Essays on Amadeus

An elderly man who goes by the name of Antonio Salieri claims that he killed Amadeus Mozart. His servants tried getting him to eat some food to make him exit his bedroom, but he didn’t want to leave. The servants heard a loud noise coming…

The Depth of Mozart’s Musical Genius “I think, therefore I am.” This proposition by René Descartes is the only thing that anyone in this world can truly be sure of. The thoughts of one’s mind is the only absolute in life. Human beings, while intelligent…

The History of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini Don Giovanni premiered in Prague, the national capitol of the Czech Republic. Wolfgang Amadues Mozart declared his dedication to write the opera during the exuberant opera season of…

The Seraglio: An Opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail also known, as the Seraglio is an opera of three acts in ‘singspiel’. It was written by, none other than, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 19th century. A singspiel, which means “song play”, is a form…

The film of Amadeus starts with an older man whose name was Antonio Salieri. Screaming after cutting his throat confessing he has killed Mozart, Father Vogler asks him to repent. A long narrative begins with Salieri’s childhood and in the film we learn that he…