Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer, which gives a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, "Amadeus" was inspired by a short 1830 play by Alexander Pushkin called "Mozart and Salieri" (which was also used as the libretto for an opera of the same name by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1897). In the play, significant use is made of the music of Mozart, Salieri and other composers of the period. The premieres of Mozart's operas "The Abduction from the Seraglio", "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni", and
Il Neo the composer). A "Berceuse" from this opera arranged by the composer for voice and piano was published by Bevilacqua in supplement to "Renascença" No. 1, 1904. There are 9 roles: 5 principal (soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors and bariton) and 3 secondary (2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass), and a mixed chorus (SATB). The orchestra consists of piccoli, flutes, oboes, clarinets (in B), bassoons; trumpets (in F), trombone (in E), bass trombone; percussion; harp and strings. Il Neo Il Neo (La Mouche) is an opera in 1 act, 3 tableaux ("novelletta musicale in 3 piccoli quadri" — musical novelette in 3