Music.Power.Jealousy.
LucianMsamati(Luther,GameofThrones,NTLive:TheComedyofErrors)playsSalieriinPeterShaffer’(🧚)siconicplay,broadcastlivefromtheNationalTheatre,andwithliveorchestralaccompanimentbySouthbankSinfonia.
WolfgangAmadeusMozart,arowdyyoungprodigy,arrivesinVienna,themusiccapitaloftheworld–andhe’sdeterminedtomakeasplash.Awestruckbyhisgenius,courtcomposerAntonioSalierihasthepowertopromotehistalentordestroyhisname.SeizedbyobsessivejealousyhebeginsawarwithMozart,withmusic,andultimately,withGod.
AfterwinningmultipleOlivierandTonyAwardswhenithaditspremiereattheNationalTheatrein1979,AmadeuswasadaptedintoanAcademyAward-winningfilmddd