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Amadeus (TV Series)
''Amadeus'' is an upcoming television miniseries adapted by Joe Barton from the 1979 stage play of the same name by Peter Shaffer, and gives a fictional account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. It itself was inspired by Alexander Pushkin's short 1830 play '' Mozart and Salieri''. The series is starring Will Sharpe as Mozart with Gabrielle Creevy as his wife Constance and Paul Bettany as court composer Antonio Salieri as well as Enyi Okoronkwo, Lucy Cohu, Jonathan Aris and Rory Kinnear. Premise A 25-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sharpe) arrives in Vienna, Austria, during the 18th century and meets a young singer who will become his wife (Constanze Mozart) and by way of her, the court composer Antonio Salieri. Cast * Will Sharpe as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Paul Bettany as Antonio Salieri * Gabrielle Creevy as Constance Mozart * Rory Kinnear as Emperor Joseph * Lucy Cohu as Cecilia Weber * Jonathan Aris as Leopold Mozart * Én ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadeus (play)
''Amadeus'' is a play by Peter Shaffer which gives a fictional account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, imagining a rivalry between the two at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. First performed in 1979, it was inspired by Alexander Pushkin's short 1830 play '' Mozart and Salieri'', which Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov used in 1897 as the libretto for an opera of the same name. The play makes significant use of the music of Mozart, Salieri and other composers of the period. The premieres of Mozart's operas ''The Abduction from the Seraglio'', ''The Marriage of Figaro,'' ''Don Giovanni'', and ''The Magic Flute'' are the settings for key scenes. It was presented at the Royal National Theatre, London in 1979, then moved to Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End followed by a Broadway production. It won the 1981 Tony Award for Best Play and Shaffer adapted it for the much acclaimed 1984 film of the same name. Plot ''Since the play's origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia-Mai Barrett
Olivia-Mai Barrett is an English actress from London, United Kingdom. She began her career in music videos and the Disney series Penny on M.A.R.S. ''in'' which she played the title role and '' Alex & Co.'' on the Disney Channel. In 2019, she was the sole actress in the last of eight episodes of the BBC mini-series, ''Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle'', a series showing life in the UK for successive generations of people with Caribbean heritage, as Michaela Williams.https://youngviclondon.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/soon-gone-a-windrush-chronicle/ In ''The Observer'', Kwame Kwei-Armah was quoted as saying "Her performance was incredible, I was amazed at how she brought such empathy and insight to the part". Barrett shares the same background as her character in the series, as her father is mixed-race and her grandfather Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Martin
''Heirs of the Night'' is a television series created and written by Maria von Heland and Diederik van Rooijen, and directed by Diederik van Rooijen. The story is based on the book series ''Die Erben der Nacht'' by Ulrike Schweikert. Synopsis The series is set in 1889 and focuses on children with special powers who attend vampire school. The main character, a 14-year-old girl named Alisa, discovers her unique power, which is a magic light called the "spark". The heirs of several vampire clans that are spread across Europe come together to attend the vampire school. The clans were created by Dracula, who gave them each a ruby with special powers. The series relates how Alisa manages her unique power, while also dealing with everyday teenage problems. Cast * Anastasia Martin as Alisa von Vamalia * Ulrik William Græsli as Lars af Dracas * Aisling Sharkey as Ivy of Lycana * Jordan Adene as Malcolm of Vyrad * Charlie Banks as Tammo von Vamalia * Liam Nicolosi as Luciano di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Vansittart
Rupert Nicholas Vansittart (born 10 February 1958) is an English actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama '' Heartbeat'' (1992–2009) and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2014–2019). Early life and education Vansittart was raised in Cranleigh, Surrey, and is of partial Dutch ancestry. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Vansittart started his acting career in an episode of '' Bulman'' in 1985. In 1992, he began playing his regular role as North Yorkshire aristocrat Lord Ashfordly in the police drama series '' Heartbeat'', which he continued to play until 2009. He appeared in '' Remains of the Day'' (1993) as Sir Geoffrey Wren, a character based on the 1930s British fascist Oswald Mosley. He appeared in ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994) as George the Bore at the Boatman. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bazely
Paul Reginald Bazely (born 6 May 1968) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Troy in the ITV sitcom ''Benidorm''. His other TV credits include ''Making Out'', ''Emmerdale'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Doctors'', ''Holby City'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''The IT Crowd'' and '' Cruella''. Career Bazely made his television debut in five episodes of the BBC series ''Making Out'' in 1991. Then in 2006, he landed his first starring role as Troy in the ITV comedy series ''Benidorm'', making his final appearance in 2017. In 2016, he appeared in " Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series ''Black Mirror''. Then in 2020, he starred in an episode of ''The Good Karma Hospital'', and portrayed the recurring role of Grahame McKenna in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor or The Doctors may refer to: Titles and occupations * Physician, a medical practitioner * Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree ** Doctorate ** List of do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Sachs
Hugh J. Sachs (born 25 February 1964) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Gavin Ramsbottom in the ITV hit sitcom ''Benidorm'' (2007–2012) and Brimsley in the Netflix period drama ''Bridgerton'' (2020–) and its prequel '' Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story'' (2023). Career Sachs has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including ''Aristocrats'', '' Foyle's War'', ''Midsomer Murders'', '' The Catherine Tate Show'', '' My Family'' and '' Footballers' Wives''. His film credits include '' The Libertine'', '' Like Minds'', '' Love, Honour and Obey'', and '' Mad Dogs and Englishmen''. Sachs also appeared as Godfrey in Victoria Wood's 2006 production '' Housewife, 49''. In 2012 Sachs appeared in ''Secrets and Words'', a BBC Learning show about adult literacy, and 2013, he appeared as Harry Dangle in the West End play '' One Man, Two Guvnors'' at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina Cavalieri
Caterina Magdalena Giuseppa Cavalieri (18 March 1755 – 30 June 1801) was an Austrian soprano. Born as Katharina Magdalena Josepha Cavalier in Lichtental, Vienna, Cavalieri studied voice with composer Antonio Salieri. Her stage debut was in 1775 in Pasquale Anfossi's opera ''La finta giardiniera (Anfossi), La finta giardiniera''. This was followed by Ignaz Umlauf's Singspiel ''Die Bergknappen'' in 1778 and the role of Nannette in Salieri's ''Der Rauchfangkehrer'' on 30 April 1781, a role specifically written for her to display her virtuosity. Similarly, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the role of Konstanze in his Singspiel ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' for her, which she premiered on 16 July 1782. On 1 June 1785 she sang the role of Enrichetta in the première of Stephen Storace's ''Gli sposi malcontenti''. On 7 May 1788, Cavalieri sang the role of Donna Elvira in the Vienna première of Mozart's ''Don Giovanni''. Other works by Mozart written for her are ''Davide penitente'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Alexander
Jessica Caroline Alexander (born 19 June 1999) is an English actress. She began her career in short films and garnered recognition for her role in the BBC iPlayer series '' Get Even'' (2020), and made her feature film debut in '' Glasshouse'' and '' A Banquet'' (both 2021). She gained further prominence in Disney's live-action musical fantasy ''The Little Mermaid'' (2023) as Vanessa. Early life Jessica Caroline Alexander was born on 19 June 1999 in Westminster, London, England. She began acting at a church hall near home at age five and subsequently decided to pursue an acting career. Career Alexander began auditioning for films at 14 years old. She made her debut in the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed short film ''Necktie'' (2013). In 2016, she appeared in another short film, titled ''Truck''. She made her television debut in the 2018 Italian Disney Channel teen dramedy '' Penny on M.A.R.S.'' as Lucy Carpenter, the antagonist of the first two series. That same year, she was scoute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Lorenzo Da Ponte (; 10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italians, Italian, later American, opera libretto, librettist, poet and Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart's most celebrated operas: ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (1786), ''Don Giovanni'' (1787), and ''Così fan tutte'' (1790). He was the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University, and with Manuel García (tenor), Manuel Garcia, the first to introduce Italian opera#Gluck's reforms and Mozart, Italian opera to America.Music View, Did Casanova Lend a Helping Hand? The New York Times, Donald Henahan, Nov. 10, 1985Smith, Howard Jay (2022) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Mozart
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook ''Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule'' (1756). Life and career Childhood and youth He was born in Augsburg, son of Johann Georg Mozart, a bookbinding, bookbinder, and his second wife Anna Maria Sulzer. From an early age he sang as a choirboy. He attended a local Society of Jesus, Jesuit school, , where he studied logic, science, and theology, graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 1735. He studied then at the St. Salvator Lyzeum. While a student in Augsburg, he appeared in student theater productions as an actor and singer, and became a skilled violinist and organist. He also developed an interest, which he retained, in microscopes and telescopes. Although his parents had planned a career for Leopold as a Catholic priest, this apparently was not Leopold's own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cäcilia Weber
Cäcilia Cordula Weber (née Stamm; 23 October 1727 – 22 August 1793) was the mother of Constanze Weber and the mother-in-law of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Biography She was born in Mannheim, the daughter of Johann Otto Stamm, a government secretary, and Sophia Elisabeth Wimmer. She married (1733–1779) on 14 September 1756, and had four daughters: Josepha, Aloysia, Constanze, and Sophie. Constanze was the only one who did not become a professional singer, but, according to Mozart, she possessed a fine voice and musical ear. The children were born in Zell im Wiesental, but the family moved to Mannheim soon after Sophie was born. Cäcilia first met Mozart in 1777, when he came to Mannheim in search of a job. He fell in love with her daughter Aloysia during this stay and departed for Paris after finding no permanent position in Mannheim. The family later moved to Munich, where both Aloysia and Fridolin had found jobs in the opera. It was here that Mozart encountered them again ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
