Opening Night 

After a harsh verdict from Betty, Hailey is ready to give up on her dream. But as the crowd fills the hall for opening night, Betty has gone missing. No one in the orchestra is prepared for... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Weitz

Writers:

Paul Weitz (teleplay by), John J. Strauss (story by) (as John Strauss)

Stars:

Lola Kirke, Saffron Burrows, Peter Vack

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Lola Kirke	...	Hailey Rutledge
Saffron Burrows	...	Cynthia Taylor
Peter Vack	...	Alex Merriweather
Hannah Dunne	...	Lizzie Campbell
Malcolm McDowell	...	Thomas Pembridge
Gael García Bernal	...	Rodrigo De Souza
Bernadette Peters	...	Gloria Windsor
Mark Blum	...	Union Bob
Debra Monk	...	Betty Cragdale
Nora Arnezeder	...	Ana Maria
Brennan Brown	...	Edward Biben
John Hodgman	...	Marlon
Jason Schwartzman	...	Bradford Sharpe
Jennifer Kim	...	Sharon
Joel Bernstein	...	Warren Boyd

Storyline

After a harsh verdict from Betty, Hailey is ready to give up on her dream. But as the crowd fills the hall for opening night, Betty has gone missing. No one in the orchestra is prepared for what happens next. As their tempestuous new soloist, Ana Maria, goes off the rails, Rodrigo is forced to make a choice.

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Plot Keywords:

opening night | soloist | concert | kiss | husband wife relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

In his encounter with Rodrigo outside the concert hall, Thomas says "All the world's a stage," quoting Shakespeare's As You Like It. Later, after the concert, he reconciles with his former lover Cynthia. Only then does he finish the Shakespeare quote: "And all we men and women are merely players." By "players," Shakespeare meant actors, but it works equally well to describe the musicians of the orchestra.

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Soundtracks

Lisztomania
Written by Deck D'Arcy (as Frederic Moulin), Thomas Mars (as Thomas Croquet), Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz (as Laurent Mazzalai)
Performed by The Jingle Punks Hipster Orchestra

User Reviews

The Best Episode of a series with potential.

This is the seasons finale for Mozart in the Jungle a series with a nice and interesting premise.

I posed some objections about the series overall, but I thought that this episode deserves a separate mention and review. Don't get me wrong. This is a good series with some good acting and an interesting premise, but watching all 10 episodes in a raw (yes!) I couldn't miss a decay after the first 2-3 episodes until this one.

So. This is a good episode. Rodrigo acts like a true (and humble) artist, has an ace in his sleeve and manages to restore faith (and give some justice) in Hailey's dream. Plus a (not so) surprising twist, that I wont spoil you. A cliffhanger of some sort that will govern for sure the next season and maybe even become its main theme.

The 10th episode restores most of the hopes that the pilot created for an interesting new series.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

23 December 2014 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amazon Studios, Coconut Pictures, Depth of Field

Technical Specs

Runtime:

31 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD