I, Don Giovanni Page #3

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But critical and a madman

That would be even worse

That would be even worse

A titbit of a lover

All of a sudden found

To discover that he's mad

Weighs heavy on the heart

This...

is downright rudeness!

And you, Maestro Salieri,

how can you tolerate such rudeness

without intervening?

Please, Madam Cavalieri,

there's no need to get angry.

I want him jocular and lively

He must jest, laugh, dance and sing

With a quip or story ready

Gallant manners, gay words

and of witty disposition

And if he must go mad

It must be mad with love

And if he must go mad

It must be mad with love

But critical...

Critical and a madman...

Madwoman

Well, a brief pause for everyone.

This is downright rudeness!

Is this how Vienna treats artists?

Is this how fine singing

is extolled here?

- Listen, my love...

- Don't say a word.

You wanted to humiliate me,

putting that hussy in your opera.

Maestro Salieri,

I am Lorenzo Da Ponte,

I've just arrived

and I wanted to ask you...

Wait for me outside please.

- I can't attend to you now.

- Giacomo Casanova sent me.

Excuse me

if I appeared unfriendly.

It hasn't been

a particularly easy day.

Your Majesty!

Your visit is a great honour.

The honour is mine, you know

how your work stirs me.

But perhaps I chose a bad time.

You told me there were

rehearsals today.

Your Excellency,

the Count is correct.

But we were just taking

a brief pause.

- We'll start again immediately.

- Do not trouble yourself, I can wait.

Even like this,

there's much to admire.

And how is our second Grace,

Madam Ferrarese?

Your idea to reunite

Madams Cavalieri and Ferrarese

in my new opera

is proving to be most excellent.

In fact, I'd even say wonderful!

Your Majesty, may I present

Lorenzo Da Ponte,

a dear friend and talented poet

just arrived from Venice.

It is a great joy

to find myself in the presence of

Europe's wisest

and most enlightened monarch.

You are respected and admired

in Venice.

- So, you are a poet.

- Yes, Your Majesty.

And also a priest,

libertine and troublemaker.

A reputation that does not

befit me, Sire.

Mr Da Ponte has left Venice

and is looking for employment.

Perhaps Your Majesty

can do something for him.

Of course.

Vienna needs new poets

with a reformist impulse,

especially in opera.

Why not entrust him with the libretto

of your next work?

Forgive me, but I'm afraid

I wouldn't be capable.

I've never written opera lyrics.

Lack of experience

is not a serious hindrance.

On the contrary,

we need new talent, new ideas

to renew our opera.

And Maestro Salieri

is in full agreement.

We'll have fresh inspiration.

May I remind you

that Maestro Salieri is already

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