Musical Mozart!: I Will Stay Here in Vienna
(Act I Scene 14)
Colloredo:
What is he doing here?
Arco:
Making trouble.
Colloredo:
Get rid of him this instant.
Arco:
Beat it, Mozart!
Wolfgang:
I’m here to work.
Colloredo:
I’ll teach that arrogant rat a lesson.
Wolfgang:
I’ve had enough.
Arco:
Know your place!
Wolfgang:
We are all born noble
Colloredo:
Go back to Salzburg, do as you’re told
Wolfgang:
I will stay here in Vienna!
Colloredo:
Is that so? You’ll stay in Vienna?
Another word for freedom is hunger.
Wolfgang Female serfs Male serfs
You’re nothing but an empty He’s gone too far So arrogant
Shell with too much power
You do not rule over me anymore And
Insolent
Your stinking He’ll regret this He’s gone too far
Filthy power Nonsense He’s lost his marbles
Can’t take away my talent He’s a
Even if it took Madman
My money, my time
And my freedom There
I am not a slave you own How brazenly He goes again lying
I will stay here in Vienna He attacks Nonsense
Colloredo:
Your poor father raised a scoundrel
Wolfgang Female serfs Male serfs
A scoundrel wastes his life As you wish Idiot, blockhead
Swindling the rich A regular ass
I am an artist Arrogant fool
That does not compromise An arrogant fool
You’ll never understand You dug your grave Idiot, blockhead
Thinks he’s all that
I don’t care for shortcuts Now lie in it
Or an easy way out
Don’t order me around Idiot, blockhead
A regular ass
I am nobody’s slave! He’s crazy Idiot, blockhead, lunatic
Completely insane Completely insane
What the hell What the hell
I will stay Is he saying Is he saying
Here in Vienna! Completely insane Completely insane
Colloredo:
Never have I had a whinier servant. What a pain in the ass!
I never want to see you again.
Wolfgang:
And I never want to see you again!
Colloredo:
If you ever come back, begging for..
Wolfgang:
Eat shit, Shits-a-lot!
Colloredo:
Count Arco! Kick him out at once. No no..
That’s not right. Kick him hard in the ass!
Arco:
Too bad, Mozart. You’re finished.
Wolfgang:
Wrong! I’m just getting started.
I. Am. Free!
