Amadeus (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

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strong language.
Sexual references and scenes which
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Antonio Salieri.
The whole reason
why I came to Vienna
was to write
for the Imperial Opera!
Oh, yuck, who wrote this?
Can I change it?
Oh, my goodness!
Bravo! Fantastic!
Thank you!
Court composer
It's an honour to serve the crown.
I want you to succeed here.
Herr Mozart!
Hello!
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK ♪
It used to be
that I could find his voice
As easily as I found my own.
His?
God's!
Oh, yes Him!
DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL ♪
There were just too many notes!
Just because you're stuck rehashing boring
old operas doesn't mean I have to be!
Maybe God doesn't speak to you
because you fucking bore him!
Perhaps it was in that moment
I knew I was gonna kill
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
You're shocked
I don't blame you.
It's a shocking thing to hear.
Why Why share this with me?
Why not tell this to a priest
or a constable?
You and I have no great bond.
Or had you forgotten what you did?
But we have the GREATEST bond,
Frau Mozart.
We have him!
Herr Mozart?
They're ready for you.
SYMPHONY NO. 41 IN C MAJOR ♪
Congratulations!
I expected better of you, you know!
Ah, right!
Ah, Antonio!
Herr Salieri!
Oh, and Frau Salieri!
It's the Salieris!
You came!
Well, of course we came!
Congratulations!
Thank you so much, thank you!
Your bride is on a table?
Yes, I I don't know why!
You know,
I've been thinking about it
and I forgive you
for what happened when
you didn't defend me, I really do!
I understand it now,
you're in a very difficult position!
We all know how beholden you are
to this emperor,
all the constraints and the rules!
It's no wonder
that some of your things don't fly!
You're like a big, beautiful bird
in a cage!
I could NEVER do what you do!
It'd drive me
absolutely fucking mad!
I heard there's a new one coming,
though!
Is that true?
Yes. La scuola de' gelosi.
La scuola de' gelato!
Ice Cream School!
Gelosi.
Ah, gelosi
The School of Jealousy!
Uh, well, Stanze's sister
is going up for a part.
Very good singer.
Completely fucking mental,
but, uh
Lovely singing voice!
Ah!
Please make yourselves at home!
Enjoy these sausages and gherkins!
Pow!
Mmm
Mmm!
He didn't come to the wedding.
Who?
My father.
Neither did mine.
I suppose he is dead,
so I have to forgive him.
You should write to him.
Tell him off.
Maybe I will.
Argh!
Come now, you're getting better,
Your Majesty!
What's the punishment for lying
to an emperor, do you think?
Is it flogging or beheading?
There are people in this palace
who'd drag you out into the garden
And beat you to death with rocks
if I asked them to!
All of them, actually!
You still have some way to go
but you ARE improving, Majesty!
My niece Elizabeth
is coming to Vienna.
She needs a music tutor,
lest she ends up like her uncle!
The princess?
Your Majesty,
I would be honoured to
Ha, I'm sure you would,
court composer, but, uh
No, I think the princess would like
somebody a little bit more
A bit more?
Oh, I don't know
Vibrant!
Well, she's young!
You understand
what I'm trying to say!
Yes, I think I do, sir
She had a rather fun idea,
how about Mozart?
Mozart?
I think she might rather like that!
He tutors, surely?
I've heard the boy play.
I mean, God, if he can rub some of that
off on my niece then so much the better!
How is he, anyway?
I was worried that he was a bit wounded
by my critique on his opening night.
Well, he's written about 200
concertos and gotten married since then
so I think he's doing fine, sir!
Yes, I was hoping that he might be given
a chance to write something new for us.
Another brothel-set fantasy
with too many notes, perhaps?
Perhaps a little more judiciousness
in your handling of him next time
But it's funny, I went away from that
opera and couldn't stop thinking about it.
It got under my skin somehow.
We need to be BOLDER, Antonio!
You were right,
getting you to rest age Tarare,
it was
A success.
Safe.
'A copy of a Parisian hit',
that's what my sister called it.
No, courage is what's needed now.
Courage in court and in government.
We need to be BRAVE, Antonio, hmm?
Brave men win the day, do they not?
Of course, Your Majesty.
I'll let you give Mozart the good
news about Elizabeth. Wonderful.
My goodness, Rupert
Have you been practising?
Um, yes
Yes, no, I can tell!
You've really improved, haven't you?
I kid, of course.
I jest, I jape, I make merry.
I can tell
that you're lying, Rupert.
I can tell
you have NOT been practising.
In fact, what you just produced
leads me to question whether
you haven't actually discovered
something that is sort of
the reverse of practising,
a kind of NOT practising
so powerful as to completely undo all of the
accumulated knowledge of our previous session.
A sort of anti-practice!
Have you cultivated
an irrational fear of competency,
perhaps?
Did somebody perform
rudimentary surgery
And replace your ten fingers
with flaccid baby cocks, Rupert?
Do you have flaccid baby cocks
for fingers, Rupert?
Have you even touched this
fucking harpsichord a single time
Since I walked out of that door
a week ago?
No, I didn't think so
And THAT'S why
you're not playing it very well!
Now, I'm gonna go and use your privy
in the hope that the noise of my
intestinal fluctuations are more pleasing
Than whatever the fuck you just
tried to fart out of these keys!
Baby cocks for fingers?
Yes
You're gonna run out of students!
Don't worry, everybody in this town
wants to learn the violin
Or forte piano
or the fucking triangle!
You got a letter
From your father.
It came while you were asleep.
Like an assassin.
Mm-hm.
Mm-hm
Let me see.
Don't worry, it's just his way!
He doesn't deserve you!
He DEFINITELY deserves me!
Poor old bastard
Right, I might be
a little bit late this evening.
Mm-hm?
Bring some people back
with me, do you mind? No.
Your sister is a great talent!
Yes!
I'm sorry, you did want to see me,
didn't you?
Yes!
Aloysia said that you
Yes!
I hear your husband
lost another pupil.
Yes, he did Yes.
Well, as luck would have it,
a new job has become available.
A ROYAL appointment, actually.
Princess Elizabeth.
A princess?
THE princess!
Uh
Now, tutoring her is a position
that will hold significant standing
in the court and beyond.
I mean, he
He'd be perfect for it!
He's a brilliant tutor!
My playing has come on so much
and that's just
I was wondering if you might
bring me his manuscripts
so I can properly consider his work,
make his case to the emperor.
Yes, of course.
Bring the works to my residence,
newer ones if possible,
and, uh
I ask that we keep this
strictly between us.
Absolutely.
Well, I'll
I'll go and get them right away!
Thank you!
All right!
Sit down!
A young lady is here to see you,
sir.
Yes
Send her in.
Constanze!
Herr Salieri!
Come on, please, Antonio!
Help yourself to a treat!
They're from Werner's.
My footman gets them.
Do you know Werner's in town?
Mm-hm!
Very good bakery!
So, these are his newest works?
All from the last month or so.
All this from the last month?
Or so!
Do you think I could keep these?
You know, to To look over.
I don't think that, um
Well, he doesn't know I've come here
and he'll miss them.
He doesn't make copies.
These are originals?
Mm-hm!
Dear God
Do you mind if I
No, please!
So, what do you think?
Could you speak to the emperor
on his behalf?
Yes, I could speak to the emperor
Put his name forward.
But know that to do so
would be a cost on my part.
It would be a cost.
There are many powerful men
Who could give me something
in return for my help.
We don't have anything
we could give you.
No
I thought you wanted to help us.
Well, I do.
I do. Of course I do.
But you are a woman
I am a man.
This is the way of things now.
Is it really so awful,
the thought of it?
The idea of it?
Is it so high a price to pay
for what I am offering?
You do understand
what I am offering?
He must never know.
I am a woman Like you said.
So, where shall we do it?
Shall we do it here
Or in the bedroom?
You'll have to be delicate,
do you understand?
Get dressed!
Why? Have you changed your mind?
Get yourself dressed!
The princess
Yes, I'll speak to the emperor.
Forgive my sinful mind,
my temptation.
I walked to the edge
but I didn't go over
I didn't!
You pulled me back
and I commend myself to you.
I know your testing me is right.
Perhaps, in your divine wisdom,
you felt you'd given me too much
already.
Tarare was a success.
I feel the next one will be too.
And I am grateful
I'm so grateful!
And I commend myself to you
To purity.
This ends now.
I swear it I swear it!
"Dear Wolfgang"
I write to you now as a father,
a position which I understand
you are soon to occupy yourself.
I have great concerns about you
and much that we need to talk about.
"I wonder if you will now
understand this better once"
He looks like a tomato!
Has he said anything yet?
Um, no
No!
A very rude chap, very rude!
How was it?
I shit myself!
What are you trying to write?
Pardon?
What are you trying to write?
A Mass!
A Mass? Mmm!
Yes, you know A celebration!
For what?
For becoming a father!
Oh
And how is that going?
I'm trying to get the baby to sleep!
Just leave him alone!
About as well as this fucking Mass!
Why can't you just sit
and be still with him?!
"Dear Wolfgang"
I've concerns about you
and much that we need to talk about.
I hear you've been making
a spectacle of yourself.
I hear hardly anything
of your talent
and I hear even less
of your success.
You embarrass our good nature
A child
masquerading as a composer!
Outstanding arrogance to think
YOU know better than your own father!
The years your mother and I
spent on you
Trained for so long, so hard!
You must listen to me!
Insolent fool Abject failure
Salvage your reputation!
"Come back to Salzburg!
Return home!"
It's marcato!
Hello
Are you having a nightmare?
Oh
Let's have a look at you.
I do love you
I think I do!
I THINK that's what this is
Do you feel loved?
Hey?
Can I ask you a question?
Would you like me to love you,
Raimund?
No, I'm just asking
I'm just asking!
All you do is piss and shit
and suck on my wife's tits!
You stole my act!
Why can't I finish
your fucking Mass, Raimund?
Yes, well, there we go,
a noble attempt, Your Highness!
Um
Might I suggest
I don't care for it!
I'm sorry?
Music!
Ah
Yes, I wondered
if that might be the problem.
Would you
like to, um, sit next to me?
On the stool?
Of course!
OK, so
The last teacher I had
was even younger than you.
He used to, uh
Rub himself under the clavichord
as I played.
Did he?
Yes!
He put a finger inside me once.
Then father found out
and had his hand cut off.
That was just before
I was sent to live here!
Uh
Shall we, uh
Start again from the top?
Oh, we can 'start'
from whichever end you like,
Herr Mozart.
Very good
Fucking hell
OK, Your Highness,
whenever you're ready.
I'm just going to, uh
Watch from over here.
"The years I've spent
on the road with you"
The opportunities I lost,
the time I spent
Come back to Salzburg!
You cannot continue
to ignore me, Wolfgang!
"Come back to Salzburg!
You must listen to me!"
Fine, if it'll shut you up!
Stanze!
Pack your trunk, we're going away!
Where?
Salzburg!
He needs a feed every two hours
or so but it's been going down lately.
At night,
he usually sleeps quite badly.
He needs his bedclothes cleaned.
Child, I've raised four girls!
I think we can look after a baby!
Well, this one has a cock so don't
get startled and chop it off by mistake!
We'll write when we get there, don't plan to
stay beyond the month! Off we go! Enough faffing!
Bye, Raimund!
Mwah
Some time, just you and me
Without the small goat
lying between us,
kicking us with its tiny hooves!
It will do us good, I think.
Don't talk about him like that.
It was a joke!
'Mozart had taken you,
his beautiful wife,
on a sojourn away from the city
and in his absence
Vienna was MINE once again!
I released my newest opera,
La scuola de' gelosi,
to great acclaim!'
Constanze
'It was such a hit, in fact,
That my librettist, Da Ponte, and I
even considered a sequel.
The idea was abandoned
but offered to another composer
who reworked it into a new piece.
You'll know it by the name
Cosi fan tutte.
But then,
I try to dwell on such details
For a while, I revelled
in my success and position
as if nothing had ever changed.
Little did I know
what was coming'
This is where you grew up?
Mm-hm.
Uh, would, uh, Master Wolfgang care
for some supper, perhaps,
or would sir prefer
to go straight to his bedchambers?
Straight to the bedchamber, please,
Florian.
Very good, sir.
Morning, Florian.
Good morning, Master Wolfgang.
Where is my father?
Uh, left early this morning, sir.
Expects to return in a day or two.
You told him
that we arrived last night, yes?
Oh, indeed, yes, sir!
Very good
MINUET IN G MAJOR, KV 1 ♪
First piece I ever wrote.
The piano I wrote it on.
Mmm
Where's your father?
Gone somewhere for a few days.
I don't know.
But he knows we've arrived?
Yes, he does!
Hello!
Mmm!
Good to see you.
You too.
We're having chicken.
We've been here for three days
Well, I had business out of town.
Well, you knew we were coming!
Where's your wife?
Getting changed.
Into what?
Is there wine?
You know, I wrote to you for months.
You didn't reply.
I've been busy.
Oh, yes, I hear that
I hear you've been VERY busy!