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。 法斯塔夫 《法斯塔夫》是威尔第最后一部歌剧，由作曲家的老搭档及词作者博依讬改编自莎剧《温莎的风流娘儿们》及《亨利四世》。这部喜剧围绕骑士法斯塔夫展开，他声称自己爱上两位富有的已婚女士，却惹来两位女士大怒，决定好好教训他，一场发生在十五世纪英国的闹剧随之开始。《法斯塔夫》是威尔第第二部，也是最后一部喜歌剧，它编曲超卓，歌词巧妙，旋律优美，因此一直为 评论家和音乐家所喜爱。 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. Falstaff, Verdi’s last opera, was adapted by librettist and longtime Verdi collaborator Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare’s plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and with scenes from Henry IV. The story evolves around the shenanigans of the knight Falstaff who professes his love to two wealthy married women. Furious the women resolve to expose and punish him. And so begins this merry romp through 15th century England. Falstaff is Verdi’s second and last opera buffa which has long been a favourite with critics and musicians because of its brilliant orchestration, scintillating libretto and refined melodic invention.