National Theatre Live: “Amadeus”

Music. Power. Jealousy.

Lucian Msamati (Game of Thrones) plays Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s iconic play. From the National Theatre, with orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.

Recorded live in London; rebroadcast here in spectacular digital HD.