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Limited Series – Amadeus

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Amadeus arrives in Vienna craving creative freedom and finds love, success, and a rival in court composer Salieri, whose growing envy transforms into a lifelong obsession that ends in confession.
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Amadeus — Limited Series

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Critics Consensus

Amadeus scales historical drama highs through sensational storytelling and divine performances by Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany.

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Roxana Hadadi New York Magazine/Vulture May 12, 2026
All of Amadeus’s contemporaneous stylistic and dialogue choices are a blast, but the series’ suggestion that this kind of guy is plaguing our present, too, feels the most timeless, and the most unsettling. Go to Full Review
Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter May 8, 2026
It does what every worthwhile adaptation does (and what so many other recent re-adaptations have failed to do), which is make the story feel complete unto itself. Go to Full Review
Peter Travers The Travers Take May 8, 2026
2/4
The music, the sets, the costumes—all gorgeous—but pallid imitation fails as sincere flattery in this overstuffed, five-part streaming version of a Tony winning play and Oscar-winning movie. Go to Full Review
John Stark Mac the Movie Guy Jul 8, 2026
61/100
Paul Bettany commands Amadeus. the series around him might struggle to justify why this story needed to be told again, but Bettany never struggles to answer why he was the right actor to tell it. Go to Full Review
Marty Brown Common Sense Media May 21, 2026
3/5
Without the depth of Mozart's character anchoring the story it becomes an untethered, sprawling mess, with a longer runtime than the film and significantly less to offer. Go to Full Review
Joel Keller Decider May 14, 2026
Amadeus works as a series, not just because it looks fantastic, but that the main characters are treated as the nuanced people they were, and there seems to be less filler than one might expect. Go to Full Review
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Paul M @RT21346730 Aug 31, 2026 the notes fell flat on this series See more Matthew P. W @worstofthewurst Aug 26, 2026 Sublime television. I truly enjoyed every aspect of this adaptation. I'm a huge HUGE fan of the film, and I admit that I have never seen the stage production - though I am aware of how the film deviates from that. This production stands on its own. Too many people have asked why this adaptation needed to be made. This production doesn't need to answer that, but it more than justifies its existence with careful storytelling and deliberate, careful decision making. The acting is phenomenal. I have always loved Paul Bettany and he is at his best in this. Will Sharpe is not merely defensible casting, he is extraordinarily good casting - giving Mozart tremendous depth, range, and complexity that perfectly capitalizes on the script. If you find his ethnicity a distraction - what does that say about you? Gabrielle Creevy gives us a Stanzi that makes us revel in her larger role in this adaptation. And - Rory Kinnear is a fabulously brusque Joseph II. I will watch this again. And then again. See more Lauren S @RT99004702 Aug 25, 2026 This is in response to Patrice, The previous audience "reviewer," who called it "disgusting" that Will Sharpe (a f’ing BRILLIANT BRITISH WRITER, ACTOR, & DIRECTOR, WHO HAS MORE TALENT IN HIS PINKY TOE THAN U WILL EVER HAVE IN YOUR WHOLE PATHETIC LIFE—& is not "100% white," not that it’s yr business) was cast to play Mozart, bc he "wasn’t Austrian." 🤣 There’s only one disgusting human being here, & it’s you, Patrice. It’s not a "woke joke." It’s that most people can see past things like race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, as evidenced by the fact that YOU WERE THE ONLY REVIEWER— Audience or critic, obvi— to so much as MENTION the casting of Will Sharpe in that role. Everyone else loved, or didn’t love, the series, but you are the only one who decided to inflict your ignorant political opinions on people just looking for reviews on a movie website. Enjoy your pathetic president & your pathetic small-minded world. If you weren’t such a hateful person, I would feel sorry for you. See more James D @Poffer Jul 31, 2026 This was an excellent mini series. At a loss why the audience score was so insanely low. The critics got it right. Bettany and Sharpe gave award winning performances. The story line was compelling and production excellent. See more ccee M @RT66401762 Jul 28, 2026 This is a true masterpiece, Paul Bettany deserves an award for his top notch performance. See more Andrei D @RT74856639 Jun 8, 2026 Sharpe and Bettany rock, the story works best during the first three episodes, needs a little more actual music action See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 8, 2026 Episode 1 Gifted composer, Mozart, arrives in Vienna in 1781 and falls in love with Constanze, whilst Salieri vows to kill him. Details Episode 2 Aired May 15, 2026 Episode 2 Tragedy falls upon the Mozarts and their newborn baby, after Salieri meddles in their marriage, declaring war on God. Details Episode 3 Aired May 22, 2026 Episode 3 The Mozarts grew distant after their son's death, and Salieri incites a violent riot at Amadeus' opera concert. Details Episode 4 Aired May 29, 2026 Episode 4 Constanze leaves Amadeus, who is ordered by a masked Salieri, to write his final Requiem Mass, with a fatal deadline. Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 5, 2026 Episode 5 Constanze snubs Salieri's story and learns the real truth about him and Mozart, as she enacts her timeless revenge. Details
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Season Info

Director
Julian Farino, Alice Seabright
Creator
Joe Barton
Executive Producer
Paul Gilbert, Michael Jackson, Will Sharpe, Julian Farino, Stephen Wright
Network
Starz
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 8, 2026
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