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Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham)
wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart (Tom
Hulce).
But he can't understand why God
favored Mozart, such a vulgar creature, to be his instrument.
Salieri's envy has
made him
an enemy of God whose greatness
was evident in Mozart.
Antonio
Salieri
intermediate
This man had written his first
concerto at the age of four! His first symphony at seven! A full-scale opera at
12! Did it show? Is talent like that ... written on the face?
GLOSSARY:
write/wrote/written/writing(escribir, componer); at
seven = when he was seven years old(cuando tenía siete años); full-scale opera: an opera
using all musical notes in the scale (una ópera que utiliza todas
las notas de la escala musical).
Antonio
Salieri
beginner
intermediate
From now on, we are enemies ... you and
I. Because you choose for your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile
boy and give me for reward only the ability to recognize the incarnation.
GLOSSARY:
from now on = in the future(de aquí en adelante);
enemies =/= friends(enemigos =/= amigos); choose/chose/chosen/choosing:
pick out, select(elegir); boastful = arrogant(arrogante,
pretencioso); lustful = lascivious(lujurioso);
smutty = obscene(obsceno); infantile = childish
(pueril, infantil); for reward = as a recompense(como
premio, en compensación); incarnation: a new
personification
(encarnación).
Antonio
Salieri
intermediate
He destroyed his own beloved
... rather
than let a mediocrity share in the smallest part of his glory. He killed
Mozart ... and kept me alive to torture! 32 years of torture ... 32 years! Slowly
watching myself becoming extinct.
GLOSSARY:
destroy: demolish, ruin (destruir); his own beloved:
his dearly loved person (su ser querido, su persona amada);
mediocrity:
second-rate ability or value(mediocridad); alive
=/= dead(vivo =/= muerto); torture: emotional or
mental torment(tortura, tormento); becoming
extinct: dying (muriéndome lentamente).
Mozart
intermediate
The director has actually torn up a
huge section of my music! They say I have to rewrite the opera! But it's perfect
as it is! I can't rewrite what's perfect!
GLOSSARY:
torn up = ripped(destrozado, eliminado); huge =
enormous(enorme, muy grande); rewrite:
write all over again(volver a escribir).
Mozart and Unknown
beginner
intermediate
MOZART:
Is the Emperor angry with me?
UNKNOWN:
Quite the contrary ...
MOZART:
Then why doesn't he simply appoint me to the post?
UNKNOWN:
Mozart, you are not the only composer in Vienna.
MOZART:
No, but I'm the best!
GLOSSARY:
angry = annoyed(molesto, enojado); quite the contrary
= absolutely not(todo lo contrario, para nada); appoint to
the post = assign me the position(darme el puesto o trabajo); composer:
musician, someone who composes music as a profession
(compositor); Vienna:
the Austrian capital(Viena); the best =/= the
worst(el mejor =/= el peor).
Mozart and
Salieri
intermediate
MOZART:
Why didn't they come?
UNKNOWN:
I think you overestimate our dear Viennese, my friend. Did you
know that you didn't even give them a good bang at the end of songs
to let them know when to clap?
MOZART:
I know, I know. Maybe you should give me some lessons in that.
GLOSSARY:
overestimate: make too high an estimate of someone or something (sobreestimar);
Viennese:
people from Vienna, Austria (vieneses); bang:
a very loud musical noise(sonido fuerte o golpeado);
to let them know = to allow them to know(para que sepan);
to clap = to applaud (aplaudir).
Film info
Summary
The
incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by
Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.
Starring
F. Murray
Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice,
Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny
Baker, Lisabeth Bartlett, Barbara Bryne, Martin Cavina, Roderick Cook,
Milan Demjanenko.
Director
Milos Forman
- Produced in 1984
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