Actually, the man had no ear at all. But what did it matter. He adored my music.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Nine performances! Nine, that's all it's had! And withdrawn!Antonio Salieri: I know, I know, it's outrageous. Still, if the public doesn't like one's work, one has to accept the fact gracefully.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: But what is it that they don't like?Antonio Salieri: I can speak for the Emperor. You make too many demands on the royal ear. The poor man can't concentrate for more than an hour... you gave him four.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: What did you think of it yourself? Did you like it at all?Antonio Salieri: I thought it was marvelous.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Of course! It's the best opera yet written, I know it... why didn't they come?Antonio Salieri: I think you overestimate our dear Viennese, my friend. You know you didn't even give them a good bang at the end of songs, to let them know when to clap?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I know, I know... maybe you should give me some lessons in that.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I am fed to the teeth with elevated themes! Old dead legends! Why must we go on forever writing about gods and legends?Baron Van Swieten: Because they do. They go on forever. Or at least what they represent. The eternal in us. Opera is here to enoble us. You and me, just the same as His Majesty.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not.Emperor Joseph II: You are passionate, Mozart, but you do not persuade...
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