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!