Went to the Stadsschouwburg yesterday to see Amadeus, the dutch version of the play by Peter Schaffer. All preparation for the long haul (did good eating/went to the toilet beforehand 
were in vain; the three hours the play took went by like five minutes.
We all know the story; a bittered Salieri (wiki), preparing for suicide, is looking back on his life. A life centering for the last decennia on finding ways to keep the way more talented Mozart little. Why? Salieri, believing that God has placed him on earth to translate the divine voice in music and God making him the greatest compopser on earth, sees the favor of the man above moving from him to Mozart. God has abanded him!
His serving of God changes to a war, he becomes
determined to strike back at God by silencing his instrument. At the same time he is very much touched by that instrument, and becoming more and more aware of his own shortcomings or mediocriacy (not just in composing, but also in the fierceness with which Mozart leads his life (the life Salieri could have had); adultering and drinking)
Jeroen Krabbé stages a magnificent Salieri, while Marc-Marie Huijbregts as a hysterical and emotionally instable Mozart combines his musical talent with the cabaresque. All sold out…wait for the DVD!
In the meanwhile you could watch the almost equally impressive movie based on the same play.
