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[@LawrenceMorey]

The opera you liked so much toward the end was "The Magic Flute," one of his most beloved. Ingmar Bergman made a fantastic movie out of the opera which is well worth seeing. It looks at one moment as if Bergman is merely filming a stage play, but at other moments, the stage disappears or transforms into full film sets. It is truly magical. And of course, the opera itself is transcendent, perilous and laugh-out-loud funny by turns.

[@JW666]

Is the Bergman film also called The Magic Flute or does it have a different name?

[@oluf999]

@@JW666 Trollflöjten (swedish for the magic flute) (1975).

[@JW666]

@@oluf999 I'm a Swede myself, and thank you 🙂

[@herrzimm]

While it MUST be said that this movie is NOT historically accurate... being based off of a play LONG after Mozart's death, and the "conflict" between Salieri and Mozart was added to "spice up the play". It IS based upon SOME historical events. Such as Mozart's documented talents at an early age (After all, he wrote the music for what is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" at the age of 5 or so).... and he did marry a cousin, I think she was his 2nd or 3rd cousin, so there was some "distance" in relationship there (as well as kind of being common back then)... AND he did serve in the "courts" of several royal families and the church at various times... AND he did get influenced by his overbearing father for several of his characters in his operas. Well, the truth of the matter is, Salieri and Mozart HIGHLY respected each other, often gave each other praise for their works, and their "competition" as artists at the time wasn't based upon personal issues. The two of them were considered two of the most sought after artists at the time. It would be like having 2 rock bands being "competitive" due to ticket sales, but EITHER band was going to have a sold out show no matter what.

[@JohnWelsh-oz3jz]

That’s quite informative. I appreciate your explanation and analysis. Good job! 👍🏻

[@bobgable2691]

Great post. But do we remember anything from Salieri ? Idk maybe there is.

[@teresagardiner153]

Mozart didn't marry his cousin. He married Constanze Weber, who was unrelated to him.

[@unclebounce1495]

That's not completely true. There IS evidence of Salieri being vindictive/enemies of Mozart. There was testimony of the fact after Mozart's death, who overheard Salieri admit this. Considering Salieri being essentially a political diplomat who dominated the political favor, it is NOT a far stretch at all to consider he was a manipualtor and power monger. He was enshrined with position, and he maintained that position despite all rivals, despite Mozart being a rival. If you think he didn't think or treat Mozart like a threat, you're a fool. If you think he didn't have political clout or did not exploit it to his advantage and to maintain his position of dominance, you're a fool. The fact that there IS contemporary evidence of a witness overhearing Salieri bragging about working to doom Mozart doesn't make this movie flawed in anyn way. It may not be reliable evidene or confirmable, but there was a contemporary source, that source lines up with logic and likelihood considering the landscape and orientation of the figures/powers at those times. That testimony later became inspiration for the later play. You have no evidence it's not true, and there IS evidence (unreliable or not, it's better than zero) that it DID happen.

[@DoctorZisIN]

@@unclebounce1495 Mozart in one of his letters complains to his sister about "the Italians", the elite group of musicians who were an obstacle to his success. Only after his death, thanks to the continued efforts of his widow, Constanze, who kept on promoting his music, he became more and more popular.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

36:23 "I've never seen operas like that. I didn't know those exist. That's amazing!" In case you want to investigate further, it's called The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). It premiered just 2 months before Mozart died (when he was not yet even 36 years old).

[@chrisn4315]

Actually, Mozart's last work, the Requiem in D-minor (KV 626) was finished. It was completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who was Mozart's most promising student. Mozart indeed had students, despite of what is portrayed in the movie. Mozart's wife asked Süssmayr to complete it because the Mozart family was in serious debt and desperately needed money. In reality, the work was commisioned by Count Franz von Walsegg, more precisely through his subordinates. It was intended to honour the Count's deceased wife. The requiem is about an hour long, divided into 14 parts, and only the first two were completed by Mozart. Another following six parts were half sketched by Mozart, but incomplete. Süssmayr completed thoses and wrote the remaining parts on his own, but using a lot of already established melodies from Mozarts' drafts in the beginning. Even though it is "incomplete work" from Mozart, it's one of the most beautiful pieces Mozart has written. You can hear the intro (Introitus) and most of the Sequentia from the Requiem (parts 3 to 8) during the last 20 minutes of the movie - up until Mozart's funeral. It was a poor man's funeral, a mass grave - that part is accurate. He was buried in one of those because it was cheap; his wife couldn't afford a fancy funeral for her husband.

[@AudieHolland]

It was completed, for good or bad, because it was already paid for and Mozart's wife did not wish to miss out on the payment. We will never know how Mozart himself would have written the complete Requiem but it would have been very different. You can hear where Mozart's input stops. Even though I have it on DVD, I seldom listen to the parts following the Lacrimosa.

[@chrisn4315]

@@AudieHolland You're right, 100%. I don't usually listen to it after the Lacrimosa, too. By the way, Mozart only completed the starting melody for that one: the first eight bars or so. The Lux Aeterna at the end, you can listen to it, too. But just because Süssmayr used the notes from the Introitus and the Kyrie for that one. It's actually a good comparison - the notes won't fit the speech pattern of Lux Aeterna as well as they do at the Introitus. It's nice and sad at the same time: nice that Süssmayr honoured Mozart's work by reusing his notes, but sad because they don't fit as well. There's your distinction between genius and "just good".

[@AudieHolland]

@@chrisn4315 Yes. Even though we're no talented musical composers, at least we're expert listeners lol

[@ferencercseyravasz7301]

Süssmayr is the sort of "official" author of the rest, but reality is a lot more complicated. Firstly, Mozart didn't write the parts in order. Domine Jesu Christe for instance was completed before he started the Lacrimosa. Of the Lacrimosa itself, he only completed the first 8 bars. For most of the missing parts he had a raw sketch. just some of the main lines with almost no arrangement. And then Constanze really wanted to collect the fee, so she lied saying that the entire Requiem is completed, it only needs to be cleared up. And she had quite a few people working on it, Süssmayr too, but he wasn't the only one. Also, there are quite a few alternative versions where other, more modern composers did their best to finish it.

[@Swonder1972]

The pauper's grave Mozart was buried in was the equivalent to the municipal cremation of a John Doe in modern times...It is still tough to see a person that had the holy spirit flow through them into music to then fall into a mass grave for unknown souls since his music scores have touched centuries of humanity in most languages...

[@ridl8006]

I had a professor in college who once told me that great musicians like Mozart , Beethoven, (even Salieri) could just "hear" the music when they read the score...#amazing

[@foljs5858]

It's basically like being able to hear how a word would sound when you read it. Even average professional musicians can "just hear", at least simple harmonies and melodies. E.g. they could tell what this sounds like "F c F c F c F A C"

[@Mercer1012]

That's not a special skill to have. Any professionally trained musician in the 18th century could do that.

[@MichaelScheele]

Their brains spoke the language of music. Their minds were not wired the same way as others. After I took a music appreciation elective course in college, I came appreciated the complexity of music composition a great deal. Even if you know the constraints, creating something that isn't terrible sounding is challenging.

[@Nickxxx85]

literally everyone who can read notes can hear the music in his head

[@Mercer1012]

@@MichaelScheele It's not difficult to create something that isn't terrible sounding. Even 3rd rate composers of the 18th century could do that. Creating something that sounds great with masterful use of devices and schemata *IS* difficult. Once you truly understand the mechanics of how 18th century music was composed (99% of schools do not teach this correctly), you start to realize these guys aren't as clever as you think they are.

[@SurvivorBri]

I recall when this movie came out, it was such a craze and it popularized Mozart's music for a new generation. I was too young to see it but I definitely was aware of the phenomenon. There was also a famous pop song called "Rock Me Amadeus" which came out the same year as this movie. That song was everywhere and it helped promote the movie. My brother was in high school and he loved hard rock and metal music but because of this movie, his mind was opened up to classical.

[@Nick_CF]

Yeah I remember it being a big thing amongst our parents when it came out

[@tubekulose]

Yes, "Rock Me Amadeus" was by Falco, also an Austrian. 🙂

[@jackcoleman1784]

A lot of metpa crosses over with classical. Particularly the over the top nature, the emphasis on virtuoso playing and skills, and writing and use of very traditionally classical techniques like stocatto and tremolo. There was also a movement in the 80s called the neoclassical shred movement that largely defined metal lead playing for almost a generation. Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason Becker, and of course Eddie Van Halen were all either direct members or were associated in some way. So there's a lot of classical in most metalheads even if they don't know it.

[@treetopjones737]

@@tubekulose Falco ended in the same way Amy Winehouse did: addiction.

[@FMAkers-jq2kh]

AMADEUS actually started as a play - and when it opened on Broadway in 1980, it starred Ian McKellen as Salieri and Tim Curry as Mozart. Just *imagine* seeing that :)

[@terrylandess6072]

I am. :)

[@DoctorZisIN]

Not to mention that after playing Luke in 2 Stars Wars movies, Mark Hamill was cast to replace Tim Curry in the role of Mozart. Later, Mark auditioned to play him in this movie but Milos Forman rejected him because he had become so famous playing Skywalker that he wouldn't be believable as Mozart.

[@vincentodwyer4255]

Hi Dasha. Hope you're well. 😊 This is one of my favourite movies but for different reasons to others. I grew up in North London in the 1970's and coming from an Irish immigrant family, things weren't exactly settled and Movies were and still are one of the places I found solace and escapism. Amadeus though was a whole different type of exposure as classical music and opera weren't exactly part of our childhood but through this movie I discovered (16 years old when released) I loved it and (in my opinion of course) Mozart's Requiem is one if the most powerful compositions ever written. The movie may not have been very accurate in some areas but the music is very genuine. Great choice

[@squarewave808]

In my freshman year of college I took a general ed course in music theory, and one of our assignments was to watch this movie. I have quietly thanked that professor so many times since then. It’s a fantastic film, and that opening scene of Mozart’s 25th Symphony absolutely stirs my soul every time I hear it!

[@brian423]

Ironically, this movie and the stage play it was based on have rekindled interest in Antonio Salieri's music. Every now and then, you can hear a Salieri piece on classical radio stations nowadays.

[@Socrates...]

I am so pleased you are watching quality movies !!!

[@matthewfike4491]

Thanks for reacting to this, and I’m glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorites.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Mozart was an absolute genius I love the moment when he ad libs Salieri's piece and makes it better

[@firedoc5]

Such a wonderful reaction. Understanding the admiration and jealously at the same time is right on. Others know much more than I do, but I know it is loosely based, especially that there was no real rivalry between Mozart and Herr Salieri. There have been several theories about his cause of death, excessive drinking, exhaustion, diabetes, even from eating raw pork, or a combination of all. But one thing is how one of if not the greatest composer of all-time was buried in a pauper's grave.

[@IDLERACER]

😎👍 Great reaction as always. I find it interesting that Mozart was a part of your childhood. Being Russian, I would've assumed that you had more exposure to Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev or Rimsky-Korsakov. Other than the chronology of the events, the makers of this film never claimed that the story was in any way historically accurate.

[@ottocarson]

One of the best films of all times

[@penfold7455]

Btw, Emperor Joseph II did say ridiculously stupid observations about music to Mozart. That's right; he did tell Mozart that a work of his had "too many notes". He also told Mozart at one part, upon listening to a new work, that the "bass sounded too low". Ah, the 18th century royalty/aristocracy!

[@patrickfreeman8257]

"It's not that Mozart is making music, it's like Mozart IS the music." BAM! I've been a musician for more than 40 years. I have a degree in music. You just summed it up much better than I ever could have hoped to do.

[@mikebrown7799]

Hi Dasha!😊 Salieri's part in this film is fiction. There were rumors that he may have contributed to Mozart's death, but the rumors were unfounded. The accusations actually contributed to several of his nervous breakdowns. I saw it in the theater in 1984 and it was awesome! It is considered one of the greatest films of all time! F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) is excellent in this film. The film won Academy Awards for best picture, director, and actor (F. Murray Abraham), plus 37 other awards.🏆🏆🏆🏆 The film also inspired and 80s song "Rock Me Amadeus" (1985) by Falco. It has a great 80s beat to it. You should check it out. Great reactions to this extremely well-made film!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

[@MichaelScheele]

The movie's soundtrack album is a small sample of Mozart's work. A decent introduction to his music.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

When he died, sounds "Lacrimosa". Magical piece from him. And he was "buried" like this because he was sick, in a common hole.

[@davepangburn]

Cut to End Scene. Salieri's dark, mocking laugh, observing the wrought he has brought upon the tortured Priest. "Your merciful God...", further delivering a malign sermon upon the innocent soul (and yet Salieri's words have the self-awareness to cast judgement upon himself). In the beginning, the Father had come thinking he could minister salvation upon the subject. But in the end, it is Salieri who is the Minister. A Minister of Vindictiveness towards his clearly shaken subject, rocking his faith, his confession also an instrument of visiting harm. "I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all mediocrities. I am their champion, I am their patron saint." Salieri laughs & smiles. "Mediocrities of the world, I absolve you..." Fade to divine laughter.

[@patrickfreeman8257]

Oh great! Now you got that song stuck in my head. Amadeus, Amadeus, rock me Amadeus

[@treetopjones737]

Männer des Westens is a much better song by him.

[@chrisa2310]

Mozart's sister, Maria Anna Mozart, was also trained by her father. This was unheard of for girls at the time. She played many concerts with her younger brother. She had top billing in their early concerts, and he looked up to her. And his poop jokes were because she did the same.

[@terrylandess6072]

Many won't appreciate what we know - trading a child's 'childhood' to take advantage of their learning capability produces amazing talent with behavior unlike those of us whom grew up 'normally'. To them the rest of the world must seem odd.

[@teresagardiner153]

I don't know about that. Of all the family, Nannerl seemed least inclined towards scatological humor. There is only one instance of vulgarity in all her letters, and none in her extensive diaries. Mozart used bathroom humor much, much more frequently. Nannerl comes across as a rather prudish and inhibited person.

[@jono03]

One of my favorite movies! I had a opportunity to see this with a live orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl and it was amazing.👍🏼✨

[@ThistleAndSea]

Nice one, Dasha! I love this movie too. 😊 The vaudville opera is Mozart's "The Magic Flute". You should listen to it some evening, you might enjoy it. Btw, did you recognize the emperor? He was the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

a visual and audio feast - everything you see and hear is sumptuous - imagine seeing this on a huge screen with surround sound - absolutely wonderful!

[@pasteye1671]

The best reactio I have seen to this movie. You are amazing...and a beautiful person. So glad I discovered you on YT.

[@Cavetroll100]

Watching Mozart and Salieri working together toward the end of the film, Mozart pouring out his genius and Salieri struggling to keep up as the music just gushes out of Mozart, chokes me up every time. It made Mozart's death that much more tragic to watch, to say nothing his burial in a pauper's grave. But hearing Mozart's laugh at the very end over Salieri's descent in to madness, to me, was a perfect way to end it.

[@texasrattlesnake31637]

An All-Time Classic! Everything in this movie is executed to perfection, the acting, the MUSIC, the story - so happy that you reacted to this Dashy, been a while since I watched this MUSICAL ENIGMA!

[@dan_hitchman007]

Yes, the play and movie take liberties with history, but that's not the point of the story. It is about mediocrity verses godlike talent and how jealousy can twist someone's soul with monstrous results while using historical figures. As for the actual history, Mozart did conduct himself boorishly at times and his laugh was quite obnoxious. He was like the spoiled brat rock star of his day. He was also immensely talented and savant-like. Mozart composed in his head and he had a photographic memory. Salieri helped Mozart's family out financially after his death. This fictionalized story was inspired by Salieri's outbursts at the end of his life where he reportedly raved that he had killed Mozart.

[@helvete_ingres4717]

I believe Salieri was one of the only people who attended Mozart's funeral..incl. Mozart's own wife

[@MrDootDali]

You are correct! Mozart hears music in everything, even screaming and shouting. We'll said! Another great reaction video, thank you!

[@bigdream_dreambig]

17:25 " 'Septet?' 'Sextet?' " Yes, those are English words (using Latin prefixes) that indicate singing groups containing certain different numbers of people: 1 = solo, 2 = duet, 3 = trio, 4 = quartet, 5 = quintet, 6 = sextet, 7 = septet, 8 = octet.

[@user-iw2ck6zn3s]

This is a fantastic movie, well acted by Tom Hulce (Mozart) and F Murry Abraham (Salieri). They were both up for Oscars for this movie. Mr Abraham won it and in his speech wished the prize could be shared with Mr Hulce. The movie presents some factual history and some fictionalized history. Salieri was a well respected composer and educator. His students included Lizst, Schubert and Beethoven. Salieri's music was well regarded during his lifetime and still is. Mozart's music took some time after his death to become as popular as it has become. Salieri's 'misfortune' was simply to be a good composer in the time of Mozart, a fantastic composer. It would seem the he and Mozart were acquaintances and possibly friendly, but certainly not the villain portrayed in the movie. To any and all interested, there are UT videos on the accuracy of this movie, but one I find extremely informative is by "The History Buff". He explains what the movie got right and what it got wrong. UT won't let me post a link to the video, but it can be easily found. His videos are not reaction videos, but an analysis of the accuracy of the movie. Well worth watching

[@Ken00001010]

Truly one of the very greatest movies! Every time I see it the music plays in my head for days after. Thank you!

[@oxhine]

Hey, Dasha! This is an extraordinary movie and my all-time favorite. The Director's Cut adds superfluous scenes. The theatrical cut is best. It was originally an 1830 short story called "Mozart and Salieri" written by Alexander Pushkin which was adapted into an 1897 opera also called "Mozart and Salieri" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The 1979 London stage play adaptation was written by Peter Shaffer and debuted at the Royal National Theatre with Paul Scofield as Salieri and Simon Callow as Mozart. Callow played the head of the working class theater company who commissioned Mozart's "Magic Flute" opera in the film. The 1981 Broadway production starred Ian "Gandalf" McKellen as Salieri, Tim "Wadsworth" Curry as Mozart and Jane "Dr. Quinn" Seymour as Constanze. The production won multiple Tony Awards. The 1999 Broadway revival starred David "Poirot" Suchet as Salieri and Michael "Lucian" Sheen as Mozart. This production was similarly lauded. The 1984 film by Milos Forman won multiple Oscars including Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham as Salieri. The play is a fictionalized dramatization but Mozart was a prodigy, a spendthrift and an impractical creative type in life. He is buried in an unknown pauper's grave and is considered the greatest composer who ever lived.

[@alfredorodriguez3107]

“… a brighter candle burns twice as fast.” That is so true Dasha.

[@fidel2xl]

Good reaction, Dasha. Another great movie in the same sort of genre as 'Amadeus' is "Immortal Beloved" (1994) starring Gary Oldman as Ludvig Van Beethoven. That 1994 movie ('Immortal Beloved') is more so a romantic mystery movie. It's actually quite good.

[@M3GAprincess]

His share at the end was for the single representation that night. It's a popular theater (popular meaning for the people here), so they couldn't charge as much for ticket prices. In the end he was a good partner and his wife was wrong to be suspicious. They showed up cash in hand (btw, if those were gold pieces, it was a small fortune), and wanted to be sure he was ok.

[@lindacowles756]

27:18 It's an opera for the average and poor people. It was put on at a local theatre and the people in the audience could sing along and enjoyed it more than the operas for the royal court and wealthy people. This particular show is called a parody, kind of a spoof of Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni".

[@jflaugher]

The way they buried Mozart was the way the buried poor people. People who didn't have enough money for a proper burial.

[@RDRussell2]

I'm a composer myself, and so let me say that reading music and "hearing" it in your head is a little like reading a book. If you are a skilled reader (of words), you might "hear" a voice reading a story to you. You might even "hear" different voices for different characters. Perhaps you hear a character having an accent, or maybe a feminine voice and a masculine voice. Music is the same! If you are skilled reader of music, you can "hear" the melodic leaps up and down that you see on the page. You can hear the chords that are spelled out, and you can hear chord progressions. The more "vocabulary" and practice you have, the more fully you can "hear" the music you read. Additionally, you can also "hear" that an oboe and a bass sound different from each other. In fact, you can already know how to do this even if you don't read music: Imagine the sound of a flute. Now imagine the sound of a cello. Got it? Hear the difference? As for composing itself, it's such a great demonstration at the end of the movie when Salieri takes dictation from Mozart . A composer "hears" a melody and writes it down. You "hear" the accompaniment and write it down, deciding what instruments best support and balance the melody.

[@mccollumparkfarmersmarket7836]

Ty. ❤ I read sing and understand opera . I never composed but I loved being an actor and musician.

[@mccollumparkfarmersmarket7836]

I sang at the seattle opera I n a 32 part chorus myself and one of the 64 chorus and lenord bernsrine said we were thevmost impressive chorus he'd ever heard. 😮❤😊. We very good meistro fiore my mentor trained and taught me.

[@jacobjones5269]

Exactly.. I remember the world opening up to me when this southern boy read Great Expectations in a cockney accent in my mind..

[@mccollumparkfarmersmarket7836]

Thank you

[@williamberry9013]

When it first came out my friend reviewed it with 3 words, "Too many notes"

[@penfold7455]

Yeah, I echo a lot of other commenters here who say that Salieri was never viciously jealous of Mozart. He was envious of Mozart, but no more than the level of jealousy composers at that time had for each other. Salieri wound up being a prominent composer and composing tutor for up and coming Composer's. One of those up and coming composers: Ludwig van Beethoven.

[@OldLadyReacts]

Yes, in the US we use the phrase "Comparison is the thief of joy" and this movie is really the embodiment of that!

[@Phylonyous]

“Food changes, but wine stays…” - Dasha ❤❤❤

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I first saw this as a play on Broadway. The cast was the amazing Tim Curry as Mozart, Ian McKellen as Salieri and Jane Seymour as Constanza. It was a towering and beautiful play. (Amadeus means "Beloved of God", btw)

[@CuzDud]

My day was made just by the thumbnail; can't wait for the reaction!

[@MatthewThomas-dq7hp]

I watched this with my Dad back in the 90s. One of our favorite movies and brings back so many good memories of me and my dad. Thank you reviewing this one. How did you chose it? I feel like today this movie might be forgotten, but its such a Classic. My Dad and I would dicuss Mozarts character and about how Saliary was a good Appreciator of talent, but not a great musician like Mozart. But it was such a sad ending and reality of the time.. He led such a lonely and sad life. But he changed a lot of lives. One of the few ahead of his time.

[@crazyfvck]

Your jump scare at the beginning gave me a good laugh :D It had been a long time since I had seen this movie. It was nice to see it again :)

[@Nortic111]

"Jealousy and admiration in one", that encapsulates Salieri's attitude perfectly.

[@bgaona]

Interesting to note- when Salieri was an old man, he not only would have had Mozart as a colleague, but he would have also have given lessons to Beethoven when he first got to Vienna. Talk about mixing with celebrity!

[@louielouie22]

Brilliant move by Milos to play the music out loud during scenes.

[@questionablehumor2800]

I can say from a life of music study (over 40 years), reading a score plays the music in your mind like reading a book. I saw Amadeus in the theater (2nd run), and was shocked that they had depicted how a musician/composer's mind operates. I have been so deep in composing/arranging that i couldn't hear anything else in the room but what i was working on (without an instrument in my hands, just the pen and sheet music). Peers and i debating music theory at lunch or in the halls between classes. Good times❤

[@duketgg]

Among the 8 Oscars this film won, one went to Theodor Pistek (born in Prague on October the 25th, 1932) for Best Costume Design.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

18:59 "Oh, this is called 'the score'?" Yes, the score is the written representation of the complete musical composition which shows all instruments and voices (that is, not just one part). However, you will also often hear people refer to the music itself from a play or film as the score. For example: "What did you think of that new film?" "It would have been quite dull without Hans Zimmer's score."

[@matt_canon]

8:09 "Why implant the desire, but deny me the talent." -- This describes most of the music industry. Past and Present.

[@AudieHolland]

As some already mentioned, the story is fiction, but the historical background is ok. Mozart and Salieri did not have a deadly rivalry etc. etc. The real story of Mozart's Requiem is rather mundane and bizarre altogether. 1. A gray servant did deliver an anonymous order for Mozart to write a death mass for his lord; 2. Mozart was a bit upset, probably because his health was already deteriorating at this time; 3. The anonymous lord who paid for the requiem turned out to be an eccentric noble who like to prank his wealthy friends by presenting them with musical works that he said he had created himself. His name was Count Franz von Walsegg.

[@davewhitehead5116]

Hey Dasha. Many years ago I read where they think they figured out that Mozart died from trichinosis. They knew his symptoms before he died and learned from a letter he wrote days before that he was looking forward to dining on pork that evening. Sounds good.

[@stephendavis6267]

Wow! You watched my favourite movie a few days ago, and now you're watching my #3 favourite movie. It's a great week for reactions!

[@only257]

Agreed 👍

[@tastyneck]

Your patrons have great taste. This is my fave film of all time.

[@free..to..air..]

This is arguably the greatest film ever made about a classical composer..it reverberates with meaning and injustice ...the child/man that was Mozart and what he was given by God to be shared with the whole world down the centuries...it matters not that liberties were taken with reference to historical accuracy..the core story of his life remains

[@jacobjones5269]

I was 12.. My friend was in orchestra and got extra credit, and I was in band and tagged along.. And movies for me would never be the same.. Probably my favorite movie going experience, if not my favorite movie..

[@samguberman2288]

The greatest film of all time.

[@tedcole9936]

Beautiful reaction/review. Thanks!

[@thomastimlin1724]

Academy Awards [Oscars]: Both Tom Hulce [Mozart] and F. Murray Abraham were nomiated for best actor...Abraham won best actor. The film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay based on material from another medium, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Makeup, Best Sound, It really doesn't get much better than that.

[@djalice]

Brilliant Movie! I’m glad you’re an Opera Girl (or at least grew up with it) and loved this movie. I go as often as I can (Ballet yesterday and an Opera 2 days prior). This is such an emotional movie for me. I know it is not factual but set to Mozart’s music from the start is what makes it so powerful. Don Giovanni (which opens this movie) at The Royal Opera House in London is spectacular and I urge everyone to see it if possible. Brilliant Production with traditional style costumes and modern special effects and the music goes without saying! Once you get hooked Opera is one of the great pleasures in life.

[@bmatt2626]

Dasha is deep.

[@williamcarbajal383]

Nothing good on tonight so I'm rewatching your reaction for the 4th time 😂. I really love this movie and your reaction is great 💯

[@bigdream_dreambig]

5:16 "He seems to be very different from what I imagined him to be, you know?" Well, don't forget, not only is this a fictional account, but it's also told from the perspective of a character who envied Mozart so much that he despised him.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

i appreciate a timestamped comment. 👍🏼

[@MaoKatz]

This movie is just a myth, it's a free adaptation of the composer biography. In reality Mozart and Salieri had a professional relationship and they respected each other's work. And, off course, Mozart wasn't poisoned by Salieri. And despite it is uncertain the cause of death, most likely was because a rheumatic fever, an infectious illness caused by a bacteria. Maybe a nephrotic syndrome (kidneys failure) secondary to the infection. He was just 35 years old (at the time it wasn't rare to died at this early ages).

[@tonyrossell832]

Keep up the great work Dasha!

[@JenniferLloyd-h9g]

Amadeus was Mozart's middke name. It is Latin amd means "Beloved by God". That's why they named the movie Amadeus.

[@khalidcabrero6204]

Historically accurate? No. But rumors had long existed. The story is derived from Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's draft of a play - "Mozart & Salieri" back in the 1820s. Pushkin asked a great question - can genius coexist with villainy/jealousy? Peter Schaffer then expanded on the play in modern day, and gave the answer: "No.".

[@Johnadams20760]

one thing most people don't realize is, that the music of Mozart which is 95 percent of the music in this films, is almost its own movie character in a way. the music is so beautiful in every way . mozart was probably the greatest musical genius that ever lived. so as for accuracy, this was based on a a play called Mozart and salierie where h eas jeaous of Moart, an din his day many compoer's were jearlous. but he never killed mozart. mozart is most likely have died from rehumatic fever. there was something going around at that time . saleiri actaully honroed mozar tin real life as he tutored mozart's two children in composition . the stuff about his talent level and ages he wrote music, him touring europe and perofrming blindfolded etc.. as a child are all acurate. there really was a man in black myseiorusly who offred him to do a requim mass but it was this count (something or other) who would pass off other peole's works as his own. mozart really did think it was a sign of death and he really was scared and he very lastpiece of the requiem you hear where he is being taken to his grave is called lacrimosa, it is th elast part he wrote himself comletely , 8 parts were. there are i think twice that many int he entir ething maybe more. mozart did actaully have potty humor, it was in letters he wrote with his family. an dhis father did die in 1788 4 yars before his own death. when mozar twas 14, his father took him to rome on Easter weekend. there was a piece written by a gy named allegri about 100 years prior that is 14-17 minutes long that was only played in rome, and only on good friday and Easter, the pope declared it illegal for anyone to see it and would be exocomunicated if they were to copy it. it was kept in a vault all year an donly the church shoir saw it during practice. mozart hear dit and thought it was beautiful in one sitting nad memorized the entire thing and wrot e it down but insstead of being punished, the pope was impressed and gave him a gold star or something that was the highest honor a pope could give a regular person. mozart wrote 41 numberd symphonies and in the summer of 1888 he wrote numbers 39-40 and 41 three of thegreatest masterpieces of all time in terms of symphonies, he fnished all three of them in 7 weeks. which was insanely quick. he also wrote lik e27 piano concertos and 20+ operas and just so many things. he died less than 2 months before he would have turned 36 so w he was only 35

[@Johnadams20760]

a score is usually what the conductor of the orchestra has. it contains all the parts for all the insturments all on each page

[@nelsonmoody4686]

The truth was that although Saliery was naturally jealous of Mozart, there was no indication that he plotted against Mozart. Slaiery was highly sought after as a teacher, and had some very prominent students, including Beethoven. Your reactions are my favorite, and zi hope you find out more about Mozart.

[@jamesjones8482]

Another good reaction Dasha! ❤

[@MatthewThomas-dq7hp]

Exactly. So many performers start young, in acting etc. But Mozart at 4. Wow

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

You now need to see Immortal Beloved, which is the story of Beethoven. It's a gorgeous film!

[@korinnab.2318]

This is me and my brother's favorite movie, he and I watch it together whenever he's home to visit

[@ferencercseyravasz7301]

Dasha dear, whenever I watched this movie with my students, I always told them: everything is true, except for the plot. While there was a great deal of rivalry between Mozart and Salieri, they were on good terms. Salieri even helped Constanze raise Mozart's orphan son. But when he grew older, he suffered from a serious mental breakdown and in one of his delirious moments he screamed that he killed Mozart. Since Mozart died at 35 and nobody really knew the cause, it was all very mysterious, there were always legends and conspiracy theories. Mozart himself said a few weeks before dying that he was poisoned with Aqua Toffana. This was a mixed poison invented by two Italian women and it was very popular especially among women who wanted to get rid of their husbands at that time. But the thing is, Mozart's symptoms don't match at all those of an Aqua Toffana poisoning. From the symptoms, there are dozens of possible illnesses ranging from Schonlein-Henoch purpura to Trichinelosis. The exact cause of death - although some diagnoses are more likely than others - is not known for sure to this day. So with all that confusion, when Salieri screamed that he killed Mozart, people started gossiping about it soon. Even Beethoven mentioned it although he knew personally both Mozart and Salieri. But on his death bed Salieri swore that he never harmed Mozart. Nevertheless the legend spread, it became very popular, many people believed it. It's really unfair to Salieri, he wasn't a bad composer at all and he didn't deserve to be considered a lying conniving murderer. What the movie does right: the characters, the arguments regarding what opera should or shouldn't be like, the relationships between power, money and art, the way of life in the late 18th century Austria. Mozart was indeed vulgar, a foul mouth, who loved toilet humor. he even wrote a choral piece with the title "Lick My Ass". You can find it on KZbin too. By the way, every reasonably well educated musician is capable of looking at a score and hearing the music in his/her head, myself included. It's almost as simple for us as reading a text and hearing the words inside our heads.

[@timroebuck3458]

It is thought that Mozart had Turrets syndrome which accounts for some of his vulgar outbursts. My all time favorite movie scene is when Mozart is dictating the Confutatis section of the REQUIEM to Sallieri and he's breaking down the individual parts then, at the end, they put the whole thing together.

[@sammygoodnight]

This movie may not be a really historically accurate representation of the relationship of the real Mozart and Salieri, but it is nonetheless a wonderfully profound philosophical work of cinematic art.

[@penfold7455]

The burial in a common grave was Mozart's wish as someone who believed in the principles of the Age of Enlightenment, which included being as equal to the common folk (the middle class) as possible. This included foregoing any ostentatious acts like a prominent grave for your vanity.

[@phcbh]

Due to the poverty he found himself in, Mozart was buried as a pauper in a mass grave. To this day, the place where he was buried is unknown. The Saint Marx cemetery is now a park in Vienna, and there is a monument erected in honor of Mozart.

[@Phylonyous]

Don Giovanni premiered in the same theatre as the Don Giovanni filmed for this movie!

[@VorpalBunnysRevenge]

I saw the stage play this movie is based on years ago. At the scene where Salieri drops all of Mozart's sheet music, they dropped large pages from the grid onto the stage. One of the pages landed on a light fixture ringing the stage and caught fire! An audience member in the front row eventually reached forward to put out the fire.

[@wratched]

Ah the theatre! Somehow it always works out on the night. My favorite anectote about the play is that Mark Hamill originally played Mozart on Broadway and his laugh was unintentional practice for his work as the Joker.

[@YogiBhoy78]

@@wratched It's a pity how he turned out, apart from og Star Wars and the Joker

[@fernandoroza6061]

THANK YOU for reacting to that movie 😌😌😌😌😍

[@paulcastillo8488]

I love your reviews...Thomas Hulce is also in Animal House w/John Belushi....great watch!! Take care!!

[@BigSleepyOx]

36:22 - Dasha, Jjust for your info, that "adorable" opera is Mozart's "The Magic Flute" opera. It's a comedy/fantasy opera.

[@YogiBhoy78]

27:37 Dasha, did you notice it's R2D2 doing the splits in that scene, lol, Kenny Baker 🤔😉

[@ytglenn]

Excellent reaction, another movie you'd like is Immortal Beloved (1994) with Gary Oldman as Beethoven, it tells his life story, and how he wrote his most famous piece, Ode To Joy, which was chosen as the EU's anthem.

[@scottwatrous]

This is a movie I remember only because I saw the VHS box of it so often in the library and at Blockbuster. Maybe because it starts with an A so it was always at the beginning of the stacks, but I saw it everywhere, and it's such a striking image for the box art. And, well, I have never actually watched the movie so I'll have to go give it a watch sometime and then come back to this.

[@conureron3792]

When I was going through architectural design, I’d watch this movie several times a week for creative inspiration.

[@gmunden1]

The mass burial was because Mozart was broke financially. There is a monument in the cemetery devoted to Mozart.Hwas buried in a common grave at St. Marx Cemetery on the outskirts of Vienna. Salieri attended.

[@wesbeuning1733]

"Immortal Beloved". Gary Oldman as Beethoven.

[@hornerinf]

Great reaction Dasha! You should also checkout Immortal Beloved which is a great movie about Beethoven. It's not quite as fanciful a story but it does give us a feeling of how people of the time responded to the artistry of a genius. It's a great story with live musicians and great actors (Gary Oldman).

[@williambranch4283]

At a recent piano concerto, to be done as it was then, the conductor had to add improvisations to the score, play the concert piano and direct the orchestra simultaneously!

[@louielouie22]

Definitely my top 5 of all time. This movie is a timeless classic.

[@gregoryhurst8483]

The opera for the common people is Mozart’s great opera “ the Magic Flute”