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。 假面舞会 波士顿总督列卡度爱上了朋友兼秘书雷纳托的妻子——阿米莉亚。同时，雷纳托察觉到有人要暗算总督大人。故事由此展开，在一场假面舞会上达到高潮。 《假面舞会》由圣彼得堡皇家歌剧团委约，1859年2月17日于罗马阿波罗歌剧院首演。因当时的审查制度，差点没能上演。最后，威尔第及词作者索马不得不将故事背景由瑞典改为波士顿，将国王改为英国总督。 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. All films are in Italian with English and Chinese subtitles. Un ballo in maschera Set in Boston, Governor Riccardo is in love with Amelia, wife of his friend and secretary, Renato, who has discovered a plot against his chief. And so the story begins, all of which comes to a head at the masquerade. Un ballo in maschera was commissioned by the Imperial Theatre, St Petersburg and premiered at the Teatro Apollo, Rome, on 17 February 1859. This opera almost didn’t see the light of day, thanks to the censors. As a result Verdi and his librettist Antonio Somma were compelled to change the setting from Sweden to Boston and swap the King for an English Governor.