由旋律優美的董尼采第：《帕斯夸雷先生》序曲揭開序幕，接著的四個歌劇選段，以音樂將人的七情六慾赤裸的呈現。威爾第在他最後作品《法斯塔夫》中，以生花妙筆，將法斯塔夫這位惡名昭彰的大肥佬，以幽默風趣的方式呈現。接下來的《卡門》第四幕，聽到了吉普賽女郎卡門為追求愛情寧死不屈，也看到軍官唐荷西的無可救藥為愛墮落，一件鬥牛場外的兇殺案，以高張力的音樂呈現。普契尼的獨幕歌劇《安潔麗卡修女》，精簡卻扣人心弦。劇中未婚生子的安潔麗卡被認為有辱家譽，進入修道院成為修女贖罪，七年後得知在異鄉的愛子重病而亡，傷心地結束自己的生命。理查‧史特勞斯的《莎樂美》更是驚世駭俗的傑作，從七紗舞開始到劇終，艷麗而絕美的音樂，邀您一起來體驗。

The lovely melody of Donizetti’s Overture from Opera buffa “Don Pasquale” opens this concert which also presents four other opera excerpts. This is a concert in which the many facets of human emotions are blatantly on display. In his last work, “Falstaff”, Verdi presented the notorious huge man Falstaff in a humorous light. In act four of “Carmen”, we see the gypsy heroine willing to die for love, and how the officer Don Jose fell from grace in the name of love. The murder outside of the bull fighting ring is highlighted by the tension in the music. The excerpt from Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” is simple yet moving. Angelica is forced to become a nun after giving birth to a son out of wedlock. She kills herself in grief seven years later when she learns that her son has fallen ill and passed away. Strauss’ “Salome” aims to shock and surprise the audience from the dance of the seven veils to the very end of the opera. We invite you to come and enjoy a night of drama and music.

指揮／法蘭切斯可‧柯爾悌