Mozart!, the Musical
Genre : Musicals
Date/Time : JULY 10, 2012 ~ JULY 28, 2012
Tuesday, Thursday , Friday 20:00
Wednesday 15:00, 20:00
Saturday, Sunday 14:00, 19:00
Venue : Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater
Cast : Park Eun Tae , Jang Hyun Seung, Choi Sung Hee, Oh Jin Young, Lee Jeong Yeol, Yoon Sueng wook, MinYoung Ki,Yoon Hyeong Ryeol, Shin Young Sook, Lee Kyung Mi, Im Gang Hee, Kim Jae Man
Age Group : 7 years and over
Running Time : 150 minutes
Prices : VIP 130,000 Won / R 110,000 Won / S 90,000 Won / A 70,000 Won / B 50,000 Won / C 30,000 Won
More Info
Summer, 2012, The man who’s crazy for music is coming!
Legend of 3,000 sold-out tickets of the Grand Sejong Theater in 2010,
Glorious praises from 220,000 audience,
2011’s best show of the year chosen by audience,
The must-see-again show <Mozart !> is coming back!
Creme de la Creme creative team presents the best show ever with fantastic chemistry!
Mozart, the man who longed to be loved not as the genius composer but only as a man of norm,
the man called a pop star who swept away the century! The story of his real life is to be unwove with a variety taste of music!
Flamboyant, extravagant, and splendid! 500 pieces of garments and wigs,
Movie-like spectacular, and a stage filled with wonder!
Synopsis
Act I
A wunderkind and a naive genius
Wolfgang Amade and his sister Nannerl, both child prodigies, are taken round Europe by their father to perform for high society. As an adult, Wolfgang is unruly and defiant. He angers his patron, Prince-Archbishop Colloredo, with his unpunctuality and insubordination. He wants to lead his own life, but his genius, embodied in the “porcelain figure” of the child Amade, is always with him, composing incessantly at his father's behest. Wolfgang asks why his father cannot love him as he is.
Wolfgang, fed up with being ordered around in Salzburg, leaves to seek his fortune elsewhere. Leopold worries that Wolfgang is too innocent for the wicked world, and sure enough the young man is ensnared by the impoverished Webers and their four daughters, who take all his money.
Love and the illusion of freedom
When he hears of this, Leopold is appalled and orders Wolfgang to leave for Paris immediately. Wolfgang obeys, but continues to send the Webers money, although he and his mother, his only companion, are now destitute. When his mother dies in a squalid room, Wolfgang returns to Salzburg, chastened. Leopold tries to regain control over him by showing him how much money he owes.
Colloredo orders Wolfgang to Vienna, promising him an audience with the Emperor. In Vienna Wolfgang meets the Webers again and falls in love with Constanze, one of the daughters. Leopold suspects he will stay there forever now and feels betrayed.
Colloredo, who regards Wolfgang as his chattel with whom he can do as he pleases, breaks his promise to present him to the Emperor and orders him back to Salzburg. The furious composer confronts the Prince-Archbishop and is booted out by his chamberlain, Count Arco. Initially relieved to be free of his engagement, Wolfgang soon realises he is not free at all. His genius, the porcelain child Amade, continues to dog him and is increasingly turning into a demon. The bitter struggle between the genius and the man becomes more intense.
Act II
Failed reconciliation
Constanze has fled to her lover Wolfgang after a family quarrel, but her mother finds her and accuses Wolfgang of seducing her. She and her new partner see this as a chance to blackmail Wolfgang and force him to sign a contract binding him to marriage and lifelong payment of maintenance. Constanze, enraged by this scheming, tears up the contract.
Colloredo, enchanted by a score of Wolfgang's, asks Leopold whether he has passed on his offer to reinstate the composer. Leopold advises him to forget Wolfgang, promises him a new wunderkind and is promptly dismissed.
After years of separation, Leopold visits his son in Vienna. Wolfgang, now successful, wealthy and respected, tries in vain to make peace with his father. But seeing his son’s success, Leopold realises he is no longer needed. Wolfgang offers him money that would allow him to resign his post at the Prince-Archbishop’s palace. Leopold misunderstands the gesture, saying, "Your debt cannot be repaid in money!"
The genius destroys the man
Wolfgang is so shocked and confused by this final rejection that he temporarily loses his mind. The struggle with his genius reaches new heights.
The Webers, having taken all Wolfgang's money, now want him to write begging letters to his friends and patrons. He refuses. Their furious quarrel is interrupted by the news that Wolfgang's father has died in Salzburg.
Wolfgang, while still in shock at this news, is commissioned to write a requiem. A little later he begins work on The Magic Flute, but is unable to enjoy the spectacular success of the work for long, as he falls ill. Amade sits on his sickbed, composing the Requiem. The conflict between the genius and the man has become a life-and-death struggle. When Amade runs out of ink he sticks his quill into Wolfgang's arm and continues writing with his blood. Eventually Amade stabs the quill into Wolfgang's heart. The composer dies, and with him Amade disappears.
Time and space merge. The composer's dead body is robbed by souvenir hunters. Figures from his life appear and stand about his bed. In St. Marx cemetery Nannerl finds a mysterious casket and opens it. A little melody sounds as a reminder of his days as a wunderkind.
Charicter& Casting
Wolfgang Mozart Park Eun Tae, Jang Hyun Seung
Wolfgang is trapped by his past as the child prodigy Amade during which he was trained to be disciplined and respectful. Now, a grown man, he lives a life of wild abandon, desperately seeking artistic freedom and freedom from his possessive father. Despite this, he still needs his father’s approval and is devastated by the latter’s coldness and lack of understanding. Wolfgang is impulsive, vulgar, stubborn, chaotic and insolent but also naive: he allows himself to be taken in and bled dry by the Webers.
Constanze Weber Choi Sung Hee , Oh Jin Young
From a hard school of life, she is a pleasure-seeker interested only in having a good time. She loves the wild life her husband leads, and truly loves her husband too. But she also has an eye for a quick profit, as when she shows Dr Mesmer her husband’s grave ? for a fee. She has a sense of decency, angrily tearing up the contract her mother forces Wolfgang to sign.
Hieronymus Colloredo MinYoung Ki, Yoon Hyeong Ryeol
Highly intelligent, a man of education and sophistication and a supporter of the Enlightenment. He demands discipline, diligence and respect from those around him. Wolfgang’s impudence and unreliability so infuriate him that he rips up the new piece the composer has written for him. He is a moral hypocrite and keeps a mistress. The foundations of all he holds dear are shaken when he realises that music has the power to go beyond reason and logic.
Leopold Mozart Yoon Sueng wook, Lee Jeong Yeol
Possessive, domineering and a hard taskmaster. He drives the young Amade to the point of exhaustion. Later, he is torn by remorse at allowing Wolfgang to leave Salzburg, feeling that he is too naive for this wicked world. He advises him to hide his true feelings and toe the line. Though he wants his son to succeed, this is also for his own financial and social benefit. He is bitterly disappointed at the thought that Wolfgang may never return to Salzburg and devastated once his son is a success, since it means he is no longer needed.
Cacilia Weber Lee Kyung Mi
She makes an attempt to benefit from Mozart by using her daughter Constanze.
Baronin Von Waldstatten Shin Young Sook
Wolfgang’s patron who helps him move from Salzburg to Vienna. She has his best interests at heart and sees that he needs help in Vienna to prevent him from being exploited.
“The visuals are world-class. What Hans Schavernoch (sets) and Harry Kupfer (director) conjure onto the stage is poetic, spectacular and in parts breathtakingly beautiful. … pure stage magic”
Nannerl Mozart Im Gang Hee
Wolfgang’s sister is very close to her brother and is the only person interested in his wellbeing from purely selfless motives. She was also a child prodigy but, as a woman, is resigned to playing the only role society will allow her: looking after her father and raising a family.
Emanuel Schikaneder Kim Jae Man
He is not only an actor but also a producer collaborating on “The Magic Flute” and other great pieces with Mozart in order to make big fortune.
Venue Info
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater
Address : 81-3 Sejongno Jongno-gu Seoul
Phone : +82-2-399-1111
Website : http://www.sejongpac.or.kr
Transport Information
Subway
Line1 JongGak, Exit No.1
To the direction of Gwanghwamun, app.350 Meters
Line3 Gyeongbokgung Station, Exit No. 6
To the direction of Sejong Daero
Line5 Gwanghwamun Station, Exit No. 7, 8
To the direction of Sejong Center, app.200 Meters
Bus
Main line bus(Blue) - 103, 109, 150, 401, 402, 408, 606, 607, 700, 704, 706, 707
Local line bus(Green) - 1020, 1711, 7016, 7018, 7022, 7212
Megalopolis line bus(Red) - 1005-1, 1500, 5500-1, 550-2, 9000, 9401, 9703, 9710 |
