Amadeus Review Amadeus is a tale of madness, longing, envy, lust, and confession. All of it surrounds one man: Antonio Salieri. It’s 1781 and Salieri is the court composer to Emperor Joseph II. All is well, until Mozart arrives and shows off musical talent that Salieri has prayed to God for all his life. Salieri becomes obsessively jealous of Mozart, and cannot believe that God would choose a “lustful, boastful, child” as his instrument on …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…be able to express himself and the universal feelings of the human race in music, art, poetry, ect.? No one knows or probably ever will know. It’s a secret, a very fragile wisp of a secret that has shattered all too quickly in the lives of many like Mozart who have died so young. The most we can do is to appreciate, treasure and dream of what could have been had they lived longer