Amadeus

By Peter Shaffer

Synopsis:

Ironically Amadeus is not so much a play about the brilliant composer Mozart as it is about the contemporary, but mediocre court composer, Antonio Salieri. The unsubstantiated rumour that Salieri poisoned Mozart is the thrust of the play. Opening on the last night of Salieri’s life and using vivid flashbacks and Mozart’s glorious music Shaffer leads his audience to an understanding of Salieri’s deep-rooted jealousy and envy of the child Prodigy.

Amadeus will be a feast for the ears and eyes. With a plot line that demands both intimate and sumptuous staging, dazzling costumes and Mozart’s exquisite music this production was described as “sensational”, "breathtaking”, with “actors of an exceptional calibre” and “one of the best shows we are likely to see in Bath this year” when performed by Next Stage in 2006. Once again John Matthews plays Salieri, with new cast members Tom Ash-Miles as Mozart and Liz Wilson as Constanze. They are joined on stage by an outstanding supporting cast of leading Next Stage actors.

Do not miss this highly acclaimed production reprised in Bath before touring to The Minack Theatre in Cornwall 17th-21st August.

This show was performed at The Mission Theatre, Bath in June 2009.

Supper menu:

Baked Ham with Spiced Apricot Compote
or
Green Bean, Asparagus and Parmesan Tart
or
Gooseberry and Elderflower Cheesecake
or
Mascarpone, Rum and Lime Cream Pots
or
Teas and coffees to finish.

Director/s | Cast:

Ann Garner

Director

John Matthews

Salieri

Tom Ash-Miles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nicky Wilkins

Venticelli 1

Ian Garforth

Venticelli 2

Liz Wilson

Constanze

Mark Sanders

Joseph II, Emperor of Austria

Twydor Smith-Davis

Count Orsini-Rosenberg

David Gosling

Baron van Swieten

Tim Evans

Johann von Strack

Alan Casse

Salieri's Valet/Major-Domo

Brian Howe

Salieri's Cook/Giuseppe Bonno

Cara Aldous

Teresa Salieri

Hayley Fitton

Katherina Cavalieri

Gill Kirk

Lady of the Court

Yvonne Paulley

Lady of the Court

Lydia Cook

Citizen of Vienna

Maddy McGlynn

Citizen of Vienna

Anna-Fleur Rawlinson

Citizen of Vienna

Naomi Wilcox

Citizen of Vienna

Review/s of Amadeus:

Review 1: Amadeus, Next Stage at The Mission

Next Stage raise the bar again at The Mission with a brilliant pre-Minack Theatre run of Peter Schaffer's Amadeus. An old Salieri opens the play, relating directly to the audience how he poisoned Mozart, perhaps. He tells us it's about "The Death of Mozart," or "Did I Do It ?" Whilst in awe of the young Mozart's compositions he finds the coarse, juvenile behaviour at odds with Mozart's genius and blames…click here to read the whole review.

By Philip Horton, Bath Chronicle

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