The last event about Verdi’s Macbeth took place yesterday at the IIC with the screening of “Opera”. This horror movie, by Italian director Dario Argento, tells the story of Betty, a young opera singer, who gets her big chance when the previous star of a production of Verdi's Macbeth is run over by a car. She accepts, although the play is notorious for bringing bad luck, and becomes the target of a psychopath. This misterious assailant stalks Betty, capturing her by tying her up and taping pins to her eyelids, so she is forced to watch as he violently murders the people around her. The killings are very shocking and bloody and create an unforgettable atmosphere of dread and fear, in a classic Argento - Style, which the audience at the Institute seemed to enjoy. Some of the guests came in costume and a special refreshment with gummi eyes, cookies and skeleton candies was offered. This was an occasion of celebrating a Halloween, an American tradition, in an Italian way!