THE LOST LETTERS Act 2 Scene 6: I WILL NOT BE DENIED

Act 2 Scene 6 - I WILL NOT BE DENIED
Leopold, Mozart

The dream is over and, in the real world, Leopold says "I Will Not Be Denied" : the father demands that his son renounce his dreams of freedom and pleads with him to come back to Salzburg as court organist of the prince-archbishop Colloredo. He then remembers with nostalgia of the time when his little boy would sing to him "After God Comes My Papa". But his son has changed, he is self confident and stubbornly holds his own.
(Mozart is still dreaming happily as the stage clears. Leopold comes back no longer dressed as a king.)

Leopold : (speaking softly) WAKE UP. (louder) WAKE UP! (shaking Mozart) WAKE UP, YOU FOOL!
Mozart (bleary eyed): FATHER? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
Leopold : SON, SET YOUR MERRY DREAMS ASIDE
SON, I WILL NOT BE DENIED
I COMMAND YOU, YOU SHALL DO JUST AS I SAY
I BEG YOU, I PRAY.
Mozart : PAPA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY “MY MERRY DREAMS”?
MY MERRY DREAMS… PEACEFUL DREAMS, REFRESHING DREAMS,
EVERYONE ON EARTH NEEDS DREAMS,
EVERYONE ON EARTH NEEDS DREAMS…
(the piano ostinato “Misterioso” starts as Leopold desperately tries to convince Mozart to come home)

Leopold : (spoken) WOLFGANG, DON’T YOU REMEMBER? YOU USED TO SING TO ME BEFORE BED WHEN YOU YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE BOY. YOU’D SING :
(He sings) : AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA,
AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA,
AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA.
ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA, ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA,
AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA.
Mozart : PAPA, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU STILL
BUT CAN’T YOU SEE I’VE CHANGED,
I’M NOT THE SAME ANYMORE
Leopold : YOU’RE NOT THE SAME ANYMORE
Mzt/Leo : I CANNOT BE DENIED, I WILL NOT BE DENIED
(as the Company sings the two conflicting themes, Mozart and Leopold circle each other in a dance like movement)
Tenors : AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA,
AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA
T / B : AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA,
AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA
S / A : HE WILL NOT BE DENIED, HE WILL NOT BE DENIED
SATB : ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA, ORAGNIA FIAGATA FA,
AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, ORAGNIA…
(the music modulates as the choir sings eerily and ethereally, Mozart and Leopold have the following discussion)
HE WILL NOT BE DENIED
SATB : AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA,
AFTER GOD… AFTER GOD… AFTER GOD COMES MY PAPA, ORAGNIA…
Leopold : (he hands Mozart a letter and says) “HERE. READ THIS.”
Mozart : (Mozart reads then shakes his head in disbelief)
YOU GAVE THIS TO HIM? HOW COULD YOU? I’D SOONER WIPE MY ASS WITH THIS MISERABLE CONTRACT!
Leopold (speaks) :
YOU MUST COME HOME AND LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER AND ME.
THIS IS MY COMMAND. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Leopold + S/A : (HE) I WILL NOT BE DENIED.
Mozart: I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN FRONT OF ME. IT MUST BE A DREAM, AND YET I AM AWAKE.
Mozart + T/B : (HE) I WILL NOT BE DENIED
Leopold : SEE TO IT THAT YOU COME HOME.
MOZ + LEO + SATB : I (HE) WILL NOT BE DENIED

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