Finale to Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"

Here's the final scene from Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart's comedic masterpiece. In it, the Count kneels at the Countess's feet and asks for her forgiveness ("Contessa perdono"), which she grants. Mozart's accompaniment here is sublime, one of the most heavenly moments in the history of music.

 

This excerpt also appears in one of the many powerful scenes from the film Amadeus.  As Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) recalls a performance of Figaro, he expresses his deepening bitterness, but acknowledges that the music is nothing short of genius. His description of the moment is fitting: "I heard the music of true forgiveness filling the theater, conferring on all who sat there perfect absolution."