salieri

     

Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), was an Italian composer an conductor. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time.

Trivia about salieri

  • Ian McKellen won a Tony in 1981 for playing this rival of Mozart in "Amadeus"
  • Lorenzo Da Ponte simultaneously wrote librettos for "Don Giovanni" & this Mozart rival's "Tarare"
  • Composer whose name completes the title of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Mozart and..."
  • F. Murray Abraham in "Amadeus"