弄臣 没听过「女人皆善变」？这首无人不晓的咏歎调正是出自《弄臣》。歌剧讲述好色成性的曼都瓦公爵，在他驼背弄臣的怂恿下，玷污了一位朝臣的爱女。这位父亲对公爵主仆发下毒咒，而诅咒最终实现：弄臣美丽的女儿吉尔达爱上了公爵，为救心上人，甘做替死鬼，最后死在父亲派出的刺客刀下。《弄臣》原名《诅咒》，由皮亚威根据雨果《国王的弄臣》改编，1851年3月18日在威尼斯凤凰剧院首演。它是威尔第三大杰作中的第一部，其他两部分别是《遊吟诗人》和《茶花女》。观众可以在本电影系列中观赏到前者，而后者将由拿波里圣卡洛歌剧院在2013年香港艺术节演出。 所有影片均为意语对白，附中英文字幕。 Step into the world of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) – of kings　and jesters, of murderous vendettas and unrequited love. In a life that spanned 88 years, Verdi composed no less than 26 operas, beginning with Oberto and ending with Falstaff. 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. Rigoletto Who has not heard of La donna e mobile, probably the most recognisable of all opera arias? Rigoletto with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse, was first performed on 18 March 1851 at Teatro La Fenice, Venice. Its tragic story revolves around the womanising Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and his beautiful daughter Gilda. The opera’s original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to the curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter had been seduced by the Duke with Rigoletto’s encouragement. The curse comes to bear fruit when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father. Rigoletto is the first of a trio of great operas by Verdi, the others are Il trovatore (also part of this film series) and La traviata which is performed by San Carlo Theatre, Naples at the 2013 Hong Kong Arts Festival. All films are in Italian with English and Chinese subtitles.