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

After ruining Mozart’s prospects at court, Salieri is stunned to learn that he’s been promoted to kapellmeister.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Mays’ Salieri is at once aghast at such loutish behavior and bitterly envious that Mozart is exceptional enough to get away with it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

He kept reworking the confrontation scene between Salieri and Mozart, the play’s climactic moment in which irony once again gets the better of tragic recognition.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The actor said it is not his intention to play Salieri as a mustache-twirling villain, but rather as human, recognizable and understandable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

As a child his musical ability had quickly been spotted and he was soon in Vienna receiving training from, among others, Salieri, and encountering both Beethoven and Schubert.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall