Amadeus Live
January 24 & 25, 2025
Featuring a live orchestra and choir
Film in English with French subtitles
The melody of a genius:
AMADEUS
with live orchestra
Step into the captivating realm of a screen triumph, a sumptuous period epic that soared to win 8 Academy Awards® in 1984, including Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. "Amadeus" is not just a movie; it's an immersive celebration of the divine musical gifts of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Join us for an unforgettable experience as we bring "Amadeus" to life through a live concert performance featuring a live orchestra and choir.
About the concert
Experience the multi-Academy Award® winning 1984 motion picture, Amadeus on a vast HD screen while Mozart’s most celebrated works are performed live in-sync by a full orchestra and choir.
Winner of 8 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Milos Foreman’s sumptuous Amadeus is an aural and visual treat for all the senses.
Adapted from Peter Shaffer’s original stage play, Amadeus the motion picture, stays true to its origins highlighting the contrast between, as Shaffer himself described, “the sublimity of his [Mozart] music and the vulgar buffoonery of his letters” which, “read like something written by an eight-year-old.”
Set against the backdrop of Vienna, the film unravels the gripping tale of court composer Antonio Salieri. Consumed by envy upon discovering that the genius he longed for has been bestowed upon the bawdy, vulgar, and impish young composer, Mozart, Salieri's emotions fuel a plot to destroy the man. Yet, paradoxically, he finds himself unable to tear away from the sheer brilliance of Mozart's music.
“Amadeus weaves a beautiful, tragic fable, enchanting to children and adults alike. It has gore, a pact with God, celebrity, a masked stranger, murder and some of the best music ever written. What other film offers half as much?” (The Guardian).
How to get there
Place des Arts
● Saint-Urbain Street entrance: 1600 Saint-Urbain Street
● Sainte-Catherine Street entrance: 175 Sainte-Catherine Street West
Indoor parking entrance:
1450 Saint-Urbain Street
Artist entrances:
● Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier: 260 de Maisonneuve Blvd West
● Théâtre Maisonneuve and Théâtre Jean-Duceppe: 1400 Saint-Urbain Street
● Cinquième Salle: Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme (next to Bar à vin Place Deschamps)
● Maison symphonique: 1800 Saint-Urbain Street
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