antonio salieri

     

He moved to Vienna in 1766; in 1778 he presented his native Italy with the first opera staged at La Scala

Trivia about antonio salieri

  • This Italian outlived Mozart by 34 years, but the rumor that he poisoned him probably isn't true
  • Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an opera about Mozart's rivalry with this man, who allegedly poisoned him
  • Best-known in America as TV's Hercule Poirot, David Suchet played this role in a recent revival of "Amadeus"
  • He's better remembered for the rumor that he poisoned Mozart than for his operas like "Tarare"

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