Mozart Don Giovanni Analysis

While cheerful and bright melodies are used to represent Mozart’s early years in his short lives, the prelude of the opera “Don Giovanni” composed by Mozart after the death of Leopold Mozart – Mozart’s father – indicates the relationship between Mozart and Leopold and shows the process how Salieri set his scheme foreshadowing the death of Mozart. First of all, the opera “Don Giovanni” suggests the abnormal relationship between Mozart and his father. In the film, Mozart is illustrated as a character, which is very dependent on his father and always feels afraid of the presence of a “father.” The description of Mozart’s reliance on his father, Leopold, is based on the real relationship between Mozart and Leopold. In reality, Leopold dedicated …show more content…
Also, by repetitively using the prelude of “Don Giovanni,” which makes Mozart bring back memories of his father, the director constantly emphasizes the Mozart’s mixed emotion about his father. While indicating the abnormal relationship between Mozart and Leopold, the repeated melody of “Don Giovanni” also alludes to Salieri’s sly scheme to murder Mozart. Through the gloomy melody of “Don Giovanni,” which seems to suggest Mozart’s great sense of loss and grief for his father’s death, Salieri notices that Mozart is still in the shadow of his father and starts to devise the scheme to murder Mozart by taking advantage of the weakness of Mozart. While appreciating “Don Giovanni” secretly, Salieri realizes “how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave” and begins “to see a way – a terrible way – he could finally triumph over God.” That is, sensing Mozart’s sensitivity about his father, Salieri tries to get on Mozart’s nerves and arouses his sorrowful emotion about his father’s