1:30:02
...that may interest you.
- What?
1:30:05
Mozart is writing a new opera.
An Italian opera.
1:30:10
Italian?
1:30:13
That's not all.
He has chosen for his subject, Figaro.
1:30:18
The Marriage of Figaro.
1:30:21
He's setting that play to music?
1:30:24
Yes.
1:30:27
What is this "Marriage of Figaro"?
1:30:30
It's a French play, Kapellmeister.
1:30:34
It has been banned by the emperor.
1:30:37
You're absolutely sure?
1:30:42
Herr Mozart.
1:30:46
Gentlemen, sit down.
1:30:52
Mozart.
1:30:55
Are you aware that I have declared
the French play "Figaro"...
1:30:59
...unsuitable for our theater?
1:31:03
Yes, sire.
1:31:05
Yet we hear you're making an
opera from it. Is this true?
1:31:14
Who told you this, Majesty?
1:31:16
It is not your place to ask questions.
Is it true?
1:31:21
Yes, I...
1:31:23
I admit it is.
1:31:27
Would you tell me why?
1:31:31
Majesty, it is only a comedy.
1:31:34
What you think is scarcely the point.
1:31:37
It's what His Majesty thinks
that counts.
1:31:41
But, Your Majesty...
1:31:43
Mozart...
1:31:45
...I am a tolerant man.
1:31:47
I do not censor things lightly.
When I do, I have good reason.
1:31:53
"Figaro" is a bad play.
1:31:56
It stirs up hatred between classes.
1:31:59
In France, it has caused
only bitterness.