:02:24
Gentlemen, I've just
heard some news...
:02:28
...that may interest you.
- What?
:02:31
Mozart is writing a new opera.
An Italian opera.
:02:35
Italian?
:02:38
That's not all.
He has chosen for his subject, Figaro.
:02:43
The Marriage of Figaro.
:02:46
He's setting that play to music?
:02:50
Yes.
:02:52
What is this Marriage of Figaro?
:02:55
It's a French play, Kapellmeister.
:02:59
It has been banned by the emperor.
:03:02
You're absolutely sure?
:03:08
Herr Mozart.
:03:11
Gentlemen, sit down.
:03:17
Mozart.
:03:20
Are you aware that I have declared
the French play Figaro...
:03:25
...unsuitable for our theater?
:03:28
Yes, sire.
:03:30
Yet we hear you're making an
opera from it. Is this true?
:03:39
Who told you this, Majesty?
:03:41
It is not your place to ask questions.
Is it true?
:03:46
Yes, I...
:03:48
I admit it is.
:03:52
Would you tell me why?
:03:57
Majesty, it is only a comedy.
:03:59
What you think is scarcely the point.