Mozart and Salieri
Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival
The WORKSHOP'S MAIN STAGE & JEWEL BOX
312 West 36TH STREET, NYC
MOZART AND SALIERI by Alexander Pushkin, directed by Igor Jarovinsky and Roland Udvari. A classical drama with operatic elements, based on the same play that inspired Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. This fictional - yet possible - final encounter between the two masters of 18th century classical music follows the apocryphal legend that Antonio Salieri poisoned Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart out of jealousy over the latter's music. The original one-act opera by Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov uses Alexander Pushkin's drama almost verbatim in its entirety, and incorporates quotations from Mozart's Requiem and Don Giovanni into the score. The opera was translated into English for the 1981 New York premiere by Thadeus Motyka and Harlow Robinson.
With re-imagined directions, this new production creates a dramatic amalgam of both the musical and the dramatic work, by blending together the elements of opera and prose.
MOZART AND SALIERI
Thurs 7/28, 7:00pm; Fri 7/29, 9:15pm; Sat 7/30, 1:30pm
Written by: Alexander Pushkin
Music by: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Production & Direction by: Igor Jarovinsky &, Roland Udvari
Featured in the cast are Igor Jarovinsky & Roland Udvari.
Translation by: Thadeus Motyka and Harlow Robinson
Light and Sound: Amy Udvari
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