:05:01
It's entirely new.
The people will go mad for it.
:05:05
I have scenes...
:05:08
The end of Act Il, for example.
:05:10
It starts as a duet.
A husband and wife quarreling.
:05:14
Suddenly, the scheming maid comes in.
It's a very funny situation.
:05:19
Duet turns into trio.
:05:21
Then the husband's valet comes in.
:05:24
Trio turns into quartet.
:05:26
Then a gardener.
Quartet becomes quintet.
:05:29
And so on, on and on.
:05:31
Sextet, septet, octet.
:05:34
How long do you think
I can sustain that?
:05:38
I have no idea.
:05:40
Guess.
:05:42
Guess, Your Majesty.
:05:44
Imagine the longest time
it could be sustained, then double it.
:05:50
Well...
:05:52
Six...
:05:55
...seven minutes?
:06:00
- Eight minutes?
- Twenty, sire. Twenty minutes!
:06:04
Twenty minutes of continuous music.
No recitatives!
:06:09
Sire, only opera can do this.
:06:11
In a play, if more than one person
speaks at once...
:06:15
...it's just noise.
:06:17
But with opera, with music...
:06:20
...you can have 20 individuals
all talking at the same time.
:06:24
It's not noise.
It's a perfect harmony!
:06:27
Mozart, music is not the issue here.
:06:30
No one doubts your talent. It's your
literary judgment that's in question.
:06:36
Even with the politics taken out,
it would still remain a vulgar farce.
:06:42
Why waste your spirit on such rubbish?
:06:45
Surely you can choose more
elevated themes.
:06:49
Elevated!
What does that mean, elevated?
:06:52
I am fed to the teeth with these...
:06:56
...elevated things. Old dead legends.
:06:59
Why must we go on forever
writing of gods and legends?