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believes that s music is divine and miraculous. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. He began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are Gods rewards for his piety. Hes also content as the respected, financially well-off, court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph II. But hes shocked to learn that Mozart is such a vulgar creature, and cant understand why God favored Mozart to be his instrument. Salieris envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity.
Claiming to have murdered the composer , the elderly recounts to a priest his dealings with the brilliant composer. Salieri was court composer to Austrian Emperor Joseph II when Mozart and he first met. The Emperor, a major patron of the arts, immediately commissioned Mozart to write an opera in German, rather than the customary Italian. Mozart is childish, arrogant, annoying and brilliant all at once and Salieri is simultaneously in awe and green with envy at his genius. Salieri uses Mozarts difficult relationship with his father and his guilt over being a bad son to drive him slightly mad and into a downward spiral of ill health, leading to his death.
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Michael Schlumberg (2002 Director's Cut)
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