Christine Ebersole credited as playing...
Katerina Cavalieri
- Emperor Joseph II: Brava, madame! You are an ornament to our stage.
- Katerina Cavalieri: [smiling happily] Your Majesty!
- Katerina Cavalieri: I heard you met Herr Mozart.
- Antonio Salieri: News travels fast in Vienna.
- Katerina Cavalieri: And he's been commissioned to write an opera. Is it true?
- Antonio Salieri: Yes.
- Katerina Cavalieri: Is there a part in it for me?
- Antonio Salieri: No.
- Katerina Cavalieri: How do you know?
- Antonio Salieri: Do you know where it's set, my dear?
- Katerina Cavalieri: No.
- Antonio Salieri: In a harem.
- Katerina Cavalieri: What's that?
- Antonio Salieri: A brothel!
- Katerina Cavalieri: [shocked] Oh-h-h-h!
- Antonio Salieri: Come. Let's begin.
- Katerina Cavalieri: What does he look like?
- Antonio Salieri: Mozart? You might be disappointed.
- Katerina Cavalieri: Why?
- Antonio Salieri: Looks and talent don't always go together, Katerina
- Katerina Cavalieri: Looks don't concern me, maestro. Only talent interests a woman of taste.