20/09/2024
Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow, who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Simon reveals the drama when a Hollywood director chose to turn the play into a film.
Geoffrey Colman speaks to Vanessa-Mae, Jane Glover, Mark Anthony Turnage, Simon Callow and poet Patrick Mackie for their powerful and revealing reactions to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, and their particular relationship with Mozart and his music.
Across five episodes, each guest offers their own very personal connection to Mozart, with views on the film that became a watershed for classical music when it was released forty years ago in September 1984.
In this fifth and final episode, Geoffrey Colman meets Simon Callow who first played Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Simon reveals the dramas when Hollywood director Milos Forman chose to turn the play into a film.
Presenter: Geoffrey Colman
Producer: Jonathan Brunert
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