In one short drama, this man is disturbed by a blind old man playing arias on a violin, then proclaims "your sleep will be a long one" before realizing "genius and villainy are two things incompatible." In an opera, he is told that a mysterious man in black commissioned a certain work, before asking about a falling-out with (*) Beaumarchais. He devours a pastry and recalls failing to seduce Constanze in the frame story of
In one short drama, this man is disturbed by a blind old man playing arias on a violin, then proclaims "your sleep will be a long one" before realizing "genius and villainy are two things incompatible." In an opera, he is told that a mysterious man in black commissioned a certain work, before asking about a falling-out with (*) Beaumarchais. He devours a pastry and recalls failing to seduce Constanze in the frame story of a play, in which his anger at God for choosing an inappropriate vessel for talent drives his rage. For 10 points, name this character in a Pushkin short story, Rimsky-Korsakov opera, and Peter Shaffer play, all based on the legend of him poisoning his rival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In one short drama, this man is disturbed by a blind old man playing arias on a violin, then proclaims "your sleep will be a long one" before realizing "genius and villainy are two things incompatible.
Antonio Salieri