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。 所有影片均为意语对白，附中英文字幕。 伦巴第人在第一次十字军中 手足间的明争暗斗，谋杀与绑架在十字军东征时期不断上演。四幕抒情歌剧《伦巴第人》，歌词由索莱拉根据格罗西的诗作改编，1843年2月11日首演于米兰史卡拉歌剧院。音乐方面，这是威尔第首次尝试以前奏代替完整序曲，奥伦特的第一段咏歎调《我的喜悦》更是作曲家众多精采男高音咏歎调中的第一首。 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. All films are in Italian with English and Chinese subtitles. I Lombardi alla prima crociata A story of sibling rivalry, murder, and kidnapping, set against the backdrop of the Crusades, I Lombardi is a dramma lirico in four acts. First performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 11 February 1843, this is Verdi’s first opera with a prelude rather than a full overture. Not to be missed is Oronte’s first aria La mis letizia, the first of Verdi’s great tenor arias. Libretto by Temistocle Solera was inspired by a poem by Tomasso Grossi.