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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:47,291 --> 00:01:49,166 But that's not enough. 2 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:53,541 I'll be back here again in a week. 3 00:01:54,250 --> 00:01:56,416 I'm very sorry, Maestro. 4 00:02:04,541 --> 00:02:08,916 ROME 1781 5 00:02:10,416 --> 00:02:12,291 I also have this. 6 00:02:14,875 --> 00:02:17,000 I can give you ten ducats. 7 00:02:18,916 --> 00:02:20,791 Is that all it's worth? 8 00:02:22,916 --> 00:02:26,375 I'll give you 12. But only because it's you. 9 00:06:35,458 --> 00:06:39,708 VENICE 1765 10 00:06:46,916 --> 00:06:48,583 Wonderful. 11 00:06:48,666 --> 00:06:51,458 You've really improved since last time. 12 00:06:51,791 --> 00:06:53,833 Your music is so beautiful. 13 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,250 I'm sorry for butchering it. 14 00:06:58,750 --> 00:07:01,541 I'll never play it exactly right. 15 00:07:03,208 --> 00:07:05,083 It's easy for you. 16 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:07,708 You were born with a violin in your hands. 17 00:07:08,916 --> 00:07:10,333 No. 18 00:07:10,416 --> 00:07:13,708 My father didn't want us to be musicians. 19 00:07:14,250 --> 00:07:16,083 Neither I nor my brother. 20 00:07:20,333 --> 00:07:22,208 Take it… 21 00:07:23,166 --> 00:07:25,041 from here. 22 00:07:26,833 --> 00:07:28,708 So you have a brother? 23 00:07:29,958 --> 00:07:31,708 A twin brother. 24 00:07:31,791 --> 00:07:33,666 Is he as tall as you? 25 00:07:35,916 --> 00:07:37,791 Yes. 26 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:41,125 Is everyone as tall in your country? 27 00:07:41,208 --> 00:07:43,083 Women, too? 28 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:45,750 Just us two. 29 00:07:48,458 --> 00:07:50,333 From the beginning, please. 30 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:05,291 What a pleasure to see you. 31 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,250 You are so beautiful tonight. 32 00:08:10,375 --> 00:08:12,250 "Who - knows." 33 00:08:17,583 --> 00:08:19,458 In the heavens. 34 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:22,750 I want to hear "the heavens" clearly. 35 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:27,875 It's not a problem, you really speak very good Italian. 36 00:08:28,625 --> 00:08:32,207 You're very talented. You're already an amazing composer. 37 00:08:33,457 --> 00:08:36,541 Recitative is hard for all foreigners. 38 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,791 Heaven's justice can return again to Earth. 39 00:08:44,333 --> 00:08:48,333 I want the world to find out 40 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:50,375 that he is a traitor. 41 00:08:51,833 --> 00:08:53,250 It's wonderful. 42 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:59,083 Graceful. Singers will like that a lot. Every singer is unique. 43 00:08:59,166 --> 00:09:02,208 You have to use their virtues and shortcomings 44 00:09:02,291 --> 00:09:04,833 to foster the best in each of them 45 00:09:04,916 --> 00:09:08,291 and not lose them because of technical difficulties. 46 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:11,708 But I think that only a voice that nears the impossible, 47 00:09:12,583 --> 00:09:14,583 the incredible, 48 00:09:14,666 --> 00:09:17,333 can personify a goddess, a god, 49 00:09:18,458 --> 00:09:20,583 someone more than human, 50 00:09:22,291 --> 00:09:24,583 the most passionate emotions. 51 00:09:25,958 --> 00:09:29,291 But be careful. Don't play with fire. 52 00:09:55,250 --> 00:09:57,291 Signor Werner, excuse me. 53 00:09:57,791 --> 00:09:59,666 About the rent… 54 00:09:59,750 --> 00:10:01,875 I'm sincerely embarrassed. 55 00:10:02,166 --> 00:10:06,083 Mr. Myslivecek, you're an educated, polite and honest man. 56 00:10:06,166 --> 00:10:08,125 You shouldn't live like this. 57 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:13,166 Dedicate yourself to commerce. You would be rich and respected. 58 00:10:16,833 --> 00:10:19,000 Are you expecting someone? 59 00:10:27,875 --> 00:10:29,750 Josef. 60 00:10:35,291 --> 00:10:37,166 Good day. 61 00:10:43,333 --> 00:10:46,416 I want to thank you for your lessons. 62 00:10:46,541 --> 00:10:51,041 Come listen to La Gabrielli with me. The whole of Venice is talking about her. 63 00:10:51,166 --> 00:10:53,041 -Tonight? -Yes. 64 00:10:53,416 --> 00:10:57,416 My father is invited elsewhere, so our opera box is free. 65 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:04,375 With pleasure. 66 00:11:38,083 --> 00:11:39,875 Father? 67 00:11:43,375 --> 00:11:45,541 Good evening, Mr. Rezzi. 68 00:11:54,291 --> 00:11:57,375 I couldn't resist your father's invitation. 69 00:11:58,208 --> 00:12:00,916 But don't worry, I won't stay long. 70 00:12:01,083 --> 00:12:03,333 I'm still in mourning. 71 00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:09,208 -I'll be leaving, gentlemen. -No. Stay with us. 72 00:12:11,166 --> 00:12:13,041 May he, Father? 73 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:17,958 Of course. 74 00:12:18,416 --> 00:12:22,208 Thank you for the chance to listen to La Gabrielli. 75 00:12:24,958 --> 00:12:26,666 May I? 76 00:12:41,208 --> 00:12:43,500 What a harlot, but such divine talent. 77 00:12:43,583 --> 00:12:49,166 To think that the whole Venetian Republic drools over such worthless women. 78 00:13:03,041 --> 00:13:04,916 My God, please. 79 00:13:05,166 --> 00:13:07,041 I ask of You this. 80 00:13:08,166 --> 00:13:10,833 Give me the life of a musician. 81 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,625 Dear Lord, help me achieve my aim. 82 00:13:22,166 --> 00:13:24,708 I will celebrate You with my music. 83 00:14:08,083 --> 00:14:09,875 Excellent. 84 00:14:09,958 --> 00:14:11,541 Only… 85 00:14:11,625 --> 00:14:14,708 At times it's better to make small mistakes 86 00:14:15,416 --> 00:14:17,583 and let your emotions speak. 87 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:21,750 Fear of mistakes leads to stiffness. 88 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,583 Think only of playing with your heart. 89 00:14:30,583 --> 00:14:35,041 This morning I went to look at a nice flat near San Marco. 90 00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:37,166 It would be just right for you. 91 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:40,250 You could give yourself fully to your art. 92 00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:44,083 That is very kind of you. 93 00:14:46,083 --> 00:14:48,708 I think I couldn't afford it. 94 00:14:50,458 --> 00:14:53,250 I don't pay much where I live. 95 00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:31,541 -Good evening, Giuseppe. -Good evening. 96 00:16:32,041 --> 00:16:34,166 Are you comfortable here? 97 00:16:35,166 --> 00:16:37,041 Yes. 98 00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:40,083 I don't know how to thank you. 99 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:43,833 I'll pay everything back. 100 00:16:44,125 --> 00:16:46,166 As soon as I can. 101 00:16:51,250 --> 00:16:53,125 Do you like it? 102 00:16:53,291 --> 00:16:55,166 Yes, very much. 103 00:17:14,583 --> 00:17:16,458 I have a dream, too. 104 00:17:16,833 --> 00:17:19,290 I'd like to write a libretto. 105 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,333 I know. I'm a woman. 106 00:17:25,665 --> 00:17:29,416 Can you imagine us writing an opera together? 107 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:34,333 I'd write the libretto and you'd help find the words. 108 00:17:40,833 --> 00:17:43,208 I have to ask you for something. 109 00:17:43,333 --> 00:17:46,958 Please, Giuseppe. It cannot wait. 110 00:17:47,375 --> 00:17:49,083 Tell me. 111 00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:51,208 I'm in your debt. 112 00:17:53,208 --> 00:17:57,916 You know they want to marry me to the old widow you met at the opera? 113 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:00,541 Falier, the nobleman. 114 00:18:01,125 --> 00:18:05,208 Just because he's very rich and his cousin is the doge. 115 00:18:05,708 --> 00:18:08,250 I'll never give him my innocence. 116 00:18:56,625 --> 00:18:58,416 Excuse me. 117 00:18:58,958 --> 00:19:01,000 What does "battibecco" mean? 118 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:03,083 It means a skirmish. 119 00:19:03,958 --> 00:19:05,875 A type of quarrel. 120 00:19:05,958 --> 00:19:08,375 -Oh. A brawl. -That's right. 121 00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:12,666 Good evening, Masquerader. Care to join? 122 00:19:16,041 --> 00:19:18,125 Good evening, Masqueraders. 123 00:19:18,416 --> 00:19:21,958 It would be my pleasure, but I don't play. 124 00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:24,625 Are you serious? 125 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,625 Good evening. 126 00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:47,833 Those ladies over there. Look at the way they walk and their attitude. 127 00:19:48,208 --> 00:19:51,916 So graceful. Gorgeous. Nobility, I'm sure. 128 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,541 And see those two over there? You can have both for a few coins. 129 00:20:00,208 --> 00:20:02,916 Sir… please follow me. 130 00:20:56,791 --> 00:20:58,666 Here you are. 131 00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:34,958 You're in Venice and you didn't come to pay me a visit? 132 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:38,375 Are you hiding from me? 133 00:21:38,875 --> 00:21:43,166 Are you having doubts? Or fear? Perhaps you feel guilty? 134 00:21:46,791 --> 00:21:48,666 Come on. 135 00:21:56,625 --> 00:21:58,458 Excuse me, sir! 136 00:21:58,541 --> 00:22:00,416 I'm mortified. 137 00:22:01,375 --> 00:22:04,000 I'm sorry. It's my fault. 138 00:22:10,791 --> 00:22:13,791 Melchior, you ass. Where's your head? 139 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:15,750 I can't believe this. 140 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:18,875 Accompany this gentleman back. 141 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:24,416 I just got here and now I must leave? 142 00:22:28,458 --> 00:22:32,958 May I have the honour of knowing who I was mistaken for? 143 00:22:35,375 --> 00:22:37,333 You're very indiscreet. 144 00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:39,666 Is that a German quality? 145 00:22:40,541 --> 00:22:43,708 -You are German, aren't you? -Not quite. 146 00:22:43,958 --> 00:22:46,500 But you're right. I am a foreigner. 147 00:22:48,666 --> 00:22:51,958 I'm a musician and I would like to live and work here. 148 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:15,166 You have very noble hands. 149 00:23:17,916 --> 00:23:19,791 Intelligent. 150 00:23:22,625 --> 00:23:24,500 Do you have a lover? 151 00:23:25,875 --> 00:23:27,708 Yes. 152 00:23:27,791 --> 00:23:29,833 Rich? Beautiful? 153 00:23:33,125 --> 00:23:35,000 Not as much as you. 154 00:23:35,416 --> 00:23:37,291 How old is she? 155 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:48,333 My God. 156 00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:51,583 What am I going to do with you? 157 00:23:51,958 --> 00:23:54,875 I admit I don't know how to decide. 158 00:23:56,583 --> 00:23:58,666 What do I know? I'll see. 159 00:24:33,416 --> 00:24:36,750 From a young age, they teach us to be wary of reason. 160 00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:42,000 But I always thought that what separates a truth from a lie, 161 00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:47,166 is just a veil. In order to preserve the lie, 162 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:52,625 it was necessary to believe everything the priests preached to keep us obedient. 163 00:24:54,541 --> 00:24:56,416 So I got married. 164 00:24:58,166 --> 00:25:00,291 I never loved him. 165 00:25:03,916 --> 00:25:07,625 Then I met a man who taught me to think 166 00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:09,583 and live. 167 00:25:11,416 --> 00:25:13,333 I tore down the veil. 168 00:25:16,541 --> 00:25:20,708 Only then did I start to deeply love God and life. 169 00:26:15,166 --> 00:26:17,750 I cannot stop your wedding. 170 00:26:18,083 --> 00:26:19,958 Of course you could. 171 00:26:20,375 --> 00:26:22,291 If only you wanted to. 172 00:26:23,083 --> 00:26:28,000 My father would surrender to my will if only you really wanted me. 173 00:26:28,791 --> 00:26:33,416 Because I would be rejected forever by my father and society. 174 00:26:33,875 --> 00:26:37,541 But if you loved me, their opinion would mean nothing to me. 175 00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:42,333 I could face them all. Be proud of us, proud of me. 176 00:26:42,583 --> 00:26:46,125 We'd just need to wait until you become famous. 177 00:26:47,583 --> 00:26:49,458 Please. 178 00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:51,916 Don't leave me. 179 00:26:53,375 --> 00:26:55,250 Love me. 180 00:27:00,666 --> 00:27:04,041 Nobody will ever love you as I do. 181 00:27:04,291 --> 00:27:07,833 I know that I can make you happy. I'll give you everything. 182 00:27:16,750 --> 00:27:19,791 Well, here he is! Giuseppe Mislicece. 183 00:27:20,791 --> 00:27:22,208 Mysliveček. 184 00:27:22,291 --> 00:27:25,500 I'm sorry. I always butcher your name, dear friend. 185 00:27:25,583 --> 00:27:28,541 Don't worry. It's impossible to pronounce. 186 00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:32,083 He's a very talented musician. 187 00:27:32,958 --> 00:27:36,916 Let me introduce our brilliant impresario. Orfeo Crispi. 188 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,875 As you know he is a great figure of our music life. 189 00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:43,208 Signor Crispi… 190 00:27:43,333 --> 00:27:46,333 I would have preferred to shake your hand first. 191 00:27:46,625 --> 00:27:48,500 Il Parnaso Confuso. 192 00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:51,125 It's by Metastasio. Brand new. 193 00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:55,875 Maestro Gluck had it sung in Vienna for the children of the empress. 194 00:27:55,958 --> 00:27:58,583 It's an small opera, a simple serenade. 195 00:27:58,791 --> 00:28:01,791 I wrote this version as practice. 196 00:28:04,583 --> 00:28:06,458 What brought you to Venice? 197 00:28:06,541 --> 00:28:09,833 The desire to study under Maestro Pescetti. 198 00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:13,500 -Do you know him? -Of course. I really appreciate him. 199 00:28:13,583 --> 00:28:17,208 I heard his Ezio in the Italian theatre in Prague. 200 00:28:17,291 --> 00:28:19,041 A great thrill. 201 00:28:19,125 --> 00:28:22,500 I wanted to study under him, so I came. 202 00:28:22,583 --> 00:28:28,083 So you left the theatre and hopped on the first carriage to Venice. 203 00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:32,916 No, I still had to serve in the last war against Prussia. 204 00:28:33,041 --> 00:28:35,208 To defend Prague, my city. 205 00:28:36,333 --> 00:28:38,333 A terrible experience. 206 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,750 His city besieged, bombarded by cannons. A real bloodbath. 207 00:28:44,916 --> 00:28:49,458 A thousand times he risked his life. It was awful, isn't that right? 208 00:28:50,125 --> 00:28:52,583 Have you ever seen people dying? 209 00:28:52,916 --> 00:28:54,791 Violent deaths? 210 00:28:55,291 --> 00:28:58,583 Guts spilling, brains splattered. 211 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:01,833 The body of a child without a head? 212 00:29:02,166 --> 00:29:05,541 Here a leg, there an arm, a dog eating it? 213 00:29:05,875 --> 00:29:08,083 No. This is not my world. 214 00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:13,791 You chose well. Pescetti is an excellent musician. 215 00:29:13,875 --> 00:29:16,125 He has written many lovely pieces. 216 00:29:16,375 --> 00:29:19,083 He has inspired many young Venetian artists. 217 00:29:19,166 --> 00:29:22,041 Just as he took over many from his predecessors. 218 00:29:22,125 --> 00:29:24,708 Now, you're next in line. 219 00:29:25,375 --> 00:29:27,541 Does Pescetti know this opera? 220 00:29:27,958 --> 00:29:29,833 He gave me a lot of advice. 221 00:29:31,291 --> 00:29:34,416 So you certainly don't need mine. 222 00:29:39,666 --> 00:29:41,791 Let's have a look at it. 223 00:30:22,541 --> 00:30:24,500 I've got a visitor. 224 00:30:24,875 --> 00:30:28,958 I need to talk to him in private over an urgent matter. 225 00:30:29,125 --> 00:30:31,000 Stay here. 226 00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:33,416 Come see me again soon. 227 00:30:36,541 --> 00:30:40,875 Gentlemen, excuse me. I need to step away for a moment. 228 00:30:50,291 --> 00:30:53,916 What urgent matter is it? Where are you going? 229 00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:57,166 It doesn't concern you. 230 00:30:58,583 --> 00:31:01,083 Besides, you're being very rude. 231 00:31:01,166 --> 00:31:03,666 You left Crispi there alone. 232 00:31:03,750 --> 00:31:07,916 I introduce you to a famous impresario and you act like this? 233 00:31:08,250 --> 00:31:10,125 Have you gone mad? 234 00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:16,583 Your jealousy does not amuse me, dear musician. 235 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:22,291 If you want to see me again, you must befriend those I love. 236 00:31:22,375 --> 00:31:26,833 If you cannot, write me one word: Goodbye. 237 00:31:36,625 --> 00:31:41,708 Maestro Crispi studied your music. He thanks you for your trust. 238 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,875 -And so? -That's all. 239 00:31:47,541 --> 00:31:51,333 Tell him I would be happy to serve him as a violinist or harpsichordist 240 00:31:51,416 --> 00:31:53,416 if there is an occasion. 241 00:31:56,958 --> 00:31:59,416 Think of me. I will be thankful. 242 00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:51,500 For you, everything seems easy. 243 00:33:52,083 --> 00:33:55,416 But I am in dire straits. 244 00:33:58,291 --> 00:34:01,750 I need to sign at least one contract, otherwise… 245 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,875 It will be the end… 246 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,875 death. 247 00:34:09,125 --> 00:34:11,416 Talk to me about life. 248 00:36:19,666 --> 00:36:21,666 What troubles you, friend? 249 00:36:23,958 --> 00:36:25,833 Tell me. 250 00:36:26,375 --> 00:36:28,250 Why this sadness? 251 00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:36,041 I believed in a fate I cannot have. 252 00:36:37,458 --> 00:36:40,750 It's been so long since I last wrote a bar of music. 253 00:36:43,083 --> 00:36:45,458 Marriage is my only option. 254 00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:48,250 Seriously? 255 00:37:00,083 --> 00:37:01,958 Good evening. 256 00:37:08,083 --> 00:37:09,958 Count! 257 00:37:13,375 --> 00:37:15,750 We've missed your spirit here. 258 00:37:16,583 --> 00:37:19,416 Venice was drowning in boredom without you. 259 00:37:19,583 --> 00:37:24,291 I must find my spirit again. It left me on the journey. 260 00:37:24,416 --> 00:37:26,625 I arrived half-dead. 261 00:37:26,791 --> 00:37:30,208 -Did you like it in Naples? -Ah, Naples I loved. 262 00:37:30,291 --> 00:37:35,541 But as soon as I got to Venice, I received a letter with bad news. 263 00:37:35,625 --> 00:37:39,500 I have to work day and night. What torment. 264 00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:43,708 I'm as exhausted as Jesus arriving in Golgotha. 265 00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:49,208 Our poor ambassador. I'm sorry for you. 266 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:51,291 Don't mock me, dear friend. 267 00:37:51,666 --> 00:37:54,666 I adore suffering for the common good. 268 00:37:56,416 --> 00:38:01,750 Our friend Giuseppe is also willing to make divine music, 269 00:38:01,833 --> 00:38:04,083 sacrificing life and pleasures. 270 00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:08,625 He is an outstanding musician. He's written several beautiful pieces. 271 00:38:08,708 --> 00:38:13,583 Count Finocchietti is the guardian of our Venetian music in Naples. 272 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:17,125 He has done so much for our culture abroad. 273 00:38:17,416 --> 00:38:20,541 Where have your pieces been played? 274 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:23,208 Nowhere, sir. 275 00:38:23,958 --> 00:38:25,666 Unfortunately not. 276 00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:29,041 I know his work well. Promising. 277 00:38:30,750 --> 00:38:33,166 Be patient, young man. 278 00:38:35,541 --> 00:38:37,791 I haven't forgotten about you. 279 00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:40,583 Remember I am not immortal. 280 00:38:40,666 --> 00:38:43,583 Really? I thought you were. 281 00:38:45,958 --> 00:38:48,833 I read an opera he wrote as practice. 282 00:38:48,916 --> 00:38:51,500 A truly commendable piece of work. 283 00:38:51,958 --> 00:38:54,833 We'll dine together soon, dear friend. 284 00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:58,666 I'd like to look at your music. 285 00:39:00,333 --> 00:39:03,291 I'll bring it to you. I'll wait for your notes. 286 00:39:03,458 --> 00:39:05,583 You'll like it, I am certain. 287 00:39:05,666 --> 00:39:09,291 He's very talented, unfortunately nobody knows it yet. 288 00:40:12,333 --> 00:40:14,875 The poor fool still has hope. 289 00:40:15,250 --> 00:40:17,250 Should I talk to her? 290 00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,916 Don't compromise yourself. 291 00:40:22,541 --> 00:40:24,416 She'll make a scandal. 292 00:40:29,958 --> 00:40:31,833 Keep away from her. 293 00:40:32,583 --> 00:40:35,666 Didn't I tell you to burn your bridges? 294 00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:18,000 What a tremendous actress! 295 00:41:18,083 --> 00:41:21,291 In front of all Venice. 296 00:41:31,125 --> 00:41:33,125 I forbid you to go. 297 00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:34,791 Please. 298 00:41:34,875 --> 00:41:38,000 You must not be seen involved in this. 299 00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:41,000 Stay. Don't move. 300 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:54,625 Pray she dies and takes her secret with her. 301 00:41:59,625 --> 00:42:01,916 If she doesn't die, she'll talk. 302 00:42:06,541 --> 00:42:09,083 Or she'll talk and then die. 303 00:42:10,541 --> 00:42:13,083 Or she'll be forever an invalid. 304 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:20,875 You're in danger, my friend. 305 00:42:47,958 --> 00:42:50,208 Your friends are right. 306 00:42:51,333 --> 00:42:53,541 You have great talent. 307 00:42:56,166 --> 00:43:00,708 I would be unhappy to see you killed by her furious suitor, Falier. 308 00:43:00,791 --> 00:43:03,583 Or locked up in prison. 309 00:43:05,833 --> 00:43:08,500 Every cloud has a silver lining. 310 00:43:09,875 --> 00:43:14,791 The composer of the next opera in Naples can't meet his engagement. 311 00:43:18,375 --> 00:43:22,291 There are many names on the list, but I can move yours to the top. 312 00:43:22,875 --> 00:43:26,000 I believe you are capable of fulfilling such a task. 313 00:43:27,375 --> 00:43:32,625 If we are successful, and I believe we will be, you will write for La Gabrielli. 314 00:43:35,416 --> 00:43:41,208 If she likes you, she'll open a path for you to theatres and courts. 315 00:43:41,833 --> 00:43:45,375 Don't let this blessing slip through your fingers. 316 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,875 That's not necessary. 317 00:43:54,583 --> 00:43:57,375 The king will soon reach majority. 318 00:43:57,541 --> 00:44:01,041 The first opera of his rule can be yours. 319 00:44:02,250 --> 00:44:04,875 You couldn't ask for more. 320 00:44:05,291 --> 00:44:08,125 I must warn you. His Highness is simpleminded. 321 00:44:08,208 --> 00:44:11,750 His parents rule in Spain. He grew up alone. 322 00:44:12,083 --> 00:44:14,333 Always playing on the street. 323 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:19,416 His ministers want him to be stupid, ignorant and lazy. 324 00:44:20,166 --> 00:44:22,375 Like the people themselves. 325 00:44:23,291 --> 00:44:26,625 Study a few successful Neapolitan operas. 326 00:44:44,791 --> 00:44:49,500 NAPLES 1767 327 00:44:53,375 --> 00:44:55,541 I must be dreaming. Get out! 328 00:44:55,958 --> 00:44:57,416 Out! 329 00:44:57,500 --> 00:45:01,166 You bother me with gifts I don't need! 330 00:45:01,458 --> 00:45:06,416 One sends me a bird that squawks all day. The other idiot this slobbering dog. 331 00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:08,375 You all want to kill me! 332 00:45:08,875 --> 00:45:10,958 You want me to die! 333 00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:14,708 And you? You brought me this? 334 00:45:15,208 --> 00:45:17,916 Are you all allied against me? 335 00:45:19,916 --> 00:45:21,791 I made a mistake. 336 00:45:21,875 --> 00:45:25,375 I didn't want to waste your time. I just sent you your part. 337 00:45:25,458 --> 00:45:29,250 But it's actually lovely a duet for voice and horn. 338 00:45:29,333 --> 00:45:31,208 It's very delightful. 339 00:45:31,333 --> 00:45:33,208 Oh, it's very delightful? 340 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,875 Yes. 341 00:45:36,041 --> 00:45:38,750 And so you know what is delightful and I don't? 342 00:45:38,833 --> 00:45:39,833 Excuse me? 343 00:45:39,916 --> 00:45:42,416 You know better than I what's delightful? 344 00:45:42,541 --> 00:45:44,416 Yes. 345 00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:48,375 No. 346 00:45:50,208 --> 00:45:51,041 I don't know. 347 00:45:51,125 --> 00:45:55,000 If anyone understands the rules of music and poetry, it is I. 348 00:45:56,458 --> 00:45:58,916 I thought I knew your tessitura. 349 00:45:59,583 --> 00:46:01,791 To serve you as best I could. 350 00:46:01,875 --> 00:46:06,166 I heard you in Venice. I've studied many of your arias. 351 00:46:06,250 --> 00:46:08,500 We can certainly change what you want. 352 00:46:19,416 --> 00:46:23,791 When you cut this fruit, nothing surprises you. 353 00:46:24,875 --> 00:46:26,750 May I? 354 00:46:29,958 --> 00:46:32,166 You've always known it. 355 00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:36,416 But I am from the North. It surprised me. 356 00:46:36,500 --> 00:46:39,833 You see? I couldn't believe it. 357 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:45,791 A hard green fruit that hides such a sweet red pulp! 358 00:46:49,125 --> 00:46:51,625 It's the same with our aria. 359 00:46:52,291 --> 00:46:56,208 You can't judge it if you don't know its whole. 360 00:47:44,458 --> 00:47:46,333 Nothing's happening. 361 00:47:49,583 --> 00:47:51,333 Yes. No… 362 00:47:51,416 --> 00:47:53,291 Very well. 363 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,875 Let's continue. 364 00:48:27,750 --> 00:48:29,625 Dear friend… 365 00:49:12,208 --> 00:49:14,083 Well. Let 's continue. 366 00:49:16,375 --> 00:49:19,750 These bars are too difficult. I'll change them, alright? 367 00:49:19,833 --> 00:49:22,416 They're difficult but I will manage. 368 00:49:23,958 --> 00:49:25,791 I don't want to risk anything. 369 00:49:25,875 --> 00:49:29,375 No, I'll play it right. With the help of the saints. 370 00:49:32,250 --> 00:49:34,166 It'll be a triumph. 371 00:49:34,708 --> 00:49:37,416 You'll be rich and admired. 372 00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:42,125 I know a good composer when I see one. I'm never mistaken. 373 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,541 -Maestro, the musicians are ready. -I'm coming. 374 00:49:48,625 --> 00:49:52,083 But we must change the horn player. 375 00:49:52,166 --> 00:49:54,375 He made another mistake in rehearsal. 376 00:49:54,458 --> 00:49:57,083 Nobody's complained about him before. 377 00:49:57,166 --> 00:50:02,041 His wife is seriously ill. She's dying. I can't kick him out. 378 00:50:02,416 --> 00:50:04,916 He'll succeed in the end. 379 00:50:08,125 --> 00:50:11,291 -Do what he tells you! -Caterina, it won't change anything. 380 00:50:11,375 --> 00:50:15,416 In two hours, I want to have two or three excellent horn players. 381 00:50:16,625 --> 00:50:21,333 Very well, but the next one might be worse. 382 00:50:26,041 --> 00:50:29,416 I don't understand. How can he be so reckless? 383 00:50:29,958 --> 00:50:34,416 I don't know. He should understand. He's an amazing musician. 384 00:50:34,541 --> 00:50:38,750 -He was a famous castrato here in Naples. -I know. 385 00:50:39,416 --> 00:50:42,750 It was a tragedy for Naples when he lost his voice. 386 00:50:42,833 --> 00:50:45,833 He started this job and does it well. 387 00:50:47,416 --> 00:50:50,333 If you only knew where he comes from. 388 00:50:50,791 --> 00:50:53,750 A forgotten village in Campania. 389 00:50:56,416 --> 00:50:58,791 He had a dreadful childhood. 390 00:50:59,791 --> 00:51:01,666 Dreadful. 391 00:51:04,208 --> 00:51:09,291 If they hadn't cut off his balls, he'd still be milking and fucking his goat. 392 00:51:10,458 --> 00:51:15,375 You can't imagine how vile and ignorant our countryside is. 393 00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,541 Excuse me Signora, the Duke Montecenti. 394 00:51:29,250 --> 00:51:32,791 -I will go. -No. Stay here, Giuseppe. 395 00:51:33,375 --> 00:51:37,750 This monument of insolence knows that I don't care for him. 396 00:51:38,583 --> 00:51:44,083 He doesn't have a fraction of your sense of beauty. 397 00:52:01,250 --> 00:52:05,666 Request that the evening goes well. Put your hand on it. 398 00:52:05,750 --> 00:52:08,291 Maestro, it's in the name of Christ, 399 00:52:08,375 --> 00:52:12,750 the Virgin Mary, St. Januarius and all saints. 400 00:52:16,666 --> 00:52:18,875 Ask for help and good fortune. 401 00:52:27,125 --> 00:52:30,833 With their help, we will reap great success. 402 00:52:32,083 --> 00:52:34,625 The greedy slut! 403 00:52:35,166 --> 00:52:37,041 I'm going to kill her, 404 00:52:41,333 --> 00:52:44,000 -Nothing? -Damn her. 405 00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:47,750 I will burn her like charcoal, 406 00:52:47,833 --> 00:52:49,916 that stinky face. 407 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,833 She must've had a quarrel with someone and she's made a scandal. 408 00:52:56,916 --> 00:52:59,250 Curse her ancestors! 409 00:53:00,666 --> 00:53:02,541 At last. 410 00:53:13,250 --> 00:53:15,541 I'm sorry. I can cry. 411 00:53:16,083 --> 00:53:18,583 But not sing. I can't. 412 00:53:18,666 --> 00:53:21,125 Stop playing Magdalena up on a cross! 413 00:53:22,041 --> 00:53:23,875 Shut up, ugly Eunuch. 414 00:53:26,541 --> 00:53:30,375 That noble parasite treats me like a servant. 415 00:53:32,791 --> 00:53:35,250 Do they think I'm afraid of prison? 416 00:53:36,958 --> 00:53:39,333 When all I desire is to die? 417 00:53:41,833 --> 00:53:44,041 I've already been to prison. 418 00:53:45,791 --> 00:53:47,666 In Palermo. 419 00:53:48,541 --> 00:53:51,583 When I ruined Il Demofonte… 420 00:53:52,250 --> 00:53:54,500 But I sang for the prisoners. 421 00:53:54,833 --> 00:53:59,000 So beautifully and so loud that they ran to free me. 422 00:53:59,833 --> 00:54:03,458 Before that, they loved me in Palermo. Now they worship me. 423 00:54:07,375 --> 00:54:10,666 There's nothing noble about them. 424 00:54:11,958 --> 00:54:14,916 I know their Christian mercy well. 425 00:54:17,666 --> 00:54:19,708 Their secret vices. 426 00:54:21,583 --> 00:54:24,208 They tainted me as a young girl. 427 00:54:29,041 --> 00:54:30,916 Bastards. 428 00:54:33,750 --> 00:54:35,625 Hypocrites. 429 00:54:41,250 --> 00:54:46,625 They think I'm the best singer in the world because God gave me a voice. 430 00:54:50,083 --> 00:54:51,958 But I have this. 431 00:54:53,208 --> 00:54:56,416 I have this, but they don't want to see it. 432 00:54:57,875 --> 00:54:59,750 For them… 433 00:55:00,416 --> 00:55:03,166 …a singer is just a whore 434 00:55:03,875 --> 00:55:06,041 …gifted with some talent. 435 00:55:07,375 --> 00:55:11,000 -But it's not like that. -That's why you have to go on stage. 436 00:55:12,125 --> 00:55:15,416 Show them they're nothing compared to you. 437 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:17,875 The king is coming. 438 00:55:18,166 --> 00:55:20,500 Damn the king! 439 00:55:20,666 --> 00:55:22,791 Seek revenge on stage. 440 00:55:23,458 --> 00:55:25,416 What are you saying? 441 00:55:25,875 --> 00:55:28,750 I can't stand you. Go away. 442 00:55:29,083 --> 00:55:31,291 Both of you! 443 00:55:32,250 --> 00:55:35,250 I'll never sing again! Never! 444 00:55:36,125 --> 00:55:38,916 Enough! I haven't got time for this! 445 00:55:39,500 --> 00:55:41,833 Costume, makeup and go sing! 446 00:57:02,291 --> 00:57:03,958 -Where are you going? -To see La Gabrielli. 447 00:57:04,041 --> 00:57:06,500 Skip that idiot's aria. Play the next part. 448 00:57:06,583 --> 00:57:10,208 -No, it's the most beautiful aria. -She won't do it. Go back to your place. 449 00:57:10,291 --> 00:57:13,291 -You hear? It's over. -Please, come. 450 00:57:26,125 --> 00:57:28,083 Please. 451 00:57:29,916 --> 00:57:31,791 I cannot do it. 452 01:03:14,458 --> 01:03:16,333 That was perfect. 453 01:03:19,083 --> 01:03:22,208 Maestro. That was music. Bravo. 454 01:03:22,291 --> 01:03:25,000 I'm Carlo Fracassati, I live in Bologne. 455 01:03:25,333 --> 01:03:28,875 I am part of the committee of our municipal theatre. 456 01:03:28,958 --> 01:03:32,750 I would be delighted if you could conduct an opera in our theatre. 457 01:03:32,833 --> 01:03:35,000 With La Gabrielli, obviously. 458 01:03:35,083 --> 01:03:38,208 -Are you familiar with our theatre? -Certainly… 459 01:03:38,416 --> 01:03:40,625 Congratulations. 460 01:03:43,458 --> 01:03:46,500 It's a magnificent theatre. It was opened just 4 year ago. 461 01:03:46,583 --> 01:03:51,833 By the great architect Bibiena. Surely you know him. 462 01:03:51,958 --> 01:03:55,458 We opened with The Triumph of Clelia by Sir Gluck. 463 01:03:55,541 --> 01:04:00,125 We have also welcomed Piccini, Bianchi, Topollini. 464 01:04:00,791 --> 01:04:05,208 I was enraptured by the orchestration and cantabile of your arias. 465 01:04:06,041 --> 01:04:07,916 Are you a musician too? 466 01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:10,541 A bit. Not as good as I'd like. 467 01:04:10,625 --> 01:04:14,166 She's very modest. She's a great musician. 468 01:04:14,666 --> 01:04:17,458 She's my sister, Anna. She lives here in Naples. 469 01:04:18,333 --> 01:04:20,916 Bravo, Maestro. Bravo. 470 01:04:21,333 --> 01:04:24,625 A masterful work. Lovely, really. 471 01:04:24,791 --> 01:04:27,125 It was a beautiful evening. 472 01:04:29,333 --> 01:04:33,083 Are you enjoying yourself in Naples? Do you like the city? 473 01:04:33,458 --> 01:04:35,333 Yes, very much. Thank you. 474 01:04:35,750 --> 01:04:40,541 Naples will be faithful to you. After tonight's success, I'm sure of it. 475 01:04:40,791 --> 01:04:44,166 But I'd like to see you in Bologna. 476 01:04:44,333 --> 01:04:45,958 Shall we? 477 01:04:46,041 --> 01:04:47,958 Maestro. 478 01:04:49,583 --> 01:04:51,291 Goodbye, Maestro. 479 01:04:51,375 --> 01:04:53,250 Goodbye. 480 01:04:58,916 --> 01:05:01,291 You like the young baroness. 481 01:05:01,666 --> 01:05:03,250 Forget her. 482 01:05:03,333 --> 01:05:07,875 Last year her husband killed a man who found her attractive. 483 01:05:10,291 --> 01:05:12,541 See who you're dealing with? 484 01:05:13,958 --> 01:05:15,708 But… Bravo! 485 01:05:15,791 --> 01:05:20,500 I'm sure you're the first conductor who slapped her. 486 01:05:22,541 --> 01:05:24,875 Congratulations. 487 01:05:25,458 --> 01:05:28,833 You know in our culture we don't slap. 488 01:05:28,916 --> 01:05:31,750 We take a knife to disobedient girls. 489 01:05:35,458 --> 01:05:37,958 Usually it is her who beats men. 490 01:05:38,041 --> 01:05:40,041 You know she whipped the Duke of Tuscany? 491 01:05:40,125 --> 01:05:42,416 She used to call him a cursed hunchback. 492 01:05:42,500 --> 01:05:47,666 Madly in love, he would give her the whip and call out: Beat me, my love! Beat me! 493 01:05:51,125 --> 01:05:56,500 You truly understand the mystery known as “woman”. 494 01:06:00,250 --> 01:06:02,125 Maestro… 495 01:06:02,416 --> 01:06:04,291 I'm waiting for you. 496 01:06:05,583 --> 01:06:09,208 Thank you, Caterina. You were amazing in the end. 497 01:06:09,791 --> 01:06:11,500 Don't close it. 498 01:06:11,583 --> 01:06:13,333 I'm going. 499 01:06:13,416 --> 01:06:17,083 -Good night, dear friends. -You won't have dinner with us? 500 01:06:17,166 --> 01:06:20,333 I have a sore throat. I'm going to bed. 501 01:06:20,541 --> 01:06:24,458 My God, take care of yourself. You mustn't get sick! 502 01:06:25,500 --> 01:06:29,833 I have a goddess helping under the sheets. 503 01:06:33,125 --> 01:06:35,625 Good luck, friend. 504 01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:42,625 Are you going to make merry with those idiots? 505 01:06:45,875 --> 01:06:48,208 Or do you want to work with me? 506 01:06:59,625 --> 01:07:01,750 You'll come with me to Turin. 507 01:07:02,791 --> 01:07:05,166 Write my next opera. 508 01:07:19,791 --> 01:07:22,625 Bravo, you were great. 509 01:07:23,916 --> 01:07:28,458 All of Naples is happy and my heart is full of joy. 510 01:07:30,125 --> 01:07:32,583 Bravo, beautiful music. 511 01:07:35,208 --> 01:07:37,166 An exceptional evening. 512 01:07:39,416 --> 01:07:41,583 We'll be expecting you at the palace for dinner. 513 01:07:41,666 --> 01:07:42,916 I'm sorry. I can't. 514 01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:46,541 -You can't refuse. -I will have to. 515 01:07:47,625 --> 01:07:51,541 I need to rest before tomorrow's performance. 516 01:07:55,083 --> 01:07:57,375 Do you want to frighten me? 517 01:07:58,041 --> 01:08:02,041 There are plenty of theatres in Italy that would love to have me. 518 01:08:20,375 --> 01:08:24,000 Where did you study music? In Italy or in your country? 519 01:08:24,166 --> 01:08:28,166 In my homeland and then in Venice, under Maestro Pescetti. 520 01:08:30,207 --> 01:08:34,250 Pescetti - Little Fish. Quite a name. 521 01:08:36,082 --> 01:08:37,916 Continue. 522 01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,250 I studied at the University of Prague, 523 01:08:40,332 --> 01:08:45,207 and to fulfil my father's wishes, I learned everything about milling. 524 01:08:46,832 --> 01:08:49,582 Flour, devices, 525 01:08:50,250 --> 01:08:52,500 shovels, mill wheels. 526 01:08:52,832 --> 01:08:56,207 How to build a dike, reinforce banks, 527 01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:59,457 measure the strength of water currents. 528 01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:02,875 Everything about the life of a river. 529 01:09:08,750 --> 01:09:11,791 Fish. Do you know them? Did you learn about fish? 530 01:09:11,875 --> 01:09:13,750 -Oh, about fish? -Yes. 531 01:09:14,207 --> 01:09:17,750 -No. -That's too bad. You should have. 532 01:09:25,250 --> 01:09:27,457 Is there a chamber pot here? 533 01:09:30,125 --> 01:09:32,000 I don't know. 534 01:09:32,457 --> 01:09:34,625 Over there. Hand it to me. 535 01:09:35,582 --> 01:09:37,750 Take this seat. 536 01:09:40,125 --> 01:09:42,707 Put it over there. Over there. 537 01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,666 So… you like the horn? 538 01:10:05,708 --> 01:10:09,708 Yes, I loved using it in the duet with La Gabrielli. 539 01:10:10,041 --> 01:10:11,916 Really? 540 01:10:12,625 --> 01:10:15,750 The Neapolitan horn school is phenomenal. 541 01:10:16,083 --> 01:10:18,500 Well. You really don't understand. 542 01:10:19,041 --> 01:10:21,166 Don't you know what we call a horn? 543 01:10:21,416 --> 01:10:23,583 Don't worry. You'll find out. 544 01:10:26,375 --> 01:10:29,708 Are there many hunting reserves in your homeland? 545 01:10:30,708 --> 01:10:33,708 -Yes. -You have white stags, don't you? 546 01:10:34,625 --> 01:10:37,416 They are very rare, Your Highness. 547 01:10:38,208 --> 01:10:40,750 But we have many other animals. 548 01:10:41,500 --> 01:10:43,333 We have deer, 549 01:10:43,416 --> 01:10:45,291 bears, wolves, 550 01:10:47,458 --> 01:10:49,458 many types of birds, pheasants… 551 01:10:49,541 --> 01:10:54,583 Yes, there must be a little of everything for the world to be a pleasant place. 552 01:10:55,291 --> 01:10:57,083 And how about fish? 553 01:10:57,166 --> 01:10:59,041 Fish… lots. 554 01:10:59,291 --> 01:11:01,333 We have beautiful rivers and lakes. 555 01:11:01,416 --> 01:11:03,500 But the sea is very cold. 556 01:11:04,375 --> 01:11:06,958 We have no sea, Your Highness. 557 01:11:09,125 --> 01:11:11,750 -You have no sea? -Really, we don't. 558 01:11:14,875 --> 01:11:17,125 We just have mountains for borders. 559 01:11:22,125 --> 01:11:24,000 Mountains are beautiful. 560 01:11:24,166 --> 01:11:26,041 But still… 561 01:11:26,833 --> 01:11:31,541 I am sorry. How can you live without fish, 562 01:11:31,916 --> 01:11:34,000 without ports, without ships? 563 01:11:34,875 --> 01:11:36,750 It must be sad. 564 01:11:38,833 --> 01:11:41,375 Come here. Come have a look. 565 01:11:47,541 --> 01:11:49,416 Do you like it? 566 01:11:49,625 --> 01:11:53,250 My heartiest congratulations, Your Highness. 567 01:11:53,375 --> 01:11:55,250 Pick it up. 568 01:11:55,416 --> 01:11:57,291 Have a closer look. 569 01:12:03,125 --> 01:12:05,000 How is yours? 570 01:12:05,375 --> 01:12:09,208 I'm sure your shit is different before and after a performance. 571 01:12:09,291 --> 01:12:12,041 I noticed that animals show a greater regularity. 572 01:12:12,125 --> 01:12:16,375 Every species defecates in its own way. Each with its own shape and consistency. 573 01:12:16,458 --> 01:12:19,041 However, humans are ever-changing. 574 01:12:19,125 --> 01:12:21,958 One day it is hard, the next day soft. 575 01:12:22,583 --> 01:12:25,083 Do you understand what I'm saying? 576 01:12:26,750 --> 01:12:28,666 You can't rely on them. 577 01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:35,041 I think it's because of our sensitive human souls. 578 01:12:35,166 --> 01:12:37,041 What do you think? 579 01:12:37,625 --> 01:12:40,625 Your Highness' words are full of wisdom. 580 01:12:46,666 --> 01:12:50,750 You know you can see the future in it? I mean the future. What's to come. 581 01:12:51,458 --> 01:12:53,208 I didn't know. 582 01:12:53,875 --> 01:12:56,375 Maybe La Gabrielli will find out. 583 01:12:56,458 --> 01:12:58,333 Put it there. 584 01:13:10,708 --> 01:13:12,583 I like you very much. 585 01:13:13,083 --> 01:13:14,958 Do you know what you will do now? 586 01:13:18,416 --> 01:13:21,916 You will write a cantata for our Holy Mother Church. 587 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:25,625 Then an opera for Pa's birthday. In August. 588 01:14:08,958 --> 01:14:13,833 PRAGUE 1768 589 01:14:36,333 --> 01:14:39,291 You knew perfectly well that Mother was ailing. 590 01:14:39,541 --> 01:14:41,583 You should have come. 591 01:14:43,916 --> 01:14:48,041 You should've been holding her hand when she left to Heaven. 592 01:14:52,708 --> 01:14:54,958 I had to listen to her rebukes. 593 01:14:55,375 --> 01:14:57,250 Her weeping. 594 01:14:58,208 --> 01:15:00,958 I had to let her reproach me. 595 01:15:03,291 --> 01:15:07,041 But she loved you so much she forgot you'd run away like a thief. 596 01:15:07,125 --> 01:15:09,958 and that I'd had to support you. 597 01:15:11,916 --> 01:15:14,916 I have many worries, and too much debt. 598 01:15:17,375 --> 01:15:21,583 I have to pay people to fix the roof and cellar. 599 01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:30,791 Are you wearing cologne? 600 01:15:37,916 --> 01:15:41,125 And you don't care that we're grieving? 601 01:15:47,625 --> 01:15:51,416 I hope your new friends won't lead you astray. 602 01:15:57,791 --> 01:16:00,875 I paid your notary and inheritance tax. 603 01:16:05,791 --> 01:16:07,583 My God… 604 01:16:07,916 --> 01:16:10,750 I'd like to know how you live. 605 01:16:14,166 --> 01:16:17,291 What's the point of being famous if you're in debt? 606 01:16:19,500 --> 01:16:23,375 Do you know how much it costs to travel from Naples to Turin? 607 01:16:23,458 --> 01:16:27,750 The price for the inn? The cost of this trip? 608 01:16:31,166 --> 01:16:34,458 Prima donnas make 4,000 a season. 609 01:16:34,625 --> 01:16:37,625 Tenors make 3,500. Me… 610 01:16:39,041 --> 01:16:40,916 400. 611 01:16:41,166 --> 01:16:45,916 Theatres fight over them, while I have to spend my money to get in. 612 01:16:49,833 --> 01:16:53,041 Of course I'll give you my share of the mill. 613 01:17:41,750 --> 01:17:43,791 Welcome, Maestro. 614 01:17:44,333 --> 01:17:47,958 We were awfully worried you might not come today. 615 01:17:48,041 --> 01:17:52,250 Sir Mozart is playing so he doesn't fall asleep. They leave tomorrow. 616 01:17:53,458 --> 01:17:57,375 -I'm Leopold Mozart. -Pleased to meet you. 617 01:17:57,875 --> 01:18:01,750 -I'm sorry. I had an accident. -I'm sorry to hear. 618 01:18:04,833 --> 01:18:08,208 Madam. You are also in Bologna. 619 01:18:08,416 --> 01:18:11,416 -Maestro! -I came to spend time with my brother. 620 01:18:11,500 --> 01:18:13,833 We've been looking for you for months. 621 01:18:14,041 --> 01:18:19,500 Everywhere we went, you'd either just left or hadn't arrived yet. 622 01:18:19,791 --> 01:18:22,958 I didn't want to miss the chance of meeting you either. 623 01:18:23,041 --> 01:18:25,333 Was that your music? 624 01:18:25,583 --> 01:18:27,416 No. Unfortunately not. 625 01:18:27,833 --> 01:18:32,291 It's from our neighbour Josef Haydn. We just received it in the mail. 626 01:18:32,375 --> 01:18:37,000 Wolfgang longed to meet a fellow countryman so loved in Italy. 627 01:18:37,125 --> 01:18:42,041 Maestro, they say you will have La Gabrielli in your next production. 628 01:18:42,458 --> 01:18:45,375 How is she? Good? Excellent? 629 01:18:45,458 --> 01:18:47,916 Wolfgang! That's enough. 630 01:18:49,333 --> 01:18:52,958 You can't smother Mr. Myslivecek like that. 631 01:18:54,250 --> 01:18:56,250 He doesn't have a sense of timing. 632 01:18:57,875 --> 01:19:00,083 Gentlemen, have a seat. 633 01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:06,083 La Gabrielli is coming next week. 634 01:19:06,166 --> 01:19:10,208 It would be wonderful if she could perform in your production. 635 01:19:10,291 --> 01:19:13,916 They say it's not easy with La Gabrielli. 636 01:19:14,208 --> 01:19:16,833 I assure you that she is an exquisite singer. 637 01:19:16,916 --> 01:19:21,083 It's been 3 seasons since I composed for her. I am impatient to meet her again. 638 01:19:21,166 --> 01:19:24,500 Maestro Mozart, she moved me many times. 639 01:19:24,583 --> 01:19:27,000 There are many wonderful singers. 640 01:19:27,083 --> 01:19:30,625 But they often lack emotion. They lack understanding. 641 01:19:30,708 --> 01:19:35,208 They can't express the right emotions on stage. 642 01:19:35,791 --> 01:19:38,958 But La Gabrielli gives you everything you want. 643 01:19:39,041 --> 01:19:45,250 Sorry, but they say she's irritable and as stubborn as a mule. 644 01:19:45,666 --> 01:19:48,666 And that she is completely immoral. 645 01:19:51,666 --> 01:19:56,041 They gave me your mail in Ferrara. Your butler has it. 646 01:19:56,125 --> 01:19:58,583 Excellent, thanks. I'll go open it. 647 01:19:58,958 --> 01:20:02,458 Are you coming with me. Maybe there's a letter for you, too. 648 01:20:02,541 --> 01:20:04,416 Of course. 649 01:20:05,583 --> 01:20:07,541 Please, excuse us. 650 01:20:08,916 --> 01:20:13,208 Maestro, can I listen to something you are working on? 651 01:20:13,541 --> 01:20:15,416 Certainly. 652 01:20:19,583 --> 01:20:23,041 The beginning of the opera must always be simple and dazzling. 653 01:20:23,125 --> 01:20:25,708 I do a triad in D-major. 654 01:20:50,208 --> 01:20:52,958 The score is in my bag. One moment. 655 01:20:54,625 --> 01:20:56,208 Bravo. 656 01:20:56,291 --> 01:20:58,750 That's a crisp molto vivace. 657 01:20:59,708 --> 01:21:01,583 Thank you. 658 01:22:41,958 --> 01:22:43,541 Bravo. 659 01:22:43,625 --> 01:22:45,666 That's beautiful. 660 01:22:46,583 --> 01:22:48,583 Can I ask you something? 661 01:22:50,166 --> 01:22:53,166 Do you also compose before going to bed? 662 01:22:54,791 --> 01:22:57,666 Often. Sometimes all night. 663 01:23:01,583 --> 01:23:05,625 I always write the beginning of a piece in the evening. 664 01:23:06,083 --> 01:23:10,250 So that I get the attention of the Almighty, 665 01:23:10,458 --> 01:23:13,250 and I finish the piece the following day. 666 01:23:13,916 --> 01:23:19,208 Each time, he lets me live because he wants to hear how the piece ends. 667 01:23:19,791 --> 01:23:23,416 You aren't afraid you won't wake up? 668 01:23:25,458 --> 01:23:27,666 Don't worry, Wolfgang. 669 01:23:28,416 --> 01:23:33,083 Every day that passes teaches you to get through life. 670 01:23:34,208 --> 01:23:37,625 God doesn't only care about what you write in the evening, 671 01:23:37,708 --> 01:23:41,291 but what you become in 10, 20 or 40 years. 672 01:23:41,625 --> 01:23:44,375 Maestro, bad news. 673 01:23:46,166 --> 01:23:50,791 La Gabrielli writes from Palermo. She wants to cancel her contract. 674 01:23:51,291 --> 01:23:56,583 She says she wants to go to a monastery, marry Christ, and never sing again. 675 01:24:05,333 --> 01:24:08,250 She couldn't have found a more famous husband. 676 01:24:08,666 --> 01:24:11,083 A contract cannot be broken like that. 677 01:24:15,500 --> 01:24:20,166 I worked with a good soprano. Last year, in Florence. 678 01:25:56,500 --> 01:25:59,125 I'm going to Florence, to Milan. 679 01:26:01,083 --> 01:26:04,666 My opera will open the new theatre in Pavia. 680 01:26:06,583 --> 01:26:08,458 Then… 681 01:26:09,750 --> 01:26:12,750 I'll return to Turin and Parma. 682 01:26:16,875 --> 01:26:19,500 But I have no commissions in Naples. 683 01:26:21,750 --> 01:26:26,125 I'm trying to say that I don't know if we'll meet again. 684 01:26:32,166 --> 01:26:34,250 I would like to stay here too. 685 01:26:36,166 --> 01:26:38,750 Naples has become a prison for me. 686 01:26:42,041 --> 01:26:45,416 But my husband is impatient. I have to go back. 687 01:27:01,291 --> 01:27:03,166 Will you write to me? 688 01:27:06,625 --> 01:27:11,583 To correspond with a man like you would give my life meaning again. 689 01:27:12,666 --> 01:27:17,041 I could organize my thoughts and compare them to yours. 690 01:27:20,083 --> 01:27:21,958 To think… 691 01:27:25,833 --> 01:27:28,625 Sorry, forget what I said. 692 01:28:02,083 --> 01:28:03,958 Stop it. 693 01:28:14,166 --> 01:28:15,791 No. 694 01:28:26,708 --> 01:28:30,791 Dear Anna, thank you for your last letter, 695 01:28:31,250 --> 01:28:36,041 and for the fascinating description of the excavations of Pompeii. 696 01:28:37,500 --> 01:28:42,833 You have a gift of talking about the victims as if it happened just yesterday. 697 01:28:43,083 --> 01:28:46,458 As if you, dear Anna, really knew them. 698 01:28:49,375 --> 01:28:54,541 Had I also been buried alive so suddenly, but together with you, 699 01:28:54,625 --> 01:28:56,875 I would have died happy. 700 01:28:58,541 --> 01:29:03,708 In every city, I hope that one of your letters is waiting for me. 701 01:29:04,500 --> 01:29:06,750 I admire your sensibility, 702 01:29:08,083 --> 01:29:10,000 your wisdom. 703 01:29:11,333 --> 01:29:14,083 How I wish to see you again. 704 01:29:22,458 --> 01:29:24,333 Dear friend, 705 01:29:25,416 --> 01:29:28,833 it's been two years since we were separated. 706 01:29:28,916 --> 01:29:32,166 Despite that, your image guides me day and night. 707 01:29:33,041 --> 01:29:35,500 I talk to you. We have discussions. 708 01:29:37,333 --> 01:29:39,583 You are my soul mate. 709 01:29:41,333 --> 01:29:46,666 The thirst for knowledge connecting us can overcome centuries. 710 01:29:47,875 --> 01:29:51,416 Love does not last in marriage. 711 01:29:54,666 --> 01:29:58,833 I cannot only blame the bad character of my husband, 712 01:29:59,833 --> 01:30:05,916 but also the nature of carnal love that is quick to catch fire but soon turns to ash. 713 01:30:07,791 --> 01:30:09,666 But let's go forward. 714 01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:12,791 I want to speak to you about dissonance 715 01:30:12,875 --> 01:30:16,916 that finally has its place in contemporary music. 716 01:30:17,750 --> 01:30:23,208 One moment of discomfort promises the ear a more satisfying end 717 01:30:23,291 --> 01:30:25,833 when the harmony returns. 718 01:30:27,375 --> 01:30:32,625 Be careful when you write. My husband's jealousy is ever growing. 719 01:30:33,583 --> 01:30:36,041 I'm enclosing two articles 720 01:30:36,125 --> 01:30:40,291 I translated for you from the excellent magazine Mercure de France. 721 01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:17,458 -I am glad to see you again. -So am I. 722 01:31:17,541 --> 01:31:21,333 I look forward to the opera you're preparing. 723 01:31:21,416 --> 01:31:24,416 I'll have more stage fright than ever before. 724 01:31:24,500 --> 01:31:25,958 Why? 725 01:31:26,041 --> 01:31:28,041 Because I owe you everything. 726 01:31:28,125 --> 01:31:32,000 I see your name in the newspapers. I hear it in conversations. 727 01:31:32,166 --> 01:31:36,416 Travellers who have heard your operas tell me about them. 728 01:31:37,291 --> 01:31:42,208 Seldom have I been witness to such huge success. 729 01:31:43,125 --> 01:31:45,625 That's a great reward for me. 730 01:31:48,500 --> 01:31:52,833 Do you know that your pupil found a husband and has two kids? 731 01:31:53,250 --> 01:31:54,875 No, I'm really glad. 732 01:31:54,958 --> 01:31:58,500 -It seems she is in love. -I'm glad to hear that. 733 01:31:59,500 --> 01:32:01,625 And do you know about Falier? 734 01:32:02,666 --> 01:32:04,125 They found him dead 735 01:32:04,208 --> 01:32:08,291 in the bed of the Mother Superior of the Benedictine monastery. 736 01:32:09,125 --> 01:32:10,875 A broken heart. 737 01:32:10,958 --> 01:32:15,166 It's a pity he died so happy and so close to Paradise. 738 01:32:16,416 --> 01:32:18,958 I'd wish him a more wretched passing. 739 01:32:23,458 --> 01:32:26,875 Our poor friend isn't so well. 740 01:32:27,333 --> 01:32:29,750 She says she fell off a horse. 741 01:32:31,875 --> 01:32:34,041 Stop by and see her. 742 01:32:36,375 --> 01:32:38,250 She'd be happy. 743 01:32:57,125 --> 01:32:59,041 Take a seat. 744 01:33:10,125 --> 01:33:12,000 You've changed. 745 01:33:13,041 --> 01:33:14,916 You haven't. 746 01:33:17,958 --> 01:33:20,291 You lost your sincerity. 747 01:33:20,708 --> 01:33:22,583 No. 748 01:33:22,666 --> 01:33:25,250 You just look a bit tired. 749 01:33:27,000 --> 01:33:29,166 What did the doctor say? 750 01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:36,375 Doctors… I went to a sorceress in Murano, but you know, I'm not naive. 751 01:33:39,875 --> 01:33:42,958 You're a success. I'm happy for you. 752 01:33:45,916 --> 01:33:48,375 You've had a lot of love affairs? 753 01:33:49,666 --> 01:33:51,666 I've mostly just worked. 754 01:33:56,708 --> 01:33:58,750 You were like a kitten. 755 01:33:59,666 --> 01:34:01,541 But you're better like that. 756 01:34:10,416 --> 01:34:12,291 How are your children? 757 01:34:14,291 --> 01:34:16,166 They don't tell me much. 758 01:34:18,291 --> 01:34:20,666 I don't feel my best today. 759 01:34:22,708 --> 01:34:24,875 Stop by another time. 760 01:34:26,958 --> 01:34:28,833 Of course. 761 01:34:29,375 --> 01:34:31,666 But I'll be very busy. 762 01:34:31,750 --> 01:34:34,916 I must write the Christmas Mass for Saint Zaccaria. 763 01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:39,375 We can see each other over Christmas. Or for my carnival opera. 764 01:34:45,666 --> 01:34:48,833 I haven't gone out in a while, 765 01:34:49,375 --> 01:34:52,541 but come for a hot chocolate. I'd be happy to see you. 766 01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:37,000 - Why were you looking at the marquis? - What? 767 01:35:37,583 --> 01:35:42,041 - Why were you looking at the marquis? - I wasn't. 768 01:35:42,250 --> 01:35:44,125 Confess. 769 01:35:45,708 --> 01:35:47,583 Confess! 770 01:35:50,250 --> 01:35:52,833 Addolorata, take the girls away. 771 01:35:55,416 --> 01:35:57,291 Hurry. 772 01:36:03,333 --> 01:36:07,333 He was your guest. I spoke with him just as a courtesy. 773 01:36:08,166 --> 01:36:09,750 Don't lie, Anna. 774 01:36:09,833 --> 01:36:12,625 -I'm not lying. -Don't lie. 775 01:36:13,958 --> 01:36:18,250 Or I'll kill you. Then I'll kill him and then myself. 776 01:36:18,583 --> 01:36:23,208 Then you'll be happy and we'll be free. Once and for all. 777 01:36:25,583 --> 01:36:27,458 You wouldn't dare. 778 01:36:28,125 --> 01:36:30,000 Swear… 779 01:36:31,791 --> 01:36:34,333 Swear on the head of your brother 780 01:36:34,666 --> 01:36:36,791 and on your dead mother. 781 01:36:36,916 --> 01:36:39,958 I swear. On Carlo, on my mother. 782 01:36:43,666 --> 01:36:47,208 Now you'll give me a boy. You owe me a son. 783 01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:15,958 Yes? 784 01:38:16,500 --> 01:38:18,541 Good evening, Maestro. 785 01:38:19,375 --> 01:38:21,416 Can I leave this over there? 786 01:38:23,125 --> 01:38:25,000 Thank you. 787 01:38:44,166 --> 01:38:47,875 Maestro, sir, I want to sing too… 788 01:38:48,708 --> 01:38:51,208 Will you please give me lessons? 789 01:38:51,875 --> 01:38:53,583 I'm sorry. I'm working. 790 01:38:53,666 --> 01:38:58,958 I can pay you! I'll be your servant. Wash your clothes, do your errands. 791 01:39:00,833 --> 01:39:03,291 -I need to work now. -Of course. 792 01:39:05,041 --> 01:39:06,916 There's also a letter. 793 01:39:09,208 --> 01:39:11,083 Thank you. 794 01:39:34,041 --> 01:39:36,500 I'm happy you are in Naples. 795 01:39:37,458 --> 01:39:43,083 Yet, I am forced to say with sadness that our friendship must end. 796 01:39:43,208 --> 01:39:45,333 Even our correspondence. 797 01:39:46,458 --> 01:39:50,708 There is no way out. Don't try to contact me. 798 01:39:51,041 --> 01:39:52,791 Please. 799 01:39:52,875 --> 01:39:56,291 Let us be above our suffering. 800 01:39:56,750 --> 01:39:59,458 -Good day Baron. -Good day. 801 01:40:00,166 --> 01:40:03,458 I came to see you but I'll be quick. 802 01:40:03,541 --> 01:40:07,083 Your brother-in-law gave me this book for your spouse. 803 01:40:07,291 --> 01:40:10,333 Thank you. She'll be happy. 804 01:40:12,500 --> 01:40:14,666 May I offer you something? 805 01:40:14,833 --> 01:40:17,291 No, I have to get back to work, I'm sorry. 806 01:40:18,166 --> 01:40:20,041 Of course. 807 01:40:22,125 --> 01:40:25,625 Unless I ought to say hello to the lady. 808 01:40:26,625 --> 01:40:28,041 Yes. 809 01:40:28,125 --> 01:40:30,333 But I must tell you something. 810 01:40:30,416 --> 01:40:32,291 She feels very weak. 811 01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:34,875 Keep it to yourself. 812 01:40:35,041 --> 01:40:37,875 She is plagued by chronic melancholy. 813 01:40:39,625 --> 01:40:41,500 Please. 814 01:40:47,166 --> 01:40:49,250 -Maestro. -Madam. 815 01:40:52,833 --> 01:40:57,375 I have come to bring you a book sent by your brother Carlo. 816 01:41:00,125 --> 01:41:03,458 - Sir. Where is it? - Ah, yes. I'll go fetch it. 817 01:41:16,916 --> 01:41:20,250 You can't break our friendship this way. 818 01:41:31,750 --> 01:41:34,125 Don't give in to the pain. 819 01:41:37,208 --> 01:41:39,416 Don't be sad. 820 01:41:41,208 --> 01:41:43,083 Work in peace. 821 01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:47,041 Enjoy your well-deserved successes. 822 01:41:48,041 --> 01:41:50,291 The future smiles on you. 823 01:42:26,708 --> 01:42:29,333 The fresh air did me good. 824 01:43:35,708 --> 01:43:37,583 Anna! 825 01:45:25,125 --> 01:45:28,708 I must break the rule we set for ourselves 826 01:45:29,083 --> 01:45:33,333 to tell you how much I loved your last opera. 827 01:45:33,416 --> 01:45:35,583 But I also want to tell you: 828 01:45:35,875 --> 01:45:42,666 Even the greatest artists give up when faced with difficult material. 829 01:45:43,625 --> 01:45:46,208 Not even you can escape this rule. 830 01:45:46,291 --> 01:45:50,375 Please don't succumb to the superficial tastes 831 01:45:50,458 --> 01:45:54,708 and wishes of singers who think only of their own interests. 832 01:45:54,958 --> 01:46:00,250 Read the French philosopher, Diderot. His thoughts about opera are enlightening. 833 01:46:01,333 --> 01:46:04,625 Your music could be felt more deeply. 834 01:46:05,125 --> 01:46:07,791 Revealing the depths of the human soul. 835 01:46:07,875 --> 01:46:12,083 Speak even more clearly, strongly and directly to our hearts. 836 01:46:12,583 --> 01:46:15,791 I tell you this because I stay devoted to you. 837 01:46:23,291 --> 01:46:25,166 Queen. 838 01:46:26,583 --> 01:46:28,458 Is everyone finished? 839 01:46:30,791 --> 01:46:32,666 Sir, are you betting? 840 01:46:40,375 --> 01:46:42,250 Five. 841 01:46:46,333 --> 01:46:49,166 Sir, you forgot your cigarette case. Here! 842 01:46:49,250 --> 01:46:52,791 Christ, what are you doing? Toss it to me. 843 01:47:00,250 --> 01:47:02,125 Thank you. 844 01:47:02,916 --> 01:47:04,958 Which number? Queen? 845 01:47:06,583 --> 01:47:08,458 No more bets? 846 01:47:15,375 --> 01:47:17,250 The jacket. 847 01:47:17,666 --> 01:47:19,166 Which number? 848 01:47:19,250 --> 01:47:20,666 King. 849 01:47:20,750 --> 01:47:22,625 Bets are off. 850 01:47:33,708 --> 01:47:35,583 Gentlemen. 851 01:47:35,958 --> 01:47:38,750 I'm sorry, Maestro. You'll win it back next time. 852 01:47:38,833 --> 01:47:42,291 There's no doubt. I'll leave you without your drawers. 853 01:47:42,375 --> 01:47:44,250 It would be an honour. 854 01:47:45,291 --> 01:47:48,375 -What? -Shall I add her to your bill? 855 01:47:49,791 --> 01:47:51,666 I'd prefer her on my bed. 856 01:47:51,833 --> 01:47:53,666 Come with me, love. 857 01:47:53,750 --> 01:47:57,291 Not with her. You don't need to. Let's go. 858 01:47:57,375 --> 01:48:00,875 What does she want, this hussy. 859 01:48:00,958 --> 01:48:02,625 -Get lost. -Who? 860 01:48:02,708 --> 01:48:06,833 -You! -Who are you? We work here. 861 01:48:14,708 --> 01:48:17,166 Enough! Stop it! 862 01:48:17,250 --> 01:48:19,458 Shut up, faggot. 863 01:48:22,166 --> 01:48:24,666 Have you gone mad? Get out! 864 01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:26,750 Half man. 865 01:48:26,833 --> 01:48:28,708 Evil upon you. 866 01:48:28,916 --> 01:48:31,333 -Take your jacket. -My jacket? 867 01:48:32,333 --> 01:48:35,041 I lost it at cards. 868 01:48:35,208 --> 01:48:37,208 -Get out of here. -Let's go. 869 01:48:40,375 --> 01:48:41,791 Get lost. 870 01:48:46,125 --> 01:48:49,541 Such a beautiful jacket, and you loose it with the whores. 871 01:48:49,625 --> 01:48:51,250 This isn't a life for you. 872 01:49:13,083 --> 01:49:14,958 What's this? 873 01:49:15,291 --> 01:49:17,166 I don't know. 874 01:49:17,625 --> 01:49:21,125 It hurts a bit. Probably a sting. 875 01:49:37,125 --> 01:49:42,000 PADUA 1775 876 01:50:31,875 --> 01:50:33,791 Your Excellency, 877 01:50:34,291 --> 01:50:38,041 I believe that the gossip about me and my rivals' slander 878 01:50:38,125 --> 01:50:40,333 are not worthy of your ears. 879 01:50:44,333 --> 01:50:49,958 I am not sick because of an immoral life, but for an entirely different reason. 880 01:50:52,791 --> 01:50:55,416 My life is filled with work and faith. 881 01:51:02,958 --> 01:51:05,083 May Your Excellency be reassured: 882 01:51:05,166 --> 01:51:07,583 My physical state is not good, 883 01:51:07,666 --> 01:51:11,666 but my head and my spirit are untouched. 884 01:51:14,583 --> 01:51:16,458 Here is La Nitetti. 885 01:51:18,208 --> 01:51:21,708 It won't be difficult to adapt the text for it. 886 01:51:24,791 --> 01:51:29,166 I will honour the city of Padova with my most beautiful composition. 887 01:51:30,250 --> 01:51:33,875 It's a duet from Demophon. It needs to be made longer. 888 01:51:34,833 --> 01:51:37,166 Try to add repetitions. 889 01:51:37,625 --> 01:51:40,333 We'll see. 890 01:51:41,583 --> 01:51:46,333 I'll pay the expenses arising from me not conducting it personally. 891 01:51:46,416 --> 01:51:49,208 Your humble and unworthy servant. 892 01:52:26,458 --> 01:52:28,791 I'm sorry about what happened. 893 01:52:31,708 --> 01:52:35,708 He wanted to lock me up in the countryside. 894 01:52:35,916 --> 01:52:38,333 Forbid me to see my daughters. 895 01:52:40,333 --> 01:52:45,125 I was forbidden to see my brother. Unfortunately. 896 01:52:48,291 --> 01:52:51,333 Do you want a bit of tobacco for strength? 897 01:52:53,458 --> 01:52:55,333 Tell me… 898 01:52:55,833 --> 01:52:57,708 Am I lost? 899 01:52:58,041 --> 01:52:59,916 No. 900 01:53:00,041 --> 01:53:02,333 We just need a good doctor. 901 01:53:05,708 --> 01:53:08,666 As a maestro am I finished? 902 01:53:09,083 --> 01:53:10,958 Of course not! 903 01:53:16,625 --> 01:53:19,791 The opera of the famous composer Misliveczek known as "Il Boemo," 904 01:53:19,875 --> 01:53:22,541 with Mrs. Neri and Mr. Rubinelli, 905 01:53:22,791 --> 01:53:25,875 was performed in a very well-lit theatre. 906 01:53:25,958 --> 01:53:28,458 The arias were received with excitement. 907 01:53:31,708 --> 01:53:33,500 You see… 908 01:53:34,541 --> 01:53:37,916 I'd like to work jointly with a librettist. 909 01:53:39,208 --> 01:53:43,666 For the whole piece to come together. The music and the lyrics. 910 01:53:46,208 --> 01:53:48,875 I'm sick of the old stories. 911 01:53:50,708 --> 01:53:56,250 I'd like to write an opera closer to the life we actually live. 912 01:53:56,333 --> 01:53:59,291 You said it yourself once, remember? 913 01:54:01,500 --> 01:54:05,125 Will you help me find this poet in Naples? 914 01:54:05,791 --> 01:54:07,583 Yes. 915 01:54:08,416 --> 01:54:11,250 We will go when you're better. 916 01:57:28,833 --> 01:57:30,875 Forgive me, friend. 917 01:57:32,458 --> 01:57:34,916 But my life lacks meaning. 918 01:57:36,333 --> 01:57:38,208 You are a fighter. 919 01:57:38,666 --> 01:57:40,916 Don't be led astray. 920 01:57:42,500 --> 01:57:47,500 Follow the star that take you far. Away from an unfavourable destiny. 921 01:57:51,666 --> 01:57:54,875 I never told you how much I loved you. 922 01:57:55,625 --> 01:57:57,500 I regret it. 923 01:58:01,291 --> 01:58:03,166 Pray for me. 924 01:58:04,458 --> 01:58:07,166 I believe in a merciful God. 925 01:58:07,250 --> 01:58:10,583 And one day, I hope, we will meet again. 926 01:59:28,375 --> 01:59:33,291 MUNICH 1777 927 02:00:21,458 --> 02:00:29,041 Farewell, my life. 928 02:00:31,541 --> 02:00:39,916 Farewell, my lost hope. 929 02:00:45,291 --> 02:00:51,458 May heaven 930 02:00:52,375 --> 02:00:58,083 Make you happier than me 931 02:01:00,833 --> 02:01:06,708 Preserve 932 02:01:07,333 --> 02:01:14,791 Your beautiful creation 933 02:01:15,500 --> 02:01:21,375 Eternal Gods 934 02:01:22,750 --> 02:01:25,958 And the days I shall loose 935 02:01:26,708 --> 02:01:29,500 Give to her 936 02:01:34,000 --> 02:01:35,875 Lycidas 937 02:01:36,208 --> 02:01:38,083 Where are you? 938 02:01:39,541 --> 02:01:41,375 Lycidas 939 02:01:41,458 --> 02:01:45,083 Does Aristea know? 940 02:01:45,375 --> 02:01:49,208 She knows everything, my prince Go to your wife's rescue 941 02:01:49,541 --> 02:01:53,750 What is it? What happened? 942 02:01:54,458 --> 02:01:58,125 She suddenly lost all her senses 943 02:02:01,125 --> 02:02:03,333 Are you leaving? 944 02:02:03,500 --> 02:02:07,541 I am leaving Take care of Aristea 945 02:02:07,916 --> 02:02:12,166 What will she say when she regains consciousness? 946 02:02:12,750 --> 02:02:18,000 I have witnessed all of his impulses 947 02:02:18,708 --> 02:02:20,541 Lycidas! 948 02:02:20,791 --> 02:02:22,666 Listen! 949 02:02:28,250 --> 02:02:31,875 If she looks for me 950 02:02:33,250 --> 02:02:36,750 if she says 951 02:02:37,791 --> 02:02:45,208 "Where's my friend?" 952 02:02:46,750 --> 02:02:54,666 "Where's my friend?" 953 02:02:58,041 --> 02:03:06,541 Where's my unhappy friend 954 02:03:07,166 --> 02:03:10,541 Answer 955 02:03:11,791 --> 02:03:13,666 He is dead 956 02:03:19,541 --> 02:03:21,875 He is dead 957 02:03:24,833 --> 02:03:27,541 Oh, no! 958 02:03:28,375 --> 02:03:33,083 Such great sorrow 959 02:03:33,166 --> 02:03:40,291 Do not give it to her 960 02:03:41,500 --> 02:03:48,666 Because of me 961 02:03:50,166 --> 02:03:57,291 Answer, my friend 962 02:03:58,416 --> 02:04:01,875 Just 963 02:04:02,958 --> 02:04:05,708 Answer 964 02:04:07,125 --> 02:04:13,416 "He left, crying" 965 02:04:15,750 --> 02:04:25,041 "He left… crying" 966 02:04:43,583 --> 02:04:46,708 Such never-ending pain 967 02:04:47,125 --> 02:04:49,916 To leave my beloved 968 02:04:50,375 --> 02:04:54,041 Leave her forever 969 02:04:54,125 --> 02:04:56,666 Leave her like this! 970 02:04:57,458 --> 02:05:00,500 Such never-ending pain 971 02:05:01,000 --> 02:05:04,041 To leave my love 972 02:05:04,333 --> 02:05:08,083 To leave her forever 973 02:05:08,166 --> 02:05:10,958 Leave her like this! 974 02:05:11,541 --> 02:05:15,041 Such never-ending pain 975 02:05:39,583 --> 02:05:42,541 Maestro! Bravo! Flawless performance! 976 02:05:42,625 --> 02:05:44,916 What a beautiful evening. 977 02:05:49,000 --> 02:05:51,791 The Duke of Noja and Duke of San Paolo, 978 02:05:51,958 --> 02:05:55,000 are the pillars of the new direction of the theatre. 979 02:05:55,083 --> 02:05:59,750 Excellent. My warmest congratulations. Bravo. We're proud of you. 980 02:05:59,916 --> 02:06:04,375 Truly grand. The best opera these old walls have ever heard. 981 02:06:04,458 --> 02:06:08,291 Nobody writes as well as Maestro Myslivecek. 982 02:06:10,083 --> 02:06:14,208 Maestro, in the past years, you've done so much for our theatre 983 02:06:14,291 --> 02:06:16,208 and our kingdom. 984 02:06:16,708 --> 02:06:20,625 We are the new blood of the theatre. 985 02:06:22,333 --> 02:06:28,166 But after all we are proud of the glorious past to which you belong. 986 02:06:28,250 --> 02:06:32,041 With all the art you gave to the kingdom. 987 02:06:33,000 --> 02:06:36,666 If you ever take a trip back to Naples, 988 02:06:37,125 --> 02:06:40,708 you should let us know. We would be pleased. 989 02:06:41,541 --> 02:06:45,708 By the way, Wolfgang Mazard… Do you know him well? 990 02:06:48,250 --> 02:06:52,791 Of course. I already told the previous direction that he's an great virtuoso. 991 02:06:52,875 --> 02:06:54,791 We were thinking it'd be great 992 02:06:54,875 --> 02:06:59,375 to have a new opera written by a Northerner such as yourself. 993 02:06:59,458 --> 02:07:02,416 Or Bianchi. We know him. He's excellent. 994 02:07:02,583 --> 02:07:05,291 Let's steal Luchesi from Cologne. 995 02:07:05,375 --> 02:07:08,500 -Oh, please. -It'd cause a ruckus. What a great idea. 996 02:07:08,583 --> 02:07:10,458 Gentlemen! 997 02:07:20,041 --> 02:07:21,916 Maestro. 998 02:07:24,500 --> 02:07:28,125 I prefer comedy, and you know that well. 999 02:07:30,583 --> 02:07:33,291 But this opera is truly exceptional. 1000 02:07:34,833 --> 02:07:36,708 It brought me to life. 1001 02:07:37,666 --> 02:07:39,458 It is very… 1002 02:07:42,000 --> 02:07:44,458 it made me feel a lot. 1003 02:07:47,125 --> 02:07:49,291 Because it's true, 1004 02:07:49,416 --> 02:07:51,291 really true, 1005 02:07:52,458 --> 02:07:54,333 very true. 1006 02:07:55,833 --> 02:07:59,625 When my parents left to rule Spain, 1007 02:08:00,333 --> 02:08:02,666 I was left all alone. 1008 02:08:03,416 --> 02:08:06,250 I was eight. I was very sad. 1009 02:08:06,583 --> 02:08:11,583 I slept until noon. I wanted to forget about myself and my family. 1010 02:08:12,250 --> 02:08:14,458 Like that one… Megacles. 1011 02:08:14,833 --> 02:08:16,708 That's it, Megacles. 1012 02:08:17,125 --> 02:08:19,833 He wants to sleep so as not to think. 1013 02:08:20,416 --> 02:08:23,416 Because he can't bear that he lost his wife. 1014 02:08:25,916 --> 02:08:28,833 I wanted to forget the world too. 1015 02:08:32,666 --> 02:08:35,375 Even now, when I think back, it hurts. 1016 02:08:37,375 --> 02:08:39,625 Thank you, Your Highness. 1017 02:08:39,708 --> 02:08:43,875 Maestro, you make our Austria proud. 1018 02:08:44,125 --> 02:08:46,666 And you bring joy to Naples. 1019 02:08:47,000 --> 02:08:50,708 If I may, Your Highness, about Austria. 1020 02:08:51,083 --> 02:08:57,416 We were discussing next season. Maestro suggested Wolfgang Massard. 1021 02:08:57,750 --> 02:08:59,333 Mozart? 1022 02:08:59,416 --> 02:09:02,375 Why that vagabond who runs across the globe, 1023 02:09:02,458 --> 02:09:06,750 instead of serving my mother, my brother and his homeland? 1024 02:09:07,583 --> 02:09:12,458 Do you want to make me angry by protecting that useless young man? 1025 02:09:12,541 --> 02:09:16,500 No. He's simply the best, Your Highness. 1026 02:09:17,625 --> 02:09:19,500 You are the best. 1027 02:09:19,750 --> 02:09:21,625 At least this evening. 1028 02:09:22,083 --> 02:09:26,000 We might come listen to your music again tomorrow. 1029 02:09:27,041 --> 02:09:31,125 If you wish, I could write for next year. 1030 02:09:34,541 --> 02:09:36,083 We'll see. 1031 02:09:36,166 --> 02:09:39,500 If I finish the hunt in time, I might come listen again. 1032 02:09:40,583 --> 02:09:43,166 Above all, don't lose hope. 1033 02:10:12,083 --> 02:10:13,958 Boemo. 1034 02:10:16,125 --> 02:10:18,000 Caterina. 1035 02:10:19,250 --> 02:10:21,708 How was your time in Russia? 1036 02:10:22,333 --> 02:10:24,625 Seven years was too long. 1037 02:10:26,250 --> 02:10:28,791 I'm glad I'm back in my homeland. 1038 02:10:32,041 --> 02:10:33,916 I've missed your voice. 1039 02:10:35,250 --> 02:10:37,541 I'm looking forward to hearing you. 1040 02:11:35,958 --> 02:11:42,375 My dear love 1041 02:11:42,583 --> 02:11:47,875 I'm waiting and longing for you 1042 02:11:56,291 --> 02:11:58,458 It can't stay like this. 1043 02:11:59,666 --> 02:12:03,750 -You're still the same… -I'm sorry, but the music is poor. 1044 02:12:04,291 --> 02:12:06,166 It lacks variation. 1045 02:12:07,208 --> 02:12:09,541 These are not arias but lullabies. 1046 02:12:09,625 --> 02:12:12,666 They'll think I sold my vocal chords in Russia. 1047 02:12:12,750 --> 02:12:15,083 Have you forgotten the voice I have? 1048 02:12:16,166 --> 02:12:18,375 I know it better than you do. 1049 02:12:20,541 --> 02:12:22,916 These arias are just right for you. 1050 02:12:28,916 --> 02:12:31,250 Today we don't write as in the past. 1051 02:12:32,750 --> 02:12:35,250 The fashion in Europe is changing. 1052 02:12:36,875 --> 02:12:39,500 Music is becoming simpler. 1053 02:12:41,208 --> 02:12:43,083 More melody. 1054 02:12:43,750 --> 02:12:47,458 More feelings, inwardness, emotions. 1055 02:12:49,625 --> 02:12:52,000 That's what our time demands. 1056 02:12:58,458 --> 02:13:00,750 We're approaching better days. 1057 02:13:04,041 --> 02:13:05,916 Trust me. 1058 02:13:16,583 --> 02:13:22,250 …waiting and longing 1059 02:13:22,583 --> 02:13:25,166 And when 1060 02:13:25,833 --> 02:13:28,333 I see you 1061 02:13:28,625 --> 02:13:34,416 You console me 1062 02:13:39,250 --> 02:13:46,708 …you console me 1063 02:13:48,333 --> 02:13:53,833 You console me 1064 02:14:20,583 --> 02:14:25,291 The aria "Il caro mio bene" and other pieces for the opera Armida 1065 02:14:25,375 --> 02:14:29,541 were refused by the singers and management of the theatre. 1066 02:14:29,625 --> 02:14:32,750 They were replaced by music from other composers. 1067 02:14:32,833 --> 02:14:36,041 A few years after Il Boemo's death, 1068 02:14:36,125 --> 02:14:41,750 W.A. Mozart took this aria to create his famous "Ridente la calma." 74223

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