Shaped by a period of elegance and grandeur, ionic columns and grand pianos, was a man who evoked both celebration and jealousy to the highest degree, a brilliant composer who created music that had the ability to lift a man up in exalted glory as easily as it could send him crashing to the depths of human despair. Such a man was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday, Live Arts' production of Amadeus weaves a drama as riveting as his enduring and powerful pieces. With a commanding performance, the ensemble displays the life of Mozart as it develops through the eyes of his closest confidant, yet greatest enemy, rival musician Salieri.
A man who has pledged to serve God for eternity in exchange for unsurpassed musical talent, Salieri (Danny Murphy) narrates what he deems to be his last composition, titled "The Death of Mozart or Did I Do It?"
The story begins at the end of Salieri's life, after he has been driven insane; his pact with God remains unfilled and his dreams of musical perfection go up in smoke when he sees this ability embodied in another man. As Salieri, Murphy perfects the role of a bitter, yet still humorous, old man who has nothing left to live for but to relay his tale of revenge.
Flashing back to an earlier time, the production plunges the audience into the Enlightenment, using time-appropriate clothing to set the mood -
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