Category: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Amadeus review – this Mozart series is a pale, petty version of the movie it’s based on

by The Guardian | Dec 21, 2025 | Culture, Peter Shaffer, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 0 |

Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany’s new TV drama is flat, airless and banal. It’s a crass affair with a thin, half-hearted performance from SharpeHere’s my position. If you are going to create a miniseries about the life, death and...

‘It’s fun to go to war with God’: Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany on their sweaty, sacrilegious take on Amadeus

by The Guardian | Dec 14, 2025 | Culture, Paul Bettany, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 0 |

Last time the fierce enmity between Mozart and Salieri was adapted for the screen, it won a best picture Oscar. Now a new TV version turns up the temperature several notches – but will its stars develop a rivalry of their own?“A...