The empire and the court are now ruled by her son Joseph as played by Jeffrey Jones. The Hapsburgs have now become the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine as a result of Maria Theresa becoming the first female monarch of their empire. Scholars study Salieri, the people from all walks of life listen to the notes that Amadeus put down for posterity.Īmadeus is a wonderful recreation of the court at Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna during the age of reason. Everywhere the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is played and hummed familiarly by even the masses. Murray Abraham looks back on his life from the confines of an insane asylum. Long after his rival died at a young age and his world essentially obliterated by the Napoleonic wars, Antonio Salieri as played by F. Reviewed by bkoganbing 9 / 10 The Mercurial Genius He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity. Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. But he's shocked to learn that Mozart is such a vulgar creature, and can't understand why God favored Mozart to be his instrument. He's also content as the respected, financially well-off, court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph II. He began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God's rewards for his piety. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. Antonio Salieri believes that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music is divine and miraculous.
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