GuoGuang Opera Company
Exquisite Jingju art performance team
Exquisite Jingju art performance team
Since its establishment in 1995, National GuoGuang Opera Company has tried hard to weave contemporary ideas into the tradition of Jingju and Kunqu. “Modernization” and “literalization” are the company’s creative principles.The company aims to produce operas characterized by diverse subject matter and excellent skills.
Representative performances by GuoGuang include both famous traditional Jingju and Kunqu, as well as newly written Jingju, all of these operas have won critical acclaim and aroused heated discussions among young audience members, and a number have won the Golden Bell Award and the Taishin Culture and Arts Award.
Artistic Director Wang An-chi, Leading Actor Wei Hai-min, and Director Li Xiao-ping have won the coveted National Awards of the Arts through GuoGuang’s productions. Tang Wen-hua, a laosheng actor from GuoGuang, has won Taipei City Culture Award and Japan’s SGI Culture Award, and Wen Yu-hang, a xiaosheng actor of both Jingju and Kunqu, has won the Golden Melody Award and Heritage Award.
GuoGuang has been invited to perform in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and other countries over the years.
Magic Jingju Series－After Death (American premiere)
Best exemplifying Taiwanese culture and uniqueness, this series has been touring Southeast Asia, Europe, and other regions from 2023 to 2025.
Magic Jingju Series－After Death
This is about the Eastern cultural imagination of the afterlife. What would soldiers killed by their comrades on the battlefield,a woman betrayed by her lover, or a wife killed by her husband for infidelity choose to do if given the chance to return to the world of the living? Revenge? Rekindle old love? From the perspective of a judge in the underworld, this story leads the audience to re-examine these three stories with contemporary thinking, offering more inspiration to the audience. Each of these three stories is rich with the exquisite artistry of Jingju (Taiwanese Peking opera).
The spirit of Magic Jingju Series is to allow actors to express the universe on an abstract stage using their bodies. Whether it is the flow of time, the change of scenes, or the emotions and conflicts of the characters, all are conveyed through the performers’ physical movements and voices. “Magic” refers not only to the fantastical elements of the plot but also to the magical skills of the actors!
Théâtre Nouvelle Génération, Lyon, France
Théâtre Nouvelle Génération, Lyon, France
Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia
Taipei and Taichung , Taiwan
Taipei Performing Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts(Weiwuying), Taiwan
Peking Opera Art Workshop, Greece
Taipei, Taiwan
Three Flights of Fantasy – Horse, Ghost, Effigy
Avenging Zidu
Fox Tales
The Dream of the Embroidered Robe
