Amadeus

By Peter Shaffer
With Michael Sheen

As part of Sydney Opera House’s 50th Anniversary.

“The dream was big. And I banged on about it for a long time before it happened. Take Peter Shaffer’s magnificent play, with a full cast of 20, add a 20-person onstage moving orchestra, a 90+ piece costume design by the trailblazing atelier Romance Was Born, and transform the legendary Sydney Opera House Concert Hall into a proscenium Arch Theatre with an architecturally wondrous set design. Led by the great Michael Sheen and playing for 2000 people a night as the flagship of the 50th Anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, this was ambition on another level. Sat nervously off to the side of the stage following our first public performance, the roar from the crowd at the play's epic conclusion was the payoff for the monumental effort that went it from every single person who pulled this together.”

- Andrew 

Starring acclaimed actor Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga, The Queen, Masters of Sex, Good Omens) as Antonio Salieri, Rahel Romahn (Here Out West, Shantaram, Lord of The Flies) as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lily Balatincz (Constellations, The Eggs, Stop the Virgens) as Constanze Mozart.

Theatre, opera and classical music come together in this momentous production that reimagines the lives of Salieri and Mozart. Fuelled by ambition, obsession, and betrayal, uncover Salieri’s inner torment as he grapples with Mozart’s genius and sets out to destroy the brilliant, flamboyant young star.