Two-part play by Peter Shaffer
Translation: Beatrice Staicu

Artistic direction and light design: Alexandru Darie
Assistant director: Cristian Şofron
Scenography: Maria Miu
Musical illustration and pianoforte: Gheorghe Hausmann
Special paintings: Amalia Perjovschi, Kudelász Iosif, Maria Miu, Kovács Ecaterina
Premiere date: June 12, 1986

In „Amadeus,” Peter Shaffer combines history and fiction to present aspects of the last years of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s life. The play explores the rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri, the court composer of the Austrian Emperor in the late 18th century. Envious of the young Mozart’s talent and unhappy with his own mediocrity, Salieri cannot understand how God could have bestowed such incredible grace on the eccentric Mozart, after he himself had made a „pact” with the Divine. He denies God and plots to destroy his rival by any means possible. In Salieri’s inner world, envy is combined with admiration, almost love, for Mozart’s music. Salieri understands the exceptional qualities of Mozart’s music better than anyone else, and this mixture of hatred and appreciation makes him one of the most complex characters in universal drama. Also, although it bears Mozart's name (Amadeus - the beloved of God), the story is told from the perspective of Salieri, old and preparing for death, illustrating intolerance, but meditating on genius.

Distribution:

Antonio Salieri:  Ion Tomorrow
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Cristian Sofron
Costanza Weber:  Cristina Schiopu
Venticelli 1:  Nicholas Thomas
Venticelli 2:  Laurian Jivan
Joseph II, Emperor of Austria:  Emil Sauciuc
Count Von Strack:  Marcel Popa
Count Orsini-Rosenberg:  Marcel Segărceanu
Baron van Swieten:  George Voinese
Caterina Cavalieri:  Ileana Iurciuc 
Teresa Salieri:  Mariana Vasile
Salieri's cook:  George Campan
Salieri's valet:  Alexander Luke
Viennese court, inhabitants of Vienna:  Sorina Laza, Felicia Stoica, Luminiţa Praja, Mariana Moca, Marilena Nelega, Lioara Bradu, Florin Tripa, Ion Muntean

Technical director: Mărioara Goina
Prompter: Iuliana Chelu
Lighting: Iosif Balogh, Vasile Blejan
Sound: Valentin Bodonea