Mozart and Salieri

T1123914208

Music	Rimsky-Korsakov
Lyrics	Rimsky-Korsakov (after Aleksandr Pushkin)

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Archive :: production:T1123914208, opera or operetta:S01677195005, venue:V171

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Production details

Rimsky-Korsakov's Mozart & Salieri follows the apocryphal legend that Antonio Salieri poisoned his rival and fellow composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart out of jealousy over his talent. Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) used the short story Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pushkin as libretto, which also inspired Peter Shaffer's play and film Amadeus. Mascagni's opera Zanetto tells of the encounter between young Zanetto and rich curtesan Silvia, who recognises her one love in the wandering poet.