,800
Bravo!

364
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:05,640
Ah!

365
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,560
Oh, yuck. Who wrote this?

366
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,440
Can I change it?
Feel free.

367
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,760
Oh, bravo!
That's a wonderful tune!

368
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,360
Oh, very good, Mozart.

369
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,800
The F sharp is difficult,
isn't it? Ha!

370
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,840
Clementi, your response!

371
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,640
Mozart!

372
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,080
Clementi!

373
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:15,400
Ha!

374
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,920
Come on, Clementi.

375
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,960
Ah! Bravo!

376
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,080
A duel like no other.

377
00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:38,040
I've never seen anything like it.

378
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,000
Bravo, indeed.
Well done, young man.

379
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,080
Thank you.

380
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,520
Ladies and gentlemen,
a round of applause for Mr Mozart!

381
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,280
What an extraordinary young man.

382
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,360
Extraordinary.

383
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,120
Absolutely shitting outrageous.

384
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,240
Mozart! Mozart!

385
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,480
Mozart!
Oh, well, that was memorable.

386
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,280
I've never been fucked
in a palace before.

387
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,920
Excuse me?
A tie, after that?!

388
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,560
Would it help if I'd played upside
down? I can do that, you know.

389
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,600
God willing, I won't die
without witnessing it.

390
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,480
You owe me 50 ducats. That prize
should've been mine in its entirety.

391
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,960
Wolfgang! He doesn't mean it, sir.
He just gets passionate.

392
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,200
The prize wasn't the money, Mozart.
It was the Emperor's favour.

393
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,320
And believe you me,
you didn't share in that.

394
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:20,320
He wants to commission
an opera from you.

395
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,160
What?
Oh, my God.

396
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,400
There were some in the court
who thought you might be

397
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,440
a little too green,
but I... I convinced them

398
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:28,960
you should be given a go.

399
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,280
I don't know what to say.

400
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,720
Well, let us all revel
in your temporary silence.

401
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,800
Be here Monday afternoon,

402
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,280
1pm sharp.
We'll discuss plans.

403
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,080
Thank you so much, Court Composer.
Oh, of course, of course.

404
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,400
Thank you.
Oh, Wolfgang, a commission!

405
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:47,880
Of course.

406
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,480
Shhhhhh!

407
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:54,920
Shh!

408
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,040
To the Emperor!
To the Emperor.

409
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000
To you.
To us...

410
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,440
Is this what you do?

411
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:23,440
What?

412
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,720
Kiss any girl who's nice to you?

413
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,920
Would you prefer
for me to not kiss you?

414
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,240
I think it would be improper.

415
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,760
Mmm...
That's not what I asked, though.

416
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,760
Oh, I know
that's not what you asked, though.

417
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,000
If you don't tell me
not to kiss you,

418
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,560
then I'm going to kiss you.

419
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,680
I'm not gonna tell you
not to kiss me.

420
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,320
Oh, my goodness,
I cannot listen to any more!

421
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,080
Mother!

422
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,800
Constanze.
Hello.Wolfgang.

423
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,800
Have you been listening
the whole time?

424
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,040
One rule I have, Wolfgang:

425
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,960
I will not allow wickedness
under this roof.

426
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,880
I will not have
my girls' reputations damaged.

427
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,520
If you break this rule, I will throw
you out of this house myself

428
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,400
and chop up your instruments
for firewood.

429
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,240
Do you understand?
Yes, Frau Weber. Yes.

430
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,680
So... it is late

431
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,080
and it would do us all well
to go to our separate rooms.

432
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:14,920
Yes, Mother.
Absolutely, yes.

433
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:19,640
Good night, Wolfgang.

434
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,120
Another letter for you.

435
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,640
From your father.

436
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,960
You know, you really should write
back to him. Or I will.

437
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,680
You should have seen the
look on Clementi's face,

438
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,320
- it was like he'd seen a ghost!
- Yes!

439
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,480
Sweat pouring off him.
Ah, here he is! The very boy.

440
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,200
Good afternoon,
Your Majesty.

441
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:55,520
Ah, Mozart! Do come in.

442
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,840
So, Herr Mozart,
congratulations on your commission.

443
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,560
We're all very intrigued
to see what you can do.

444
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,760
Now, I'd like to start
by talking about possible themes...

445
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,840
Oh, I already have an idea.

446
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,520
Oh, really?

447
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,400
Yes.
Very excited about it, actually.

448
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,000
But first of all, just to say,
this will be an opera in German.

449
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:15,240
German?!

450
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,280
Yes.
Not Italian?

451
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:19,600
I just thought it would be nice

452
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,400
if the audience could understand
what was being sung for once.

453
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,280
I haven't always found that to
improve the experience, but alright.

454
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,600
What's your idea?
Ah, yes.

455
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,480
I've written the first act already.

456
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,840
But in terms of the story, uh,
well, here's the thing.

457
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,680
It's quite daring,

458
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,240
both in its composition
and in its setting.

459
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,640
Setting?
Yes, it takes place in a harem.

460
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,400
A fucking what?!

461
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:44,960
Oh, pardon, Your Majesty. Scuse.

462
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,640
It's set where?!

463
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,120
A harem,
a whorehouse, a seraglio.

464
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,800
And you consider this appropriate?
Yes.

465
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,240
I mean, it's funny, it's different.

466
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,080
I can assure you, there won't be
any inappropriateness,

467
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,760
and, uh...

468
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,640
..of course,
it will contain many fine...

469
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,760
..German virtues.

470
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,640
And what are those, exactly?
Being Italian, I'm not sure.

471
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,280
Yes, come on, Mozart.

472
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,040
Name us a proper German virtue.

473
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:13,080
Uh...

474
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,320
Well, love, sire, I suppose.

475
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,280
What? This feels like a risk.

476
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:22,720
I'll say.

477
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,320
Well...

478
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,960
..we already have Antonio
redoing his Tarare.

479
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,120
I think we can probably
afford to be a bit...

480
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:32,920
..exciting with this one.

481
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,240
Give it a... a short run.
Low costs.

482
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,360
There doesn't seem
to be too much risk there.

483
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,200
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Thank you!

484
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,600
Thank YOU, Mozart.
Oh, thank you so much.

485
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,800
Thank you!

486
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:46,760
Thank you!

487
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,000
Dear Lord,
please speak through me.

488
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,920
Please use me
as you have used me before.

489
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,840
Let me be your vessel.

490
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,040
Let me be your voice.

491
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,080
Speak.

492
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:14,880
Speak.

493
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,360
Well, one part excels at least.

494
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,960
Bravo! Bravo!

495
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,320
That'll do for today.
Thank you.

496
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,560
Thank you, Court Composer.
Thank you.

497
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,680
Bravo, Court Composer.
Sounding magnificent.

498
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,520
Don't. Don't pretend
it's something it's not.

499
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,280
I know you know.

500
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,680
Of anyone in this city,
you know.

501
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,520
I mean, it doesn't
disgrace you, at least.

502
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,320
I have done
better work than this.

503
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,160
Armida, now there was an opera.

504
00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:11,880
There was an opera.
Yes, indeed.

505
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,880
I'm trying to compose something new,
but it's not coming to me.

506
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,480
I've had dry spells before.

507
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,680
The voice leaves me for periods,
but it always comes back.

508
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,640
But you can't help... fear...

509
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,080
..what if.

510
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:31,360
What if?

511
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,200
What if.
What if it doesn't come back?

512
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:39,120
Wait there a moment.

513
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,400
Oh, no.
Here we are.Oh, no.

514
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,200
As a thank-you. Bit strong.

515
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,760
It used to be
that I could find His voice

516
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,680
as easily as I found my own.

517
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:03,480
His?

518
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,320
God's.

519
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,520
Oh, yes. Him.

520
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,560
You don't believe
what we do is divine?

521
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,520
This... this is a gift.

522
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,000
It's given to us, no?

523
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,840
Music is the closest man gets
to conversing with God.

524
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,480
And if this is
a conversation with God,

525
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,600
are not composers
the ones speaking in His voice?

526
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,440
Let's have a look.

527
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:31,680
Mm...

528
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,400
I mean...

529
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,520
..a few lines and dots...

530
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,360
It's just instructions, isn't it?

531
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,600
Mathematical instructions.

532
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,520
I mean, are these methods
to capture the voices of angels

533
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,240
or merely a command
to an oboe player?

534
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:53,480
I believe it's more than that.
I believe it must be a holy gift.

535
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,080
Holy gift?
I mean, say it is God...

536
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,240
..who gives us this...

537
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,560
..fucking hell, I wish
he'd leave me alone sometimes.

538
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,480
It's constant, the bombardment.

539
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,240
The arrangements, the variations.

540
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,640
What's he trying to say with it all?

541
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,720
It'll be full in a week.

542
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,080
The watchers...

543
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:26,680
..come to accept our offerings.

544
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,640
I keep having this dream.

545
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,960
I'm, um, walking through my house,
and I hear a noise,

546
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,080
and I look out, and I see that
there's an audience watching me.

547
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,000
And they watch as I...

548
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,280
..sleep and eat and drink and...

549
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,800
..perform all the human acts
a man might perform.

550
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,040
And they applaud at the end.
At the end, they applaud.

551
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,600
But they never stand.

552
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,400
And it kills me.

553
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,120
They like it well enough.

554
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:16,280
My little performance.

555
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,320
I know that when
they leave the theatre

556
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,600
and they return to their homes,

557
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,320
the memory of me will fade.

558
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,840
I used to write all night long.

559
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,600
Pages upon pages of music,
just flowing.

560
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,720
Not anymore.

561
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,440
Oof, my goodness.

562
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:49,840
Sorry.

563
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,880
Sounds like you're a little bit
blocked, Herr Salieri.

564
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,640
Maybe you need to try
to flush the pipes out somehow.

565
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,080
How do you mean?

566
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,600
I noticed you paying Frau Cavalieri

567
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,600
a bit of extra attention just now.

568
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:11,400
So?

569
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,960
Maybe you need to try a different
kind of night music, Court Composer.

570
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,560
See if that helps.

571
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:39,560
Night music.

572
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,080
Hello.
Hello.

573
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,160
Just checking you were alright.

574
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,400
Not drinking yourself
into a stupor or anything.

575
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,320
No, I am alright, thank you.

576
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,000
Oh, yes, another one.

577
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:55,440
Your father?

578
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,120
Will he be there tonight?

579
00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,320
No.

580
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,280
Well, fuck him, then.

581
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:07,480
Bye.

582
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,520
Bravo! Bravo!

583
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:48,640
Do sit down. Sit down, sit down.

584
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,200
Bravo, bravo! Well done.

585
00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:52,040
Excellent performance.

586
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,480
Ah, my dear, you were radiant.

587
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,280
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Bravo!

588
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:58,280
Bravo!

589
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,400
That was...

590
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:03,960
Well, that was...

591
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:05,480
It was very interesting.

592
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,120
And new, it felt very new.

593
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,720
Thank you, Majesty.

594
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,720
Although, of course,
perhaps not without its faults,

595
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,120
though, uh... I'm sure
that's only to be expected.

596
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,200
Faults, Your Majesty?

597
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,600
Well, yes, um...

598
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,360
Yes, it just felt at times
that there were...

599
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:25,200
Well, perhaps
there were just...

600
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,920
..uh, too many notes.

601
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:32,760
Too many notes?

602
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,320
Yes, too many notes.

603
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,000
There are only so many notes that
an audience can listen to

604
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,120
of an evening,
before one cannot take any more.

605
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:43,800
It did feel at times as though
one was being slightly bombarded.

606
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,200
With notes.
With notes, yes.

607
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,360
You agree, Court Composer?

608
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,520
Uh... Yes, Your Majesty.

609
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,120
You're not wrong.

610
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,080
A piece can become too busy.

611
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,520
It's a mistake
a young composer can easily make.

612
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,280
Well, it was
a very fine opera all the same.

613
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,600
Just perhaps
remove some of the notes,

614
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,320
and it'll be perfect.

615
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:14,480
Yes.

616
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,240
Which notes, uh,
did you have in mind, Emperor?

617
00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:24,520
One more round of applause
for our young composer and his...

618
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:26,480
..his fine performers.

619
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,920
Herr Salieri!

620
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,760
How could you do that?
What?

621
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,920
Why didn't you stand up
for the music?

622
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,520
It's politics, Mozart. You can't
disagree with the Emperor.

623
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,320
I didn't ask
why you didn't stand up for me.

624
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,240
I asked why you didn't stand up
for the music.

625
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:51,880
It was perfect.

626
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,600
How could you stand there
as a composer

627
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:54,960
and just agree with him?

628
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,480
He liked the piece.

629
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,240
I'm sure there'll be another.
Take the victory.

630
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:01,800
You know, just because you're stuck

631
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,160
rehashing boring old operas,
doesn't mean I have to be.

632
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,520
Maybe God doesn't speak to you
because you fucking bore him!

633
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,400
"Too many notes!"

634
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,920
Ridiculous criticism.
The Emperor couldn't hear it.

635
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,120
Most people couldn't hear it.
But I could.

636
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,280
I could hear even then
what he was.

637
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:54,520
And what he would become.

638
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,600
It wasn't then, though,
it was later,

639
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:01,600
a month or so later,

640
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,080
at a performance
in the palace gardens.

641
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,960
Excuse me. Sorry.

642
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,280
Sorry, I'm late.

643
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:08,960
- Excuse me.
- Thank you, sir.

644
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,280
Excuse me. Sorry.

645
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,960
'He managed to get in
one final insult,

646
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,280
delivered as only he could.

647
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:30,440
Ladies and gentlemen,

648
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,600
we would like to begin
with a new composition.

649
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:34,880
It's a modest piece,

650
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,240
but I wrote it
in the small hours of the night,

651
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,760
as if a voice was speaking to me...

652
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,400
..and only to me.

653
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:44,800
If you look under your chairs,

654
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,920
the details are on the back
of your programmes.

655
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,560
'Perhaps it was
in that moment I knew

656
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,760
what I was going to do.

657
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,360
The moment you knew
you were going to do what?

658
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:10,200
I was gonna kill
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

659
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:15,760
Yes.

660
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,440


661
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:26,480
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