充斥着国王与小丑，瀰漫着残酷、怨恨，以及无望的爱之黑暗国度——这就是威尔第（1813-1901）的世界。在他一生的88个年头裏，威尔第创作了不下26齣歌剧，以《奥贝尔托》为始，以《法斯塔夫》作结。适逢这位大作曲家诞辰二百周年，香港艺术节加料节目呈上来自意大利帕尔马皇家歌剧院製作的「完全威尔第」全套歌剧电影的其中八部。影片均从未在亚洲放映，高清环迴立体声的电影体验，无论是威尔第的新旧乐迷，都必能享受这场盛宴。 一日国王 法国骑士贝费欧烈假扮波兰国王，好让他能安全回国继位。结果假国王真用权，乱点鸳鸯谱，引发一场大混乱。凯巴尔男爵千金是否能摆脱和财务官的婚约，与如意郎君——财务官的侄儿喜结连理？《一日国王》是威尔第仅有的两部喜剧之一。他刚着手创作，爱妻玛格丽特便不幸逝世。在悲痛中创作喜剧，其难可想而知。本剧文本由罗曼尼根据毕纽杜瓦尔的《假史达尼斯拉欧》创作，后或经索莱拉修改，1840年9月5日于米兰史卡拉歌剧院首演。 2013 being the bicentennial of Verdi’s birth, Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Festival PLUS brings you a marathon of High Definition and Surround Sound cinematic experience, featuring for the first time in Asia eight opera films from the 26 Tutto Verdi collection captured live by Italy’s Teatro Regio di Parma. All guaranteed to appeal to Verdi fans and novices alike. Un giorno di regno One of two opera buffa that Verdi ever composed, and a great feat for the composer who lost his beloved wife Margherita Barezzi shortly after he began work. French officer, the Cavalier di Belfiore is pretending to be the Polish king Stanislaus in order to allow the king to return to Poland in secret to reclaim this throne. Intrigue and mayhem ensues involving the proposed marriages of the niece and the daughter of the Baron di Kelbar by the supposed King, who re-arranges matters to his own satisfaction. Un giorno di regno with libretto by Felice Romani, perhaps revised by Temistocle Solera and based on the play Le faux Stanislas (The False Stanislas) by Alexandre Vincent Pineu-Duval, was first presented on 5 September 1840 at Teatro alla Scala, Milan. All films are in Italian with English and Chinese subtitle.s