He started music the same week as The Rolling Stones, the original rockstar Wolfgang ‘Amadeus’ Mozart. Next month Sky bring us Amadeus, now enjoy the lavish official Trailer.
Will Sharpe is our musical prodigy Wolfgang ‘Amadeus’ Mozart, with Paul Bettany as the jealous composer Antonio Salieri. They are joined by Gabrielle Creevy, Rory Kinnear, Lucy Cohu, Jonathan Aris, Ényì Okoronkwo. Also Jessica Alexander, Hugh Sachs, Paul Bazely, Rupert Vansittart, Anastasia Martin along with Aloysia Weber, Nancy Farino, Olivia-Mai Barrett, Viola Prettejohn and Jyuddah Jaymes.
This 5 part series is based on Peter Shaffer‘s 1979 play about the 25 year old prodigy. He’s arrived in Vienna and when the young maestro starts to shine, he finds himself pitted against a older jealous composer.
Synopsis | When twenty-five-year-old Amadeus arrives in bustling 18th Century Vienna, no longer a child prodigy and craving creative freedom, his world collides with two pivotal figures: his fiercely loyal future wife, Constanze Weber, and devoutly religious court composer, Antonio Salieri. As Amadeus’ brilliance continues to flourish in spite of his personal demons, a questionable reputation and scepticism from the conservative court, Salieri becomes increasingly tormented by this apparent divine gift. Amadeus is a threat to all that he holds dear in life: his talent, his reputation, even his faith in God, Salieri vows to bring him down. What begins as professional rivalry turns into a deeply personal obsession spanning 30 years, culminating in a murder confession and a desperate attempt to entwine himself with Mozart’s legacy forever.
Amadeus launches on Sky and NOW on 21st December.
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