Amadeus Live at Severance Music Center

The Cleveland Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

AMADEUS (full film with live orchestral underscore)

Amadeus is a screen triumph, a sumptuous period epic, a soaring celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Winner of 8 Academy Awards®, Amadeus tells the story of Vienna court composer, Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and the envy that consumes him upon discovering that the divine musical gifts he has so longed for all his life have been bestowed on a bawdy, vulgar, and impish young composer, Mozart (Tom Hulce). Salieri’s envy fuels his plot to destroy the man, all the while he is unable to tear himself away from the genius of his music.

“About as close to perfection as movies get.” --USA  Today