Amadeus, Peter Shaffer
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer
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Amadeus

Author: Peter Shaffer

Narrator: Steven Brand, James Callis, Michael Emerson, Darren Richardson, Alan Shearman, Mark Jude Sullivan, Simon Templeman, Brian Tichnell, Jocelyn Towne

Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2017


Synopsis

Ambition and jealousy — all set to music. Devout court composer Antonio Salieri plots against his rival, the dissolute but supremely talented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. How far will Salieri go to achieve the fame that Mozart disregards?The 1981 Tony Award ® winner for Best Play.Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in September, 2016.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergSteven Brand as Baron van SwietenJames Callis as MozartMichael Emerson as SalieriDarren Richardson as Venticello 2Alan Shearman as Count Orsini-RosenbergMark Jude Sullivan as Venticello 1Simon Templeman as Joseph IIBrian Tichnell as Count Johann Kilian Von StrackJocelyn Towne as ConstanzeAssociate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Sound Designer, Recording Engineer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Foley Artist, Jeff Gardner. Production Manager, Tori Burnett. Editor, Mitchell Lindskoog. Music Supervisor, Scott Willis. Foreign Language Consultant, Matthew Wolf. Select Original Sound Design by Darron L. West, performed by Victor Zupnac.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on November 18, 2024

I saw a production of the brilliant play Amadeus in London's West End, where it moved to in 1981, after its initial stunning and masterly debut at the National Theatre in 1979. The production was the same, with Peter Hall directing, starring Frank Finlay as the tortured Salieri, and Richard O'Callag......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on February 07, 2017

I had to update one more time because I found the soundtrack online:[URL not allowed] (excitement overload!!!!) ************************************************** Imagine that you are the most successful musician of the age. You’re the court composer. You’ve worked so hard for......more

Goodreads review by Amit on December 03, 2021

Peter Shafer was not so famous playwright. However, he has written so many plays that provide him critical acclaim among the intellectuals. Amadeus is a kind of psychological drama. He has mastery over playing with words. That's why he has created so many plays that are full of powerful dialogues.......more