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3 unusual facts about Amadeus


Patrick Hines

He created the role of Orsini-Rosenberg in the original New York production of Amadeus and appeared with Sir Rex Harrison in the 1979 revival of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra in the role of Pothinus.

Patrick Hines (1930–1985), born Mainer Patrick Hines, was an American actor best known for his role as Kappelmeister Bonno in the 1984 film Amadeus.

Radio DeeJay

Early personalities on this radio station include: Claudio Cecchetto, Gerry Scotti, Gerard Ottoboni, Joe D. (DJ Jaydee), Molella, Fargetta, Lorenzo Cherubini a.k.a. (Jovanotti), Roberto Ferrari, Linus, Albertino, Marco Biondi, Amadeus and Rosario Fiorello.


Alessia Merz

In 1995 she played a role in the film Ragazzi della notte and debuted as television host in the first edition of the show Meteore, with Amadeus and Gene Gnocchi, on air on Italia 1.

Amadeus CRS

Amadeus was formed in 1987 by an alliance between Air France, Lufthansa, Iberia Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines System.

Amadeus is a computer reservations system (or global distribution system, since it sells tickets for multiple airlines) owned by the Amadeus IT Group with headquarters in Madrid, Spain.

Amadeus I, Count of Savoy

Amadeus died shortly after 1051 and, according to fourteenth-century sources, was buried in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

Amadeus II of Geneva

Amadeus died 22 May 1308 apud lu Bacho, and was buried the next day (23 May) at Montagny.

Amadeus II of Montfaucon

Amadeus II of Montfaucon (1130–1195) was Count of Montbéliard and Lord of Montfaucon from 1163 until his death.

Amadeus II, Count of Savoy

Amadeus and Adelaide then escorted the imperial couple to Canossa so the excommunicated emperor could reconcile with the pope.

Amadeus V, Count of Savoy

Amadeus managed to secure the support of his nephew by offering Philip control of Turin and Pinerolo.

Bo Höglund

He has participated in include Kyrkbröllop, Hämndaria, Don Juan, Dreyfus, Amadeus and The Wizard of Oz.

Bogdan Curta

Bogdan has performed in shows with famous Romanian artists, such as Compact, Pasărea Colibri, Cargo, Direcţia 5, Ducu Bertzi, Amadeus, Narcisa Suciu and Mircea Vintilă.

Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1

The album, recorded June 28, 1984 at Time Capsules Studios in New York, spoofs Broadway's latest hits, including Amadeus, Evita, The Pirates of Penzance, and Annie and attacking stars like Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Ethel Merman, and Jerry Herman.

Hermann Hauser

In 1997 he co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd, a venture capital company, and in 1998 he co-founded Cambridge Network Ltd with David Cleevely and Alec Broers.

Isaac Chueke

He is equally recognized as the creator and artistic director of several international projects, multi-disciplinary in nature, coupling music to dance, art exhibits,literature, film, theatre, gastronomy, conferences and workshops: those include, in the US,Carmen 2000, A Czech Festival, Art & Music; Brésil Musical in Paris, Mozart Festival Encontros com Amadeus in Brazil.

José María Menéndez Menéndez

The Amadeus has been declared a National Monument by the Chilean Government, and his remains are on the beaches of the bay of San Gregorio (Chile), on the Strait of Magellan.

K23

"Conservati fedele", K. 23, a concert aria for soprano and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

K35

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K. 35, a sacred musical play by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

K36

"Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono", K. 36, a concert aria in D major for tenor and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

King Victor and King Charles

Over the past decades of Victor Amadeus's rule, the House of Savoy has prospered.

Latrelle

She has also performed, recorded and/or written with producers and artists such as Rodney Jerkins, Soul Shock and Karlin, Tone and Poke, Allstar, Amadeus, Dutch, Whitney Houston (Just Whitney), Mary Mary, Pharrell, Ludacris, Trina, R. Kelly, Mýa, Deborah Cox, Mystikals (Family), Next, Natalie Wilson, Fredro Starr (Light it up soundtrack) Philly's most wanted, Shaggy, Tamia, and Left Eye of TLC

Lettice and Lovage

Lettice and Lovage is a comedic play by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus.

Ludwig Guttenbrunn

Zaslaw, Neal and William Cowdery (1990) The Compleat Mozart: a guide to the musical works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Marie of Brabant

Marie of Brabant, Countess of Savoy (1278–1338), wife of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy

Mark A. Rayner

He's the author of four books: His first novel, The Amadeus Net, was published by ENC Press in New York in 2005 and his second novel, Marvellous Hairy, was published by Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink in 2009 (2e Monkeyjoy Press, 2010).

Mindwalk

Mindwalk is a 1990 feature film directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on his own short story, based in turn on the book The Turning Point by his brother Fritjof Capra, the author of the book The Tao of Physics.

Order of the Most Holy Annunciation

Amadeus VIII's statutes were subsequently amended and reformed by Charles III, Duke of Savoy in 1518, by Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy in 1570, and thereafter by succeeding Sovereigns.

Overacting

Tom Hulce received an Academy Award nomination for his deliberately exaggerated role in Amadeus.

Piedmontese Civil War

The late prince's brothers Thomas and Maurice had fears that they would be excluded from their rights to the succession, reinforced when, soon after the death of Victor Amadeus, Christine was forced by the French to write to the brothers insisting that they not return to Piedmont - though since Thomas was serving Spain at the time, the French demand was not entirely unreasonable.

Prince Maurice of Savoy

On 4 June 1627 he became the abbot of the monastery at Abondance and in 1637, on the death of his elder brother Victor Amadeus I, he and his brother Thomas claimed the regency of the duchy against Victor Amadeus's widow Christine Marie of France, but the king supported Christine and confirmed her as regent.

Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy

Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688–1714), daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and Anne Marie d'Orléans; queen of Spain as first consort of Philip V of Spain

Siege of Turin

On 17 June Victor Amadeus left Turin to meet Eugene, who was marching from the Trentino with Austrian troops under his command.

Tahu Matheson

Tahu also conducted The Australian Amadeus Players (Mozart Symphonies 40 & 41) in the opening concert for the 2006 4MBS Festival of Classics.

Tamino

Tamino, the main character (a prince and hero), in the opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (the name of the character seems to be Italian)

Thomas Bloch

Among his many appearances and performances are the following: Amadeus (for the 2001 DVD edition), soloist in Milan La Scala (where he gave the first performance of the original version with glass harmonica of The Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor) during a recital, and a tour with Tom Waits, Bob Wilson and Marianne Faithfull in The Black Rider (2004–2006).

Trine 2

Trine 2 takes places some years after the restoration of the kingdom of the previous game and opens with Amadeus (voiced by Kevin Howarth) sleeping after a long night trying to once again learn the elusive fireball spell.

Vampires in Havana

He is unaware that he is really a vampire, and that his uncle, Werner Amadeus von Dracula, the son of Count Dracula, has been using him as a test subject for a formula that negates the usually fatal effects of sunlight.

Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia

Having succeeded in ending his mother's power in Savoy, Victor Amadeus looked to his oncoming marriage with the youngest child of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (brother of Louis XIV) and Henrietta of England.

In 1697 Victor Amadeus commissioned Le Notre to lay out large gardens at the Palace of Turin where he had previously commissioned the Viennese Daniel Seiter to paint a famous gallery which exists to this day.

Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

The following year, Victor Amadeus took an active part in the capture of the towns of Căuşeni, Akkerman and Bender, and was rewarded for his distinction with the Orders of St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Andrew

Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

In Birstein on 22 November 1714 Victor Amadeus Adolph married firstly with Charlotte Louise (b. Büdingen, 31 July 1680 - d. Schaumburg, 2 January 1739), daughter of William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein.


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