Mozart and Salieri

The rivalry between Wolfgang and Antonio portrayed in the Academy Award winning Amadeus only tells half of the story about these two musical powerhouses. While they had their disagreements, the two were usually cordial colleagues. Mozart wrote to his wife that the when Salieri attended his Magic Flute there was “no piece that didn’t elicit a bravo or bellow out of him.” This concert culminates in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, premiered at the suggestion of, and later conducted by, Salieri himself.