Amadeus
Written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, Amadeus was inspired by Mozart and Salieri, a short play by Aleksandr Pushkin and later adapted into an opera of the same name by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
At the opening of the tale, Salieri is an old man, having long outlived his fame, and is convinced he is the assassin of Mozart, by poison. He then flashes back to the eighteenth century at time when Salieri adores Mozart’s compositions, and is thrilled at the chance to meet Mozart in person; however when the time finally arrives he is deeply disappointed to find that Mozart’s personality does not match the grace or charm of his compositions.
Salieri cannot reconcile Mozart’s boorish behavior with the massive genius that God has inexplicably bestowed upon him. Indeed, Salieri, who has been a devout Catholic all his life, cannot believe that God would choose Mozart over him for such a gift. Salieri rejects God and vows to do everything in his power to destroy Mozart…
Reserved Seating. Tickets are $12 General, $7 Discount, and $5 for UHH/HCC Students with Valid ID and Children 12 & under.
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