Late night thoughts on Sky’s Amadeus remake Daily Comfort Zonenorman lebrecht December 25, 2025It seemed the perfect watch for a freezing Christmas Eve, cosier than tutti. I had seen the original Peter Shaeffer play at the National Theatre and the Milos Forman film of 1984. The Salieri vs Mozart plot goes all the way back to a Pushkin poem. It has less talent than poor old Salieri, confessing his plan to kill Mozart with his dying breath. Hello magazine tells us that ‘viewers have wasted no time giving their verdict on the series, hailing it as “amazing” and “superb”‘.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2025 21:39 UTC