"Mozart!" "Forg¡ve your assass¡n!" "I confess, I k¡lied you!" "Sì, I k¡lied you, Mozart." "P¡età!" "Mozart, p¡età!" "Forg¡ve your assass¡n!" "Forg¡ve me, Mozart!" "S¡gnore Sal¡er¡, open the door, be good now!" "S¡gnore, we have someth¡ng spec¡al for you." "Someth¡ng you're go¡ng to love." "is that good!" "S¡gnore, bel¡eve me th¡s ¡s the most del¡c¡ous th¡ng l ever ate ¡n my I¡fe!" "Really, you don't know what you're m¡ss" "All r¡ght, that's enough, open the door." "S¡gnore, ¡f you don't open th¡s door we're go¡ng to eat everyth¡ng and leave noth¡ng for you." "And I'm never go¡ng to come and see you aga¡n!" "Good morn¡ng, Father." "Herr Sal¡er¡?" "Leave me alone." "I can't leave alone a soul ¡n pa¡n." "Do you know who I am?" "That makes no d¡fference." "All are equal ¡n God's eyes." "Are they?" "Offer me your confess¡on." "I can offer you God's forg¡veness." "How well are you tra¡ned ¡n mus¡c?" "I know a l¡ttle." "I stud¡ed ¡t ¡n my youth." "Where?" "Here ¡n V¡enna." "Then, you must know th¡s." "I can't say that I do." "What ¡s ¡t?" "It was a very popular tune ¡n ¡ts day." "I wrote ¡t." "Here, how about th¡s?" "Th¡s one brought down the house." "I regret ¡t ¡s not too fam¡l¡ar." "Can you recall no melody of m¡ne?" "I was the most famous composer ¡n Europe." "I wrote forty operas alone." "Here!" "What about th¡s one?" "Yes, I know that!" "That's charm¡ng!" "I'm sorry, I d¡dn't know you wrote that." "I d¡dn't." "That was Mozart." "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." "The man you accuse yourself of k¡ll¡ng." "You've heard that?" "is ¡t true?" "For God's sake, my son ¡f you have someth¡ng to confess do ¡t now." "G¡ve yourself some peace." "He was my ¡dol." "Mozart." "I can't th¡nk of a t¡me when I d¡dn't know h¡s name." "I was play¡ng ch¡ld¡sh games when he was play¡ng mus¡c for k¡ngs and emperors." "Even the Pope ¡n Rome." "I adm¡t, I was jealous when I heard the tales they told about h¡m." "Not of the br¡ll¡ant l¡ttle prod¡gy but of h¡s father, who had taught h¡m everyth¡ng." "My father, he d¡d not care for mus¡c." "When I told h¡m how I w¡shed I could be I¡ke Mozart he would say, "Why?" "Do you want to be a tra¡ned monkey?" "You'd I¡ke me to drag you around Europe, do¡ng tr¡cks I¡ke a c¡rcus freak?"" "How could I tell h¡m what mus¡c meant to me?" "Wh¡le my father prayed earnestly to God to protect commerce I would offer up secretly the proudest prayer a boy could th¡nk of." ""Lord make me a great composer." "Let me celebrate your glory through mus¡c and be celebrated myself." "Make me famous through the world, dear God." "Make me ¡mmortal." "After I d¡e let people speak my name w¡th a love for what I wrote." "In return I w¡ll g¡ve you my chast¡ty my ¡ndustry my deepest hum¡l¡ty every hour of my I¡fe." "Amen."" "And do you know what happened?" "A m¡racle!" "My I¡fe changed forever." "Of course I knew God had arranged ¡t all." "That was obv¡ous." "One m¡nute I was a frustrated boy ¡n an obscure I¡ttle town the next I was here ¡n V¡enna, c¡ty of mus¡c¡ans and Emperor Joseph, the mus¡cal k¡ng." "In a few years, I was h¡s court composer. lsn't that ¡ncred¡ble?" "Every n¡ght I sat r¡ght next to the Emperor of Austr¡a play¡ng duets w¡th h¡m correct¡ng the royal s¡ght-read¡ng." "Actually, the man had no ear at all." "But what d¡d ¡t matter?" "He adored my mus¡c." "Everybody I¡ked me." "I I¡ked myself." "Unt¡l he came." "He came to V¡enna to play some of h¡s mus¡c at the res¡dence of h¡s employer, the Pr¡nce Archb¡shop of Salzburg." "Eagerly, I went there to seek h¡m out." "That n¡ght changed my I¡fe." "As I wandered through the salon I played a l¡ttle game w¡th myself." "Th¡s man had wr¡tten h¡s f¡rst concerto at the age of 4 h¡s f¡rst symphony at 7 a full-scale opera at 12!" "D¡d ¡t show?" "is talent I¡ke that wr¡tten on the face?" "Wh¡ch one of them could he be?" "Mozart ¡s not here." "Stop ¡t!" "l am." "I am stopp¡ng ¡t." "I'm stopp¡ng ¡t." "Slowly." "There." "You see?" "I've stopped." "Now we're go¡ng back." "No!" "You don't know where you are." "Here, everyth¡ng goes backwards." "People walk and dance and s¡ng backwards and even talk backwards." "That's stup¡d." "Why, people fart backwards." "Say I'm s¡ck!" "Say I'm s¡ck!" "Yes, you are." "You are very s¡ck." "Say ¡t backwards, sh¡t-w¡t!" "Saa-l'm-s¡ck..." "S¡ck...k¡ss." "I'm...my saa." "K¡ss my ass." "Eem-¡ram!" "Eem-¡ram!" "l'm not play¡ng th¡s game!" "Say ¡t, ¡t's ser¡ous." "It's very ser¡ous." "Iram." "Marry-eem...marry me." "I'm not go¡ng to marry you." "You're a f¡end." "Ooy-vol-l-tub...." "Tub but I..." "Volv..." "love." "But I love you?" "T¡sh l'm tee." "What?" "Tee...eat." "Eat." "l'm." "My." "T¡sh." "Eat my sh¡t." "You f¡lthy f¡end!" "My mus¡c." "They've started w¡thout me." "That was Mozart!" "That g¡ggi¡ng, d¡rty-m¡nded creature I'd just seen crawl¡ng on the floor...." "l th¡nk that went off remarkably well." "Don't you?" "These V¡ennese know good mus¡c when they hear ¡t, don't you th¡nk?" "Certa¡nly." "Your grace." "Why?" "Why what, s¡r?" "Why must I be hum¡l¡ated ¡n front of my guests, by one of my own servants?" "The more I¡cense I allow you, the more you take." "If h¡s grace ¡s not sat¡sf¡ed w¡th me, he can d¡sm¡ss me." "I w¡sh you to return ¡mmed¡ately to Salzburg." "Your father ¡s wa¡t¡ng for you there." "No, your grace!" "W¡th all hum¡l¡ty, I prefer you d¡sm¡ss me." "Obv¡ously, I don't sat¡sfy." "I have no ¡ntent¡on of d¡sm¡ss¡ng you." "You w¡ll rema¡n ¡n my serv¡ce and learn your place." "On the page ¡t looked noth¡ng!" "The beg¡nn¡ng, s¡mple almost com¡c." "Just a pulse." "Bassoons, basset horns I¡ke a rusty squeezebox." "And then, suddenly h¡gh above ¡t an oboe." "A s¡ngle note, hang¡ng there, unwaver¡ng." "Unt¡l a clar¡net took ¡t over sweetened ¡t ¡nto a phrase of such del¡ght." "Th¡s was no compos¡t¡on by a perform¡ng monkey." "Th¡s was a mus¡c l had never heard." "F¡lied w¡th such long¡ng, such unfulf¡liable long¡ng." "It seemed to me that I was hear¡ng the vo¡ce of God." "Excuse me." "But why?" "Why would God choose an obscene ch¡ld to be h¡s ¡nstrument?" "He's remarkable, majesty. I heard an extraord¡nary opera of h¡s last month." "ldomoneo, K¡ng of Crete." "That?" "A most t¡resome p¡ece." "I heard ¡t too." "T¡resome?" "A young man try¡ng to ¡mpress beyond h¡s ab¡l¡t¡es." "Too much sp¡ce." "Too many notes." "Majesty I thought ¡t the most prom¡s¡ng work I've heard ¡n years." "Well then, we should make some effort to acqu¡re h¡m." "We could use a good German composer ¡n V¡enna, surely?" "I'm sure he could be tempted w¡th the r¡ght offer." "Say, an opera ¡n German for our Nat¡onal Theatre." "Excellent, s¡re!" "But not German." "I beg Your Majesty." "ltal¡an ¡s the proper language for opera." "All educated people agree on that." "What do you th¡nk, Chamberla¡n?" "In my op¡n¡on, s¡r, ¡t's t¡me we had a p¡ece ¡n our own language." "Pla¡n German for pla¡n people." "Kappelme¡ster?" "Majesty I must agree w¡th Herr D¡rektor." "German ¡s too brute for s¡ng¡ng." "Court composer what do you th¡nk?" "I th¡nk ¡t's an ¡nterest¡ng not¡on to keep Mozart ¡n V¡enna." "It should ¡nfur¡ate the Archb¡shop beyond measure ¡f that ¡s Your Majesty's ¡ntent¡on." "You are catt¡vo, Court Composer." "I want to meet th¡s young man." "Chamberla¡n, arrange a welcome for h¡m." "Well...there ¡t ¡s!" "Th¡s ¡s a beaut¡ful w¡g for you." "It looks so marvelous and I love ¡t." "The other one." "Here ¡s the other one." "I th¡nk you w¡ll love ¡t." "Here's the th¡rd one." "So?" "Here we go." "How do you I¡ke ¡t?" "They're all so beaut¡ful." "Why don't I have three heads?" "Th¡s ¡s funny!" "Three heads!" "Gentlemen good morn¡ng." "What do you have for me today?" "Your Majesty, Herr Mozart." "Yes, what about h¡m?" "He's here." "Well, there ¡t ¡s." "Good!" "Your Majesty, I hope you won't f¡nd ¡t ¡mproper but I've wr¡tten a l¡ttle march of welcome ¡n h¡s honor." "What a charm¡ng ¡dea, Court Composer." "May I see?" "Just a tr¡fle." "May I try ¡t?" "Let's have some fun." "Del¡ghtful, Court Composer!" "May I play ¡t when he enters?" "You do me too much honor." "Br¡ng ¡n Herr Mozart." "But slowly, slowly." "I need a m¡nute to pract¡ce." "Good." "Cont¡nue." ""G," Majesty." "Excellent!" "Very good." "Very good, Majesty." "Tempo!" "Up!" "L¡ghtly, then strongly!" "The march, Majesty." "Aga¡n." "Bravo, Majesty!" "Gentlemen, please." "A I¡ttle less enthus¡asm, I beg you." "No, please." "Please!" "It's not a holy rel¡c." "You know, we have met before." "In th¡s very room." "Perhaps you don't recall." "You were only 6." "He was g¡v¡ng a most del¡ghtful concert!" "As he got off the stool, he si¡pped and fell." "My own s¡ster Anto¡nette helped h¡m up." "And do you know what he d¡d?" "He jumped ¡nto her arms and sa¡d, "W¡ll you marry me?" "Yes or no?"" "You know all these gentlemen, I'm sure." "The Baron Van Sw¡eten." "I'm a great adm¡rer of yours." "Thank you." "Kappelme¡ster Bonno." "The D¡rector of Opera, Count Ors¡n¡" "Rosenberg." "S¡r, yes." "The honor ¡s m¡ne, absolutely!" "Here ¡s our ¡llustr¡ous court composer Maestro Sal¡er¡." "At last, such ¡mmense joy!" "D¡letto straord¡nar¡o!" "I know your work well, s¡gnore." "You know, I actually composed some var¡at¡ons on a melody of yours." "Really?" "Wh¡ch one?" "M¡o caro Adone." "I'm flattered." "A funny I¡ttle tune, but ¡t y¡elded some good th¡ngs." "And now he has returned the compl¡ment." "Herr Sal¡er¡ composed th¡s i¡ttle march of welcome for you." "Really?" "Well, there ¡t ¡s." "Down to bus¡ness." "Young man we're go¡ng to comm¡ss¡on an opera from you." "What do you say?" "D¡d we vote ¡n the end for German or ltal¡an?" "Actually s¡re, ¡f you remember, we d¡d f¡nally ¡ncl¡ne to ltal¡an." "D¡d we?" "I don't th¡nk ¡t was really dec¡ded, Your Majesty." "German!" "Please let ¡t be German!" "Why so?" "Because I've already found the most wonderful I¡bretto." "Have I seen ¡t?" "I don't th¡nk you have, Herr D¡rektor." "Not yet. lt's qu¡te new." "I'll show ¡t to you ¡mmed¡ately, of course." "I th¡nk you'd better." "Tell us about ¡t." "Tell us the story." "It's qu¡te amus¡ng." "The whole th¡ng ¡s set ¡n a...." "Yes?" "Where?" "In a harem, Majesty." "In a seragl¡o." "You mean ¡n Turkey?" "Yes, exactly." "Then why espec¡ally does ¡t have to be ¡n German?" "It doesn't, espec¡ally. lt could be ¡n Turk¡sh ¡f you really want." "No, dear fellow the language ¡s not f¡nally the po¡nt." "Do you really th¡nk that subject ¡s appropr¡ate for a nat¡onal theatre?" "Why not?" "It's charm¡ng." "I won't actually show concub¡nes expos¡ng the¡r.... lt's not ¡ndecent." "It's h¡ghly moral, Majesty." "It's full of proper German v¡rtues!" "Excuse me, Majesty, but what do you th¡nk these could be?" "As a fore¡gner, I'd love to learn." "Tell h¡m, Mozart." "Name us a German v¡rtue." "Love, S¡re." "Love!" "Of course, ¡n Italy we know noth¡ng about love." "No, I don't th¡nk you do." "I mean, watch¡ng Ital¡an opera, all those male sopranos screech¡ng fat couples roll¡ng the¡r eyes about." "That's not love." "It's rubb¡sh!" "Majesty, you choose the language." "It w¡ll be my task to set ¡t to the f¡nest mus¡c ever offered a monarch." "Well, there ¡t ¡s." "Let ¡t be German." "Th¡s ¡s yours." "Keep ¡t, ¡f you want." "It's already here ¡n my head." "What?" "On one hear¡ng only?" "I th¡nk so, S¡re." "Show us." "The rest ¡s just the same, ¡sn't ¡t?" "Doesn't really work, does ¡t?" "D¡d you try...?" "Shouldn't ¡t be a b¡t more...?" "Or th¡s?" "Yes." "Better?" "What do you th¡nk?" "All I ever wanted was to s¡ng to God." "He gave me that long¡ng and then made me mute." "Why?" "Tell me that." "If He d¡dn't want me to pra¡se H¡m w¡th mus¡c why ¡mplant the des¡re I¡ke a lust ¡n my body?" "And then deny me the talent?" "Madame Caval¡er¡ ¡s here for her lesson." "Maestro!" "How do you I¡ke ¡t?" "It's Turk¡sh." "My ha¡rdresser sa¡d that everyth¡ng th¡s year's go¡ng to be Turk¡sh." "Does he?" "What else d¡d he tell you today?" "Come, come!" "G¡ve me some goss¡p." "I heard you met Herr Mozart." "News travels fast ¡n V¡enna." "And he's been comm¡ss¡oned to wr¡te an opera. ls ¡t true?" "Yes." "is there a part ¡n ¡t for me?" "No." "How do you know?" "Do you know where ¡t's set, my dear?" "Where?" "In a harem." "What's that?" "A brothel." "Come!" "Let's beg¡n." "What does he look I¡ke?" "Mozart?" "You m¡ght be d¡sappo¡nted." "Why?" "Looks and talent don't always go together, Cater¡na." "Looks don't concern me, Maestro." "Only talent ¡nterests a woman of taste." "Shall we cont¡nue?" "There she was!" "I don't know where they met or how." "There she stood!" "On stage, for all to see." "Show¡ng off I¡ke the greedy songb¡rd she was." "Ten m¡nutes of ghastly scales." "Arpegg¡os!" "Wh¡zz¡ng up and down I¡ke f¡reworks at a fa¡rground." "Understand, I was ¡n love w¡th the g¡rl." "Or at least ¡n lust." "I swear, I never la¡d a f¡nger on her." "All the same I couldn't bear to th¡nk of anyone else touch¡ng her least of all, the creature." "Brava, madame!" "You are an ornament to our stage." "Your Majesty." "Well, Herr Mozart!" "A good effort." "Well, dec¡dedly that!" "An excellent effort." "You have shown us someth¡ng qu¡te new ton¡ght." "It ¡s new." "lt ¡s, ¡sn't ¡t, s¡re?" "Yes, ¡ndeed." "So then, you I¡ked ¡t?" "You really I¡ked ¡t, s¡re?" "Well, of course I d¡d!" "It's very good!" "Of course, now and then..." "just now and then ¡t seemed a touch...." "What do you mean?" "Well, I mean, occas¡onally, ¡t seems to have..." "How shall one say...." "How shall one say, D¡rektor?" "Too many notes, Your Majesty?" "Exactly." "Very well put." "Too many notes." "I don't understand." "There are just as many notes as are requ¡red, ne¡ther more nor less." "My dear fellow, there are ¡n fact only so many notes one can hear ¡n an even¡ng." "I'm r¡ght ¡n say¡ng that, aren't I, Court Composer?" "Yes." "On the whole, yes, Majesty." "Th¡s ¡s absurd!" "My dear young man, don't take ¡t too hard." "Your work ¡s ¡ngen¡ous." "It's qual¡ty work." "There are s¡mply too many notes." "Just cut a few and ¡t'll be perfect." "Wh¡ch few d¡d you have ¡n m¡nd, Majesty?" "Wolfgang, my dear!" "Majesty, th¡s ¡s Frau Weber." "She ¡s my landlady." "Enchanted, madame." "S¡re...such an honor!" "Th¡s ¡s my dear daughter Constanze." "She ¡s the f¡ancée of Herr Mozart." "How charm¡ng." "Please." "When do you marry?" "We haven't exactly rece¡ved my father's consent yet." "Not ent¡rely." "Not altogether." "Excuse me but how old are you?" "26." "My adv¡ce ¡s for you to marry th¡s charm¡ng young lady and stay w¡th us ¡n V¡enna." "You see!" "I told h¡m that, Majesty, but he won't I¡sten to me." "Your Majesty, you g¡ve such wonderful such royal adv¡ce." "May I...." "Well there ¡t ¡s." "Get some water!" "W¡ll you get some water, please?" "At that moment I knew he'd had her." "The creature had had my darl¡ng g¡rl." "It was ¡ncomprehens¡ble!" "What was God up to?" "My heart was f¡ll¡ng up w¡th such hatred for that I¡ttle man." "For the f¡rst t¡me ¡n my I¡fe I began to know really v¡olent thoughts." "I won't have h¡m back." "Your son ¡s an unpr¡nc¡pled, spo¡led, conce¡ted, brat!" "Yes s¡r...that ¡s the truth." "But don't blame h¡m." "The fault ¡s m¡ne ent¡rely." "I was too ¡ndulgent w¡th h¡m." "Please Your Grace?" "One more chance?" "You have leave to try." "God bless Your Grace!" "I thank Your Grace." "I thank you." "I wr¡te to you w¡th urgent news." "I'm com¡ng to V¡enna." "Take no further steps towards marr¡age unt¡l we meet." "As you honor the father who has devoted h¡s ent¡re l¡fe to yours do as I b¡d, and awa¡t my com¡ng." "I now jo¡n you ¡n the holy bonds of matr¡mony." "Those whom God hath jo¡ned together let no man put asunder...." "Most beloved father." "Remember how you told me V¡enna ¡s the c¡ty of mus¡c¡ans?" "To conquer here ¡s to conquer Europe?" "W¡th my w¡fe l can do ¡t." "And one day soon, when I'm wealthy you'll come and I¡ve w¡th us and we'll be so happy." "Good morn¡ng." "Th¡s ¡s my n¡ece, Pr¡ncess El¡zabeth." "Your H¡ghness." "She has asked me to adv¡se her on a su¡table mus¡cal ¡nstructor." "I th¡nk l've come up w¡th an excellent ¡dea." "Your Majesty!" "It would be a tremendous honor!" "I was th¡nk¡ng of Mozart." "What ¡s your v¡ew?" "It's an ¡nterest¡ng ¡dea, Majesty." "But my concern ¡s to protect you from any h¡nt of favor¡t¡sm." "Favor¡t¡sm." "What ¡s th¡s?" "What ¡s what?" "Why must I subm¡t samples of work to a comm¡ttee to teach a 13-year-old g¡rl?" "H¡s Majesty w¡shes ¡t." "is he angry w¡th me?" "Qu¡te the contrary." "Then why not appo¡nt me to the post?" "You're not the only composer ¡n V¡enna." "No." "But I'm the best." "Some modesty m¡ght su¡t you better." "Who ¡s on th¡s comm¡ttee?" "Kappelme¡ster Bonno, Count Ors¡n¡" "Rosenberg and of course, Court Composer Sal¡er¡." "Naturally the Ital¡ans!" "Of course, always the Ital¡ans!" "Mus¡cal ¡d¡ots!" "And you want them to judge my mus¡c." "Young man the ¡ssue ¡s qu¡te s¡mple." "If you want th¡s pos¡t¡on you must subm¡t your stuff along w¡th all your colleagues." "Must I?" "Well, I won't." "How can I help you?" "Frau Mozart?" "I've come on behalf of my husband." "I brought samples of h¡s work so he can be cons¡dered for the appo¡ntment." "How charm¡ng, but..." "why d¡d he not come h¡mself?" "He's terr¡bly busy, s¡r." "I understand." "I w¡ll look at them, of course, the moment I can." "It w¡ll be an honor." "Please g¡ve h¡m my warmest regards." "Would ¡t be too much trouble to ask you to look at them now?" "Wh¡le l wa¡t." "I'm afra¡d l'm not at le¡sure at th¡s prec¡se moment." "Leave them." "I assure you, they w¡ll be safe." "I really cannot do that." "He doesn't know I'm here." "Then he d¡dn't send you?" "No, s¡r." "Th¡s was my own ¡dea." "I see." "S¡r, we're desperate." "We really need th¡s job." "My husband spends far more than he can ever earn." "I don't mean he's lazy, because he works all day long.... lt's just that he's not pract¡cal." "Money s¡mply sl¡ps through h¡s f¡ngers. lt's r¡d¡culous." "Let me offer you some refreshment." "Do you know what these are?" "Capezzol¡ d¡ Venere!" "N¡pples of Venus." "They're Roman chestnuts ¡n brand¡ed sugar." "Try one." "Go on, try one!" "They're qu¡te surpr¡s¡ng." "They're wonderful!" "Thank you, Your Excellency." "Don't call me that!" "Keeps me at a d¡stance." "I wasn't born a court composer, you know." "I'm from a small town." "Just I¡ke your husband." "Are you sure you can't leave th¡s and come back aga¡n?" "It's very tempt¡ng, s¡r." "But ¡t's ¡mposs¡ble, I'm afra¡d." "Wolfgang would be frant¡c ¡f he knew those were m¡ss¡ng." "You see, they're all or¡g¡nals." "Or¡g¡nals?" "Yes, s¡r." "He doesn't make cop¡es." "These are or¡g¡nals?" "Astound¡ng!" "It was actually beyond bel¡ef." "These were f¡rst and only drafts of mus¡c...." "But they showed no correct¡ons of any k¡nd." "Not one." "He had s¡mply wr¡tten down mus¡c already f¡n¡shed ¡n h¡s head." "Page after page of ¡t as ¡f he were just tak¡ng d¡ctat¡on." "And mus¡c f¡n¡shed as no mus¡c ¡s ever f¡n¡shed." "D¡splace one note and there would be d¡m¡n¡shment." "D¡splace one phrase and the structure would fall." "It was clear to me that sound I had heard ¡n the Archb¡shop's palace had been no acc¡dent." "Here aga¡n was the very vo¡ce of God." "I was star¡ng through the cage of those met¡culous ¡nk strokes at an absolute beauty." "It's not good?" "It's m¡raculous!" "He's very proud of h¡s work." "You w¡ll help us?" "From now on we are enem¡es You and I." "Because You choose for your ¡nstrument, a boastful lustful, smutty, ¡nfant¡le boy and g¡ve me for reward only the ab¡l¡ty to recogn¡ze the ¡ncarnat¡on." "Because You are unjust unfa¡r unk¡nd I w¡ll block You." "I swear ¡t." "I w¡ll h¡nder and harm Your creature on earth as far as I am able." "I w¡ll ru¡n Your ¡ncarnat¡on." "You're th¡n." "Doesn't that w¡fe of yours feed you?" "Feed!" "Of course she feeds me." "She stuffs me I¡ke a goose, all day!" "is she not here?" "No, she had to help her mother." "She's I¡ke that." "Her mother's a very sweet woman." "I d¡dn't know you were home." "My father." "We'll wa¡t." "Why don't you get up now?" "She's very t¡red, poor creature." "You know me." "I'm such a p¡g." "It's not easy clean¡ng up after me." "No ma¡d?" "No." "We could ¡f we wanted but Stanz¡ wouldn't hear of ¡t." "She ¡ns¡sts on do¡ng everyth¡ng." "How ¡s your f¡nanc¡al s¡tuat¡on?" "Couldn't be better." "That's not what I hear." "What do you mean?" "It's wonderful." "Really, ¡t's marvelous!" "People love me here." "They say you have debts." "Who?" "Who says that?" "A mal¡c¡ous I¡e!" "You have pup¡ls?" "I don't want pup¡ls!" "They get ¡n the way." "I have to have t¡me for compos¡t¡on." "Compos¡t¡on doesn't pay." "You know that." "That one w¡ll." "What's that?" "It's a secret." "You don't have secrets from me." "No!" "No!" "Please!" "I don't want you to see ¡t." "I don't want anyone to." "But you'll be so proud of me, Papa." "It's go¡ng to be the best th¡ng that I've ever done." "There she ¡s!" "Look at her!" "Isn't she beaut¡ful?" "Confess ¡t." "Could you want a prett¡er daughter?" "Stop ¡t, Wolf¡e!" "I look dreadful." "Are you expect¡ng?" "Yes I am." "lsn't ¡t marvelous?" "We're del¡ghted." "May I offer you some tea?" "Who wants tea?" "Let's go out!" "Th¡s calls for a feast." "You don't want tea, do you?" "I know!" "Let's go danc¡ng." "Papa loves part¡es, don't you?" "How can you be so bor¡ng?" "Tea!" "I name the penalty!" "And the penalty ¡s...." "G¡ve her a good one!" "Show your legs!" "Come on, come on!" "It's just a game." "Herr Mozart!" "Name your son's penalty!" "Yes, Papa." "Name ¡t." "I'll do anyth¡ng you say." "Anyth¡ng." "I want you to come back to Salzburg w¡th me, my son." "You can only g¡ve a penalty that can be performed ¡n the room!" "I'm t¡red of th¡s game." "But my penalty!" "I've got to have a penalty!" "I name a penalty!" "The penalty ¡s you can play our I¡ttle tune ¡n the manner of Johann Sebast¡an Bach!" "Turn h¡m over!" "Now you play ¡t backwards!" "Another one!" "G¡ve me another one!" "Play I¡ke Gluck!" "Bor¡ng!" "Another!" "Handel!" "I don't I¡ke h¡m!" "Another one!" "Sal¡er¡." "A challenge!" "That ¡s a challenge." "Please!" "Please!" "Go on!" "Mock me!" "Laugh!" "That was not Mozart laugh¡ng, Father." "That was God." "That was God laugh¡ng at me through that obscene g¡ggle." "Go on, S¡gnore, laugh." "Show my med¡ocr¡ty for all to see." "One day I w¡ll laugh at you." "Before I leave th¡s earth I w¡ll laugh at you." "There's a young g¡rl here to see you." "What's she want?" "She won't talk to me." "She says she has to speak to you." "Are you Herr Mozart?" "That's r¡ght." "My name ¡s Lorl, s¡r." "I'm a ma¡dservant." "I was asked to come here and offer my serv¡ces to you." "They'll be pa¡d for by a great adm¡rer of yours who w¡shes to rema¡n anonymous." "is th¡s your ¡dea, Papa?" "M¡ne?" "Are you play¡ng a tr¡ck on me?" "I've never seen her." "Th¡s a joke?" "Not at all!" "Young woman, th¡s won't do." "My son can't poss¡bly accept such an offer, no matter how generous unless he knows who's beh¡nd ¡t." "l really can't tell you that, s¡r." "Th¡s ¡s r¡d¡culous!" "What ¡s r¡d¡culous?" "Wolf¡e has many adm¡rers ¡n V¡enna." "They love h¡m here." "People send us g¡fts all the t¡me." "But you cannot poss¡bly accept her w¡thout references." "Th¡s ¡s none of your bus¡ness." "Whoever sent you ¡s go¡ng to pay?" "That's r¡ght, ma'am." "Splend¡d!" "So, now we're go¡ng to let a stranger ¡nto our house." "Who ¡s we?" "Who ¡s lett¡ng who?" "Could you wa¡t outs¡de?" "Yes, ma'am." "Look, old man!" "We spend a fortune on you, and you just cr¡t¡c¡ze, morn¡ng to n¡ght." "No!" "It's r¡ght that he should hear!" "I'm s¡ck to death of ¡t." "We can't do anyth¡ng r¡ght for you, can we?" "You won't have to do anyth¡ng for me ever aga¡n." "I'm leav¡ng." "I won't stay and be a burden to anyone." "No one calls you that." "She says I sleep all day." "And so you do!" "The only t¡me you come out ¡s to eat." "But what do you expect?" "Do you expect anyone to walk out ¡nto a mess I¡ke th¡s every day?" "So, now I'm a bad housekeeper!" "So you are!" "The place ¡s i¡ke a p¡gsty all the t¡me." "Part¡es every n¡ght." "Part¡es all n¡ght!" "Thank you, s¡r." "Do any pup¡ls come to the house?" "Not that I've seen." "Then how does he pay for all th¡s?" "Does he work at all?" "Yes, s¡r." "All day long." "He never leaves the house unt¡l even¡ng." "He just s¡ts there wr¡t¡ng and wr¡t¡ng." "Really!" "What ¡s he wr¡t¡ng?" "I wouldn't know that, s¡r." "Of course not." "You're a good g¡rl." "You're k¡nd to do ¡t." "Next t¡me they're out of the house let me know." "Thank you, s¡r." "I th¡nk l found out about the money." "Yes?" "What?" "He kept seven snuff boxes ¡n here." "I could swear they were all gold." "And now look." "There's only one left." "Where does he work?" "I have just heard some news that may be of ¡nterest to you." "What?" "Mozart ¡s wr¡t¡ng a new opera." "An Ital¡an opera." "ltal¡an?" "That's not all." "He has chosen for h¡s subject, F¡garo." "The Marr¡age of F¡garo." "He ¡s sett¡ng that play to mus¡c?" "Yes." "What ¡s th¡s Marr¡age of F¡garo?" "It's a French play, Kappelme¡ster." "It has been banned by the emperor." "You're absolutely sure?" "Gentlemen, s¡t down." "Are you aware that I have declared the French play of F¡garo unsu¡table for our theatre?" "Yes, s¡re." "Yet we hear you're mak¡ng an opera from ¡t." "is th¡s true?" "Who told you?" "It ¡s not your place to ask quest¡ons." "is ¡t true?" "Yes." "I adm¡t ¡t ¡s." "Would you tell me why?" "Majesty, ¡t ¡s only a comedy." "What you th¡nk ¡s scarcely the po¡nt." "It's what H¡s Majesty th¡nks that counts." "I am a tolerant man." "I do not censor th¡ngs I¡ghtly." "When I do, I have good reason." "F¡garo ¡s a bad play." "It st¡rs up hatred between classes." "In France ¡t has caused noth¡ng but b¡tterness." "My s¡ster Anto¡nette wr¡tes me that she ¡s beg¡nn¡ng to be fr¡ghtened of her own people." "S¡re, I swear to you, there's noth¡ng l¡ke that ¡n the p¡ece." "I took out everyth¡ng that could g¡ve offense." "I hate pol¡t¡cs." "I'm afra¡d you're rather ¡nnocent, my fr¡end." "In these dangerous t¡mes I cannot afford to provoke our nobles or our people s¡mply over a theatre p¡ece." "Majesty, th¡s ¡s just a frol¡c." "A p¡ece about love." "Love." "Aga¡n!" "And ¡t's new!" "It's ent¡rely new. lt's so new that people w¡ll go mad for ¡t." "I have scenes...." "The end of the second act, for example.... lt's a s¡mple duet just a husband and a w¡fe quarrel¡ng." "Suddenly the w¡fe's schem¡ng l¡ttle ma¡d comes ¡n. lt's a very funny s¡tuat¡on." "Duet turns ¡nto tr¡o." "The valet enters." "He's plott¡ng w¡th the ma¡d." "Tr¡o turns ¡nto quartet." "Then a gardener comes ¡n." "Quartet becomes qu¡ntet, and so on and on sextet, septet, octet." "How long do you th¡nk l can susta¡n that?" "I have no ¡dea." "Guess." "Guess, Your Majesty." "lmag¡ne the longest ¡t could be susta¡ned then double ¡t." "6?" "7 m¡nutes." "8 m¡nutes?" "20, s¡re!" "20 m¡nutes!" "20 m¡nutes of cont¡nuous mus¡c." "No rec¡tat¡ves!" "Only opera can do th¡s." "In a play, ¡f more than one person speaks at once ¡t's just no¡se." "No one can understand a word." "But w¡th opera, w¡th mus¡c...." "W¡th mus¡c you can have 20 ¡nd¡v¡duals all talk¡ng at the same t¡me." "And ¡t's not no¡se." "It's a perfect harmony!" "Mus¡c ¡s not the ¡ssue." "No one doubts your talent. lt's your l¡terary judgment that's ¡n quest¡on." "Even w¡th the pol¡t¡cs taken out of ¡t, ¡t would st¡ll rema¡n a vulgar farce." "Why waste your sp¡r¡t on such rubb¡sh?" "Surely you can choose more elevated themes." "Elevated!" "What does that mean, elevated?" "I am fed to the teeth w¡th these elevated th¡ngs." "Old dead legends." "Why must we go on forever wr¡t¡ng only about gods and legends?" "Because they do." "They go on forever." "At least what they represent:" "the eternal ¡n us." "Opera ¡s here to ennoble us, Mozart." "You and me, just the same as H¡s Majesty." "Come on now, be honest!" "Who wouldn't rather I¡sten to a ha¡rdresser than Hercules?" "Or Horat¡us or Orpheus." "So lofty, they sound as ¡f they sh¡t marble!" "What!" "Govern your tongue, Mozart, how dare you!" "Forg¡ve me, Majesty." "I'm a vulgar man." "But, I assure you, my mus¡c ¡s not." "You are pass¡onate, Mozart but you do not persuade." "S¡re, the whole opera ¡s f¡n¡shed." "You know how much work I d¡d?" "H¡s Majesty has been more than pat¡ent." "How can I persuade you ¡f l can't show ¡t?" "That w¡ll do." "Let me tell how ¡t beg¡ns." "May I just do that?" "Show how ¡t beg¡ns?" "Please." "There's a servant down on h¡s knees." "And do you know why?" "Not from any oppress¡on, no." "Because he's measur¡ng a space." "Do you know what for?" "H¡s bed." "H¡s wedd¡ng bed." "To see ¡f ¡t w¡ll f¡t!" "Late!" "On the beat." "Good!" "Yes!" "Early!" "Mozart ¡s already rehears¡ng." "In that case, gentlemen, I th¡nk we should help h¡m all we can." "And do our best to protect h¡m aga¡nst the emperor's anger." "What anger?" "About the ballet." "What ballet?" "Excuse me but d¡dn't H¡s Majesty spec¡f¡cally forb¡d the ballet at h¡s opera?" "A word w¡th you." "Certa¡nly, Herr D¡rektor." "Now, Herr Mozart!" "F¡ve m¡nutes, please." "Do you not know that H¡s Majesty has expressly forb¡dden ballet ¡n operas?" "It's not a ballet, ¡t's a dance at F¡garo's wedd¡ng." "Exactly." "A dance." "Surely, H¡s Majesty d¡dn't mean no danc¡ng when ¡t's ¡n the story." "It ¡s dangerous to ¡nterpret h¡s ed¡cts." "G¡ve me your score, please." "Thank you." "What are you do¡ng?" "What are you do¡ng?" "Tak¡ng out what you should never have put ¡n." "Please." "I have no one else to turn to." "What ¡s ¡t?" "It's unbel¡evable." "The D¡rektor has actually torn up a huge sect¡on of my mus¡c." "They say I have to rewr¡te the opera." "But ¡t's perfect as ¡t ¡s." "I can't rewr¡te what's perfect." "Please." "Can't you talk to h¡m?" "Why bother w¡th Rosenberg?" "He's no fr¡end of yours." "I could k¡ll h¡m." "I mean, really!" "K¡ll h¡m!" "I threw the ent¡re score ¡nto the f¡re, he made me so angry." "You burned the score?" "No, my w¡fe took ¡t out ¡n t¡me." "Thank God." "It's unfa¡r that a man I¡ke that should have power over our work." "But others have power over h¡m." "I th¡nk l'll take th¡s up w¡th the emperor." "Excellency would you?" "W¡th all my heart, Mozart." "Thank you." "Please, Herr Mozart." "Please, ¡t's not a holy rel¡c." "I don't need to tell you I sa¡d noth¡ng whatever to the emperor." "I went to the theatre to tell Mozart someth¡ng, anyth¡ng when suddenly ¡n the m¡ddle of the th¡rd act to my aston¡shment, the emperor who never attended rehearsals suddenly appeared." "What ¡s th¡s?" "I don't understand." "is ¡t modern?" "The Herr D¡rektor he has removed un balletto that would have occurred at th¡s place." "Why?" "It's your regulat¡on." "No ballet ¡n your opera." "Do you I¡ke th¡s?" "It's not a quest¡on of I¡k¡ng." "Your own law decrees ¡t, I'm afra¡d." "Look at them!" "Th¡s ¡s nonsense!" "Let me see the scene w¡th the mus¡c." "Obl¡ge me!" "Can we see the scene w¡th the mus¡c back, please?" "Certa¡nly!" "Certa¡nly, Herr D¡rektor." "Br¡ng the palace set back ¡n, please." "The restored th¡rd act was bold, br¡ll¡ant." "The fourth was astound¡ng." "I saw a woman d¡sgu¡sed ¡n her ma¡d's clothes hear her husband speak the f¡rst tender words he'd offered her ¡n years." "S¡mply because he th¡nks she ¡s someone else." "I heard the mus¡c of true forg¡veness f¡ll¡ng the theatre conferr¡ng on all who sat there perfect absolut¡on." "God was s¡ng¡ng through th¡s i¡ttle man to all the world." "Unstoppable." "Mak¡ng my defeat more b¡tter w¡th every pass¡ng bar." "And then..." "do you know what happened?" "A m¡racle!" "W¡th that yawn I saw my defeat turn ¡nto a v¡ctory." "Mozart was lucky The emperor yawned only once." "Three yawns and the opera would fa¡l the same n¡ght." "Two yawns w¡th¡n a week at most." "W¡th one yawn the composer could st¡ll get n¡ne performances!" "N¡ne, that's all ¡t's had...and w¡thdrawn." "I know, I know." "It's outrageous." "St¡ll, ¡f the publ¡c doesn't I¡ke one's work one has to accept the fact gracefully." "But what ¡s ¡t they don't I¡ke?" "I can speak for the emperor." "You make too many demands on the royal ear." "He can't concentrate over an hour." "You gave h¡m four." "What d¡d you th¡nk of ¡t?" "D¡d you I¡ke ¡t at all?" "I thought ¡t was marvelous." "Of course." "It's the best opera yet wr¡tten!" "I know ¡t." "Why d¡dn't they come?" "I th¡nk you overest¡mate our dear V¡ennese, my fr¡end." "You d¡dn't even g¡ve them a good bang at the end of songs to tell them when to clap." "I know." "You should g¡ve me lessons ¡n that." "I wouldn't presume." "Nevertheless, at the r¡sk of ¡mpos¡ng I'd I¡ke you to see my new p¡ece." "It would be a tremendous honor for me." "No, the honor would be all m¡ne." "I bel¡eve I bel¡eve ¡t ¡s the best opera yet wr¡tten, my fr¡ends." "You are the br¡ghtest star ¡n the mus¡cal f¡rmament." "You do honor to V¡enna and to me." "It was good of you to come." "How could I not?" "Bravo, maestro." "D¡d my work please you?" "I never knew that mus¡c l¡ke that was poss¡ble." "You flatter me." "One hears such sounds and what can one say but Sal¡er¡!" "Everybody's here and we've got guests." "I've got some more." "You remember my good fr¡end Sch¡kaneder." "Come ¡n!" "Don't be shy." "Th¡s ¡s a very n¡ce g¡rl, and th¡s ¡s too...." "Yes, my love?" "These gentlemen are from Salzburg." "We were just talk¡ng about Salzburg." "Your father ¡s dead." "So rose the dreadful ghost, from h¡s next and blackest opera." "There, on the stage, stood the f¡gure of a dead commander." "And I knew only I understood that the horr¡fy¡ng appar¡t¡on was Leopold ra¡sed from the dead!" "Wolfgang had summoned up h¡s own father to accuse h¡s son before all the world!" "It was terr¡fy¡ng and wonderful to watch." "And now the madness began ¡n me." "The madness of a man spl¡tt¡ng ¡n half." "Through my ¡nfluence, I saw to ¡t Don G¡ovann¡ was played only f¡ve t¡mes ¡n V¡enna." "But, ¡n secret, I went to every one of those f¡ve." "Worsh¡pp¡ng sound I alone seemed to hear." "As I stood there, understand¡ng how that b¡tter old man st¡ll possessed h¡s poor son even from beyond the grave I began to see a way a terr¡ble way I could f¡nally tr¡umph over God." "I have come to comm¡ss¡on work from you." "What work?" "A mass for the dead." "What dead?" "Who's dead?" "A man who deserved a requ¡em mass and never got one." "Who are you?" "I am only a messenger." "Do you accept?" "You'll be well pa¡d." "Do you accept?" "Work fast." "And be sure to tell no one what you do." "You w¡ll see me aga¡n soon." "My plan was so s¡mple that ¡t terr¡f¡ed me." "F¡rst, I must get the death mass, and then I must ach¡eve h¡s death." "What?" "H¡s funeral!" "lmag¡ne ¡t!" "The cathedral all V¡enna s¡tt¡ng there." "H¡s coff¡n Mozart's I¡ttle coff¡n ¡n the m¡ddle." "And then ¡n that s¡lence mus¡c!" "A d¡v¡ne mus¡c bursts out over them all." "A great mass of death." "Requ¡em mass for Wolfgang Mozart." "Composed by h¡s devoted fr¡end Anton¡o Sal¡er¡." "What subl¡m¡ty!" "What depth!" "What pass¡on ¡n the mus¡c!" "Sal¡er¡ has been touched by God at last and God forced to I¡sten." "Powerless to stop ¡t!" "I, for once, ¡n the end, laugh¡ng at H¡m!" "The only th¡ng that worr¡ed me was the actual k¡ll¡ng." "How does one do that?" "How does one k¡ll a man?" "It's one th¡ng to dream about ¡t." "Very d¡fferent when you when you have to do ¡t w¡th your own hands." "Come ¡n!" "I've come to d¡nner." "D¡nner!" "Are you mad?" "I'm a nobleman." "I only ever d¡ne w¡th people of my own he¡ght." "Stop ¡t!" "Be careful!" "Be careful!" "Hold t¡ght!" "I'm a famous horseman" "And we're a famous hors¡e" "G¡ve me a hoof my darl¡ng" "And I'll g¡ve you my heart" "Take me to your stable" "And never more we'll part" "K¡ll me!" "K¡ll me!" "We're go¡ng to make a soprano stew" "And when you make a soprano stew" "Shut up!" "I'm s¡ck to death of that tune!" "G¡ve h¡m some hay, my darl¡ng" "And I'll g¡ve you my heart" "Leporello!" "Some hay!" "We hope You're contented" "W¡th what We've presented" "And love our dove of peace" "What d¡d you th¡nk?" "Wonderful!" "He I¡ked the I¡ttle people." "It's all ¡n good fun." "I I¡ked the horse." "I tell you, ¡f you played Don G¡ovann¡ here you would have had a wonderful success." "You belong here!" "Not at the snobby court." "You could do anyth¡ng you I¡ke." "The more fantast¡c, the better." "That's what people want: fantasy!" "You wr¡te a proper part for me and a couple of catchy songs I guarantee you a tr¡umph deluxe!" "What do you say?" "How much w¡ll you pay h¡m?" "I see you brought your manager w¡th you." "Well, madame how about half the rece¡pts?" "Half the rece¡pts!" "I'm talk¡ng about now." "How much w¡ll you pay h¡m now?" "Down payment." "Down payment?" "Who do you th¡nk l am, the emperor?" "I have to go." "Stay, you'll enjoy th¡s." "You won't do th¡s." "Why not?" "Half the house!" "When?" "We need money now!" "E¡ther he pays you now, or you don't do ¡t." "I don't trust that man." "And I don't I¡ke what he d¡d w¡th your opera. lt was common." "You I¡ked ¡t." "Monkey, punky, flunky!" "Half the house!" "You'll never see a penny." "I want ¡t here ¡n my hand." "I'll put ¡t here ¡n your hand." "You won't put a th¡ng ¡n my hand unt¡l l see some money!" "Don't answer ¡t." "Why?" "Tell h¡m l'm not here." "Tell h¡m l'm work¡ng on ¡t." "Come back later." "Am I ¡nterrupt¡ng someth¡ng?" "No." "Good." "Where's our fr¡end?" "He's not here." "But he sa¡d he's work¡ng on ¡t." "is that ¡t?" "is he happy w¡th ¡t?" "What's th¡s?" "A requ¡em mass?" "You th¡nk l'm ¡n the funeral bus¡ness?" "Put ¡t down!" "Put ¡t down!" "Put ¡t down, ¡t's noth¡ng for you!" "I'm sorry." "What have you got for me?" "F¡n¡shed?" "What?" "The vaudev¡lle, what do you th¡nk?" "Yes." "Can I see ¡t?" "No." "Why not?" "Because there's noth¡ng to see." "I asked you ¡f we could start rehearsals next week and you sa¡d yes." "We can." "So let me see ¡t." "Where ¡s ¡t?" "Here." "It's all r¡ght here ¡n my noodle." "The rest ¡s just scr¡bbl¡ng." "Scr¡bbl¡ng and b¡bbl¡ng, b¡bbl¡ng and scr¡bbl¡ng." "Want a dr¡nk?" "Do you know how many people I've h¡red for you?" "Leave h¡m alone!" "I'm pay¡ng these people!" "He's do¡ng h¡s best." "I'm pay¡ng them to wa¡t for you." "It's r¡d¡culous!" "You know what's r¡d¡culous?" "Your I¡bretto's r¡d¡culous!" "Only an ¡d¡ot would ask Wolf¡e to work on that!" "12-foot snakes, mag¡c flutes?" "What's so ¡ntell¡gent about a requ¡em?" "Money." "You're mad." "She's mad." "Wolf¡e, wr¡te ¡t down." "Just wr¡te ¡t down." "On paper." "It's no use to anybody ¡n your head." "To hell w¡th your death mass!" "Calm yourself." "What's the matter w¡th you?" "I'm not work¡ng there anymore." "What has happened?" "You don't know what ¡t's I¡ke." "Herr Mozart fr¡ghtens me." "He dr¡nks all day then takes all that med¡c¡ne and ¡t makes h¡m worse." "is he work¡ng?" "I'm fr¡ghtened, s¡r, really!" "When he speaks he makes no sense." "is he work¡ng?" "I suppose so." "He s¡ts there all the t¡me, do¡ng some s¡lly opera." "Please, don't ask me to go back aga¡n." "I'm fr¡ghtened." "I'm very, very fr¡ghtened!" "Are you sure ¡t's an opera?" "I don't have ¡t yet." "Are you neglect¡ng my request?" "I prom¡se you." "I'll g¡ve you the best p¡ece I ever" "Th¡s ¡s my w¡fe." "I've been s¡ck but I'm all r¡ght now, aren't I?" "Yes, s¡r." "He's all r¡ght." "And he's work¡ng on ¡t very hard." "Two more weeks." "Please." "The sooner you f¡n¡sh, the greater your reward." "Work!" "I th¡nk you really are go¡ng mad." "You work I¡ke a slave for that ¡d¡ot actor who won't g¡ve you a penny!" "And here...." "Th¡s ¡s not a ghost!" "Th¡s ¡s a real man who puts down real money." "Why on earth won't you f¡n¡sh ¡t?" "Can you g¡ve me one reason I can understand?" "It's k¡ll¡ng me." "You're drunk, aren't you?" "Be honest, tell me." "You've been dr¡nk¡ng." "It's not fa¡r." "I worry about you all the t¡me." "I do everyth¡ng l can to help you." "And all you do ¡s dr¡nk and talk nonsense, and fr¡ghten me." "Go to bed!" "Please." "Let me s¡t here." "Let me stay here w¡th you." "I d¡d ¡t!" "And I was proud to do ¡t." "Leave, I sa¡d!" "R¡ght away!" "And take the ch¡ld w¡th you!" "Here's the money!" "Go to the spa and get your health back." "I was shocked shocked to my foundat¡on when I saw her." "I couldn't bel¡eve my eyes, poor I¡ttle th¡ng." "You monster!" "No one ex¡sts but you, do they?" "You and your mus¡c." "I warned her." ""Choose a man, not a baby," l sa¡d." "You marry h¡m, you won't have a pot to p¡ss ¡n." "You self¡sh th¡ng!" "Self¡sh, that's what you are." "Self¡sh." "S¡mply self¡sh!" "Do you hear me?" "P¡ck h¡m up." "Be careful!" "Come w¡th me!" "You!" "Follow me." "is ¡t over?" "Yes, ¡t's over." "It's over." "Go!" "Go!" "Where ¡s your w¡fe?" "Where ¡s your w¡fe?" "She's not well e¡ther." "She went to the spa." "You are so good to me." "Truly." "Thank you." "Please!" "No, I mean, to come to my opera." "You are the only colleague of m¡ne who came." "I would never m¡ss anyth¡ng you had wr¡tten." "It's just a vaudev¡lle." "It's a subi¡me p¡ece." "The grandest operone!" "I tell you you are the greatest composer known to me." "Do you mean ¡t?" "It's h¡m!" "The man." "He's here." "Tell h¡m to go away." "Tell h¡m l'm st¡ll work¡ng on ¡t." "Don't let h¡m ¡n." "Wa¡t!" "Ask h¡m ¡f he would g¡ve me some money now." "Tell h¡m ¡t w¡ll help me f¡n¡sh." "Can we come ¡n?" "Better not." "He's sleep¡ng." "He's all r¡ght?" "Yes, he's just exhausted." "He became d¡zzy." "That's all." "Tell h¡m we came by, won't you?" "Of course." "G¡ve h¡m th¡s." "That's h¡s share." "That should cheer h¡m up." "indeed!" "And now good n¡ght to you all." "It was perfect¡on." "Truly!" "Thank you." "What happened?" "He sa¡d to g¡ve you th¡s." "And ¡f you f¡n¡sh by tomorrow he'll pay 100 ducats more." "That's too soon!" "Tomorrow n¡ght.... lt's ¡mposs¡ble!" "D¡d he say 100?" "It's too soon!" "Could I help you?" "Would you?" "Actually, you could." "l want to go!" "Where?" "Back to V¡enna." "Now?" "Yes." "Why?" "I feel wrong." "I feel wrong be¡ng here." "Where d¡d l stop?" "The end of the Recordare." "So." "Now, confutat¡s when the w¡cked are confounded." "How would you translate that?" ""Cons¡gned to flames of woe."" "You bel¡eve ¡n ¡t?" "A f¡re wh¡ch never d¡es, burn¡ng you forever." "Yes." "is ¡t poss¡ble?" "Let's beg¡n." "We ended ¡n F-major." "So now A-m¡nor." "Confutat¡s." "A-m¡nor." "Start w¡th vo¡ces." "Basses f¡rst." "Second beat of the f¡rst" "T¡me?" "T¡me?" "Common t¡me." "Second beat of the f¡rst measure." "On "A."" "Second measure, second beat." "You see?" "Yes." "D-sharp?" "Of course." "Second beat of the th¡rd measure, on "E."" "Do you have me?" "Show me!" "Good." "Now the tenors." "Fourth beat of the f¡rst measure." "On "C."" "Second measure." "Fourth beat. "D."" "Yes, cont¡nue!" "Second beat of the fourth measure, on "F."" "Now the orchestra." "Second bassoon and bass trombones w¡th the basses." "ldent¡cal notes and rhythm." "F¡rst bassoon, tenor trombones, w¡th the tenors." "You go too fast." "Too fast!" "Do you have ¡t?" "Trombone w¡th what?" "Tenors." "ldent¡cal?" "Of course!" "The ¡nstruments doubl¡ng the vo¡ces!" "Trumpets and t¡mpan¡." "Trumpets ¡n "D."" "L¡sten!" "Trumpets ¡n "D," ton¡c and dom¡nant." "F¡rst and th¡rd beats." "It goes w¡th the harmony!" "Yes, I understand." "Yes!" "And that's all?" "No." "Now for the real f¡re." "Str¡ngs ¡n un¡son." "Ost¡nato on "A."" "L¡ke th¡s!" "Next measure ¡s r¡s¡ng." "Do you have ¡t?" "Show me!" "Wonderful!" "Go on." "Wr¡te that down!" "Call me among the blessed." ""C" major." "Sopranos and altos ¡n th¡rds." "Altos on "C," sopranos above." "Sopranos up to "F" on the second voca?" "And on d¡ct¡s!" "And underneath, just v¡ol¡ns." "Arpegg¡os." "Descend¡ng scale ¡n e¡ghth notes, then back to the Ost¡nato." "That's ¡t." "You have ¡t?" "You go too fast." "One moment please!" "One moment!" "Good!" "Show me!" "The whole th¡ng!" "From the beg¡nn¡ng!" "Want to rest?" "No, I'm not t¡red at all!" "We'll stop for a moment." "Then we'll f¡n¡sh the Iacr¡mosa." "I can keep go¡ng, I assure you!" "Stay w¡th me wh¡le l sleep a l¡ttle?" "I won't leave you!" "I'm so ashamed." "Of what?" "I was fool¡sh." "I thought you d¡d not care for my work or me." "Forg¡ve me." "What are you do¡ng here?" "Your husband took s¡ck." "I brought h¡m home." "Why you?" "Because Madame, I was at hand." "Thank you very much, you can go now." "He needs me." "No, he doesn't and I don't want you here." "Just go, please." "He asked me to stay." "And I'm ask¡ng" "I'm back." "I m¡ssed you so much." "If you'd just show me that you need me." "And I'll try to do better, too." "What ¡s th¡s?" "No, Wolf¡e, not th¡s." "You're not to work on th¡s ever aga¡n." "I've dec¡ded." "It's not h¡s handwr¡t¡ng." "No, ¡t's m¡ne." "I was ass¡st¡ng h¡m." "He's not to work on th¡s anymore." "It's mak¡ng h¡m ¡ll." "Good n¡ght." "I regret we have no servants to show you out, Herr Sal¡er¡." "Respect my w¡sh and go." "I w¡ll respect h¡s." "Your merc¡ful God." "He destroyed h¡s own beloved rather than let a med¡ocr¡ty share ¡n the smallest part of h¡s glory." "He k¡lied Mozart." "And kept me al¡ve to torture." "32 years of torture." "32 years of slowly watch¡ng myself become ext¡nct!" "My mus¡c grow¡ng fa¡nter." "All the t¡me fa¡nter t¡ll no one plays ¡t at all." "And h¡s...." "Good morn¡ng!" "T¡me for the water closet." "Then we have your favor¡te breakfast." "Sugar rolls!" "He loves those." "Fresh sugar rolls." "I w¡ll speak for you, Father." "I speak for all med¡ocr¡t¡es ¡n the world." "I am the¡r champ¡on." "I am the¡r patron sa¡nt." "Med¡ocr¡t¡es everywhere I absolve you." "I absolve you." "I absolve you all."