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Antonio Salieri (18 August 1750 – 7 May 1825) was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy.
Salieri was a pivotal figure in the development of late 18th-century opera. As a student of Florian Leopold Gassmann, and a protege of Gluck, Salieri was a cosmopolitan composer who wrote operas in three languages. Salieri helped to develop and shape many of the features of operatic compositional vocabulary and his music was a powerful influence on contemporary composers.
Appointed the director of the Italian opera by the Hapsburg court, a post he held from 1774 to 1792, Salieri dominated Italian language opera in Vienna. During his career he also spent time writing works for opera houses in Venice, Rome, and Paris. His dramatic works were widely performed throughout Europe during his lifetime. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was responsible for music at the court chapel and attached school. Even as his works dropped from performance, and he wrote no new operas after 1804, he still remained one of the most important and sought after teachers of his generation and his influence was felt in every aspect of Vienna's musical life. Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Liszt were among the most famous of his pupils.
Actors: Luka Hrgovic (costume designer), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Luka Hrgovic (producer), Luka Hrgovic (writer), Luka Hrgovic (director), Luka Hrgovic (editor), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Luka Hrgovic (actor), Miran Sabic (actor), Miran Sabic (actor), Miran Sabic (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, War, Western,Actors: Achille Brugnini (actor), Tobias Moretti (actor), Andrea Occhipinti (producer), Andreas Kispert (miscellaneous crew), Carlos Saura (writer), Carlos Saura (director), Eulàlia Ramon (actress), Andrés Vicente Gómez (producer), Franco Interlenghi (actor), Julia Juaniz (editor), Ennio Fantastichini (actor), Birgit Hutter (costume designer), Francesco Barilli (actor), Lorenzo Balducci (actor), Roberto Accornero (actor),
Genres: Drama, History, Music,Actors: Václav Vydra (actor), Karel Augusta (actor), Frantisek Nemec (actor), Jirí Lír (actor), Petr Cepek (actor), August Schmölzer (actor), Jan Preucil (actor), Jindrich Narenta (actor), Miguel Herz-Kestranek (actor), Vlastimil Bedrna (actor), Vladimír Javorský (actor), Josef Kemr (actor), Zdenek Díte (actor), Juraj Herz (director), Radoslav Brzobohatý (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Peter Przygodda (editor), Katja Flint (actress), Wolfgang Preiss (actor), Herbert Weicker (actor), Kurt Weinzierl (actor), Max Tidof (actor), Lambert Hamel (actor), Lubomír Kostelka (actor), Ladislav Chudík (actor), Armin Mueller-Stahl (actor), Uwe Ochsenknecht (actor), Winfried Glatzeder (actor), Bronislav Poloczek (actor), Andrej Hryc (actor), Peter Breiner (composer),
Plot: In the dead of night, a few hours after Mozart's death, the usual suspects (Konstanze, Salieri, van Swieten, etc.) are summoned to Mozart's room by Count Pergen, head of the secret police, who considered Mozart a potential revolutionary. Over the corpse, he interrogates them, trying to discover the true cause and significance of Mozart's demise.
Keywords: character-name-in-titleActors: Jan Pohan (actor), Cynthia Nixon (actress), Pavel Nový (actor), Simon Callow (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Christine Ebersole (actress), Jirí Lír (actor), Karel Hábl (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Roy Dotrice (actor), Karel Effa (actor), Jeffrey Jones (actor), Jan Kuzelka (actor), Theodor Pistek (costume designer), Dana Vávrová (actress),
Plot: Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is divine. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. But he can't understand why God favored Mozart, such a vulgar creature, to be his instrument. Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is set to take revenge.
Keywords: 1780s, 1790s, 1800s, 1820s, 18th-century, 19th-century, abandoned-by-wife, abandoned-by-wife-and-child, applause, attempted-suicideActors: Razvan Vasilescu (actor), Radu Beligan (actor), Peter Shaffer (writer), Jorj Voicu (actor), Paul Ioachim (actor), Nicolae Dinica (actor), Alfred Demetriu (actor), Irina Mazanitis (actress), Traian Andreescu (producer), Radu Cernescu (director),
Genres: ,Actors: Annie Rosar (actress), Theodor Danegger (actor), René Deltgen (actor), Richard Eybner (actor), Wilton Graff (actor), Hans Holt (actor), Paul Hörbiger (actor), Fritz Imhoff (actor), Walter Janssen (actor), Curd Jürgens (actor), Alfred Neugebauer (actor), Karl Hartl (director), Winnie Markus (actress), Frank Wisbar (director), Ferdinand Mayerhofer (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,