Sunlight after Snowfall
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演出日期： 10~11.11.2018
演出地點： 香港文化中心大劇院
演出時間： 10.11 Sat. 19:30, 11.11 Sun. 14:30
票價：$680、$480、$380、$280 (早鳥票優惠10.10前購買正價門票 可享八折優惠)
演出設中英文字幕
楔子
原鄉？他鄉？何處是故鄉？故宮鎮館寶物之一的王羲之《快雪時 晴帖》，
「羲之頓首。快雪時晴。佳。想安善。未果為結。力不次。王羲之頓 首。」
短短24個字，卻是跨越時空的千載寄語，探索大時代下戰亂流離與如 何安身立命的生命歷程。
內容介紹
王羲之摯友張容收到《快雪時晴帖》後北伐戰死，亡魂展開一段追尋摯友手札的旅途，他穿越東晉、唐、南宋、清朝直到台灣當代，在原鄉與他鄉之間上下追索「何處是故鄉」。故事另有兩條支線：其一是一位母親生養了一對兒子，卻分別投入兩國陣營，成為野心家逐鹿爭霸的馬前卒，手足相殘傷透了母親的心。另一則是當代台灣人因參與國共內戰而至家庭離散的生命經驗，種種故事終於啟發張容領悟了王羲之與後代兒孫在江南「新故鄉」重新安身立命的抉擇。
演出簡介
從東晉到當代台灣，從書法到京劇南渡，國光劇團與香港管弦樂團聯手跨界合作的《快雪時晴》，共譜京劇與交響樂的華麗樂章，從香港視角，照見海峽兩岸的離散流轉與沉澱。香港出身台灣知名作曲家鍾耀光，為新編京劇創作動人交響樂曲。國際聞名的台灣指揮家簡文彬，這次首度與舉世聞名的香港管弦樂團合作。舞台上的都是重量級演出家；國光當家老生唐文華、京劇天后魏海敏、聲樂家巫白玉璽、蔣啟真領銜主演。
藝術家介紹
國光劇團
在藝術總監王安祈教授與團長張育華的帶領下，劇團從保存傳承傳統京劇、崑曲精華，到掌握文學性與現代化，讓新編京劇從戲曲劇場躋身當代文壇，展現多元創意與人文思維，開創台灣京劇新美學。近年幾次在香港演出深獲觀眾激賞，包括《金鎖記》、《孟小冬》、《百年戲樓》和《關公在劇場》。
香港管弦樂團（港樂）
被喻為亞洲最前列的古典管弦樂團之一，音樂總監梵志登是現今國際古典樂壇最炙手可熱的指揮之一；余隆為港樂首席客席指揮。
簡文彬
自1996年起任職於德國萊茵歌劇院，2001-2007年為台灣愛樂NSO音樂總監；2011年8月成為德國萊茵歌劇院終身駐院指揮，為亞洲指揮在歐洲第一人。
鍾耀光
出生於香港，從小即接觸廣東音樂以及電台播放的古典音樂。1991年定居台灣，2007至2015年曾任台北市立國樂團團長；現為台灣知名打擊樂演奏家及作曲家。
演出及製作團隊
製作人：張育華
藝術總監：王安祈
編劇：施如芳
編腔、音樂統籌：李 超
作曲：鍾耀光
創排導演：李小平
復排導演：戴君芳、王冠強
指揮：簡文彬
樂團：香港管弦樂團
領銜主演：唐文華、魏海敏、巫白玉璽、蔣啟真
演出：國光劇團、台北愛樂室內合唱團
舞台設計：王孟超
服裝設計：王怡美
燈光設計：李婉玲
舞蹈設計：蕭君玲
影像設計：陳建蓉
影像協同設計：張暉明
水墨影像設計：黃湧恩、姚仲涵（原創）
平面設計：王志弘
劇照攝影：范毅舜、林榮錄
特別感謝: 公益信託慈慧教育基金、李志勳
Sunlight after Snowfall
Date： 10~11.11.2018
Venue： Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Time： 10.11 Sat. 19:30, 11.11 Sun. 14:30
Ticket Price：$680、$480、$380、$280 (20% early bird discount for purchase of full-price tickets before 10.10)
With Chinese and English subtitles
About the performance
Sunlight after Snowfall is a splendid crossover of Peking Opera and symphony orchestra that breaks through the barriers of time and space, art and performance style. Composer Chung Yiu-Kwong was born and raised in Hong Kong, later established his music career in Taiwan. He composed the symphonic music score for this contemporary Peking Opera production. This performance also marks the first ever collaboration between the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and internationally acclaimed Taiwanese conductor Chien Wen-Pin. Peking Opera diva Wei Hai-Min and distinguished Laosheng Tang Wen-Hua together with Baritone artist Wu Bai-Yu-His and Soprano artist Chiang Chi-Chen will lead the GuoGuang Opera Company and Taipei Philharmonic Chorus to tell the story how this treasured letter by the legendary Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi from Jin dynasty has drifted through history till the present day.
About the artists
GuoGuang Opera Company is a Taiwanese performance art troupe headed by art director Wang An-Chi and troupe leader Chang Yu-Hua. The company’s plays in recent years have expanded from preserving and passing on the essence of Peking opera traditions to introducing a sense of literariness and modernity, enabling modern Peking opera to go beyond the stage and join the contemporary literary scene. GuoGuang’s performances exhibit diverse creativity and humanistic thinking, paving the way to a new Taiwanese Peking opera aesthetic. Recent productions, including The Golden Cangue, Meng Xiaodong, One Hundred Years on Stage and Lord Guan Yu on Stage, have been well received by Hong Kong audiences.
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is recognised as Asia’s foremost classical orchestra. The orchestra’s Music Director Jaap van Zweden is one of today’s most sought-after conductors; Yu Long is the Principal Guest Conductor of the HK Phil.
World renowned conductor Chien Wen-Pin was born in Taipei and became Kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 1996 till 2018. He was also the Music Director of the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO from 2001 till 2007.
Born in Hong Kong, Chung Yiu-Kwong is familiarized with Cantonese music and also Classical Music from radio broadcast. He settled in Taiwan in 1991, has served as General Director of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra from 2007 to 2015, and is now one of Taiwan's best known percussionists and most sought after composers.