Antonio Salieri

Amadeus *** "Amadeus" might look like a 1979 drama about two rival composers in the Austrian court, but it's really a meditation on genius, mediocrity and, above all, jealousy. Gary Griffin's rich revival has enigmatic performances from Robert Sella as...

"Amadeus" is the Mozart story told through the green-tinted eyes of rival composer Antonio Salieri; it was a 1979 Broadway production by Peter Schaffer before it was the 1984 Oscar-winning movie of the same title. Mozart was the genius, but he was also...

The real Antonio Salieri bears no resemblance to the dissembling villain depicted in "Amadeus." The Italian-born Salieri served as court composer and conductor of Italian opera, later court Kapellmeister (music director), in Vienna. Among his pupils...

If a production of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" is any good, your head briefly leaves the play somewhere in the second act. And you start to wonder who in your past might have intentionally sabotaged your career. It was easy to do in 18th-Century Vienna and...

Friday My Name is Rachel Corrie: This controversial docudrama about a young American killed in the Gaza Strip ignited a firestorm when New York's Public Theater announced plans for its American premiere. Purple Bench Productions is the first Chicago...

Paul Scofield, one of the giants of the British stage who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film "A Man for All Seasons," has died. He was 86. Scofield, who had been suffering from leukemia, died Wednesday in a...

In what amounts to a Mozartian summer at the College of DuPage in suburban Glen Ellyn, the DuPage Opera Theatre's production of "The Magic Flute" earlier this month is being followed up by a revival of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" by the Buffalo Theatre...

- See where this movie is playing. ++++++++++++++++++++ || Make a night of it. Find: - Recommended dining - Recommended bars || ++++++++++++++++++++ "Amadeus -The Director's Cut" extends by 20 minutes Milos Forman's exuberant, shattering film from...

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri in AMADEUS Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion Jeff Bridges as Starman in STARMAN Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia Albert Finney as Geoffrey Firmin in...

From The Times: Tuesday, March 26, 1985 "Amadeus" dominated the 57th annual Academy Awards ceremonies Monday night, winning eight Oscars, including the best-picture award and a best-actor award for F. Murray Abraham, co-star of Peter Shaffer's film about...