Salieri

American  

[suhl-yair-ee, sal-, sah-lye-ree] / səlˈyɛər i, sæl-, sɑˈlyɛ ri /

noun

1. Antonio 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.

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Salieri British  

/ ˌsalˈjeri /

noun

1. Antonio (anˈtonjo). 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor, who worked in Vienna (from 1766). The suggestion that he poisoned Mozart has no foundation

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Example Sentences

Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

At the end of his life, which is where “Amadeus” begins, Salieri views that as God’s great joke.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Shaffer’s play was previously adapted into Miloš Forman’s 1984 Oscar-winning film “Amadeus,” which starred Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as Salieri.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

“This is the first time that Salieri really understands what’s happening,” Bettany says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The two composers did meet once, an encounter brokered by the kindly Antonio Salieri, and we have it word for word since Beethoven, being deaf, had to have the conversation written down.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall