it's in the story.
It's dangerous to interpret his edicts. Give me your score,please.
Thank you.
What are you doing,"Herr Direktor"?
Taking out what you should never have put in.
Please. Please!
I have no one else to turn to.
- What is it? - It's unbelievable.
The "direktor" has torn up a huge section of my music.
They say I have to rewrite the opera.
But it's perfect as it is.
I can't...
...rewrite what's perfect.
Please.
Can't you talk to him?
Please.
Why bother? He's no friend of yours.
I could kill him! I mean,really! Kill him!
I threw the entire score into the fire,he made me so angry.
- You burned the score? - No,my wife took it out in time.
Thank God.
It's unfair that a man like that should have power over our work!
But there are those who have power over him.
I think I'll take this up with the emperor.
Excellency...
...would you?
With all my heart,Mozart.
Thank you.
Please,"Herr Mozart". "Please,it's not a holy relic."
I don't need to tell you I said nothing,whatever,to the emperor.
I went to the theater to tell Mozart something,anything...
... when suddenly,in the middle of the third act...
... to my astonishment,the emperor...
... who never attended rehearsals,suddenly appeared.
What is this?
I don't understand.
Is it modern?
Majesty...
...the "Herr Direktor"...
...he has removed "un balletto"...
...that would have occurred at this place.
Why?
It is your regulation,sire.
No ballet in your opera.
Salieri.
Do you like this?
It's not a question of liking,Majesty.
Your own law decrees it,I'm afraid.
Well,look at them!
No! This is nonsense!
- Let me see the scene with the music. - But,sire!
Oblige me!
Yes,Majesty.
Can we see the scene with the music,please?
Certainly! Certainly,"Herr Direktor"!
Bring the palace set back in,please.
The restored third act...
...was bold,brilliant.
The fourth...
...was astounding.
I saw a woman...
... disguised in her maid's clothes hear her husband speak the first...
... tender words he has offered her in years.
Simply because he thinks she is someone else.
I heard the music of true forgiveness filling the theater...
... conferring on all who sat there,perfect absolution.
God was singing through this little man...
... to all the world.
Unstoppable.
Making my defeat more bitter with every passing bar.
And then,do you know what happened?
A miracle!
With that yawn...
... I saw my defeat turn into a victory.
Mozart was lucky the emperor yawned only once.
Three yawns...
...and the opera would fail the same night.
Two yawns,within a week at most.
With one yawn,the composer could still get...
Nine performances! Nine! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!
I know,I know.
It's outrageous.
Still,if the public doesn't like one's work...
...one has to accept the fact gracefully.
But what is it that they don't like?
I can speak for the emperor.
You make too many demands on the royal ear.
The poor man can't concentrate for more than an hour. You gave him four.
What did you think of it yourself?
Did you like it at all?
I thought it was marvelous.
Of course. It's the best opera yet written.
I know it!
Why didn't they come?
I think you overestimate our dear Viennese,friend.
You didn't give them a bang at the end of songs...
...to let them know when to clap.
I know,I know.
Maybe you should give me some lessons in that.
I wouldn't presume.
Nevertheless,at the risk of imposing...
...I'd like you to see my new piece.
It would be an honor for me.
No,the honor would be all mine.
I believe...
I believe...
...it is the best opera yet written,my friends.
Salieri!
You are the brightest star in the musical firmament.
You do honor to Vienna and to me.
"Herr Mozart"!
- It was good of you to come. - How could I not?
Bravo,maestro.
Did my work please you?
I never knew that music like that was possible.
- You flatter me. - No.
One hears such sounds...
...and what can one say but: Salieri!
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