The story begins in 1823 as the elderly Salieri attempts suicide by slitting his throat for having killed Mozart. Salieri is visited by a young priest who seeks to take his confession. Salieri is sullen and uninterested but eventually warms to the priest and launches into a long "confession" about his relationship with Mozart.
Salieri always envied Mozart his musical talent and wished he could be like him. The Austrian Emperor hears of Mozart and decides to commission an opera from him.
Mozart stays in Vienna, prolonging Salieri's agony, writing music so perfect that Salieri likens it to the very voice of God.
Eventually though, too many parties, too much hard work and not enough rest affects Wolfy's health, so Salieri decides to make the most of his enemy's precarious condition by working him to death.
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