What If... 經典不是你記得的那樣


假如,武則天晚年交棒前,先莫名參加了冥界旅行團,
見了已故的公婆唐太宗、長孫皇后,以及先夫唐高宗…

假如,薄伽丘的《十日談》不是發生在1348年的佛羅倫薩,眾人為躲避黑死病到郊外別墅,
而是在今日的臺灣,為了新冠肺炎三級警戒,躲到嘉義鄉間的釣蝦場…

假如,吉卜林《叢林奇譚》裡的小男孩毛克利,不是被印度原始叢林裡的狼群扶養長大,
而是氣候難民,來到街道荒廢、城市被大自然回收的叢林倫敦…

歌劇院秋天上架的「遇見巨人」系列,帶領觀眾看見大師、重現經典。能夠親眼目睹舞台上的大師身影,我們要慶幸生對時代;「重現」不只是再次搬演,而是讓經典文本在舞台上轉繹、新創,和當代社會的價值、面臨的議題互相激盪,甚至運用新的科技再現。

《十日談》開啟歐洲短篇小說之先河,常與但丁《神曲》相提並論,被評論家譽為《人曲》。阮劇團的《釣蝦場的十日談》除了改編薄伽丘筆下中世紀的奇情故事外,還加入布袋戲、搖滾樂、雜耍特技等市井元素,以當代劇場手法為傳統劇藝尋找新風貌;曉劇場帶來作家黃春明的劇作《戰士,乾杯!》,講述屏東好茶部落的魯凱族一家4個男人,除了為部落奮戰外,還被日軍、共軍及國軍強迫徵召去打仗,其中3人還因此喪命的歷史悲劇。

舞壇傳奇說書人阿喀郎.汗於2019年在歌劇院的長篇獨舞作《陌生人》,取材自一次大戰印度傭兵投身歐洲戰場的殘酷傷痕敘事;今年他將帶來方於4月世界首演的《叢林奇譚》,以吉卜林的同名成長故事為本,探討氣候危機,更以降低碳足跡的原則製作,此次以動態影像豐富舞台視覺,全臺獨家只在歌劇院。

臺北木偶劇團的《水鬼請戲》靈感來自上世紀初嘉義鹿窟溝戲班傳聞,布袋戲團徹夜演出,卻遲不見天亮,直到團長大喊:「阿彌陀佛」,才發現已是中午,滿座觀眾頓時消失無蹤;還記得電影《倩女幽魂》嗎?真雲林閣掌中劇團與浪人劇場共製的《千年幻戀》,是歌劇院新藝計畫「經典新繹」的入選製作,在《聊齋》人鬼戀外的新關係…

傳說級的鉅作將重現,1992年國家戲劇院首演、前輩編舞家劉鳳學的代表作《布蘭詩歌》,以德國作曲家卡爾・沃夫(Carl Orff)同名清唱劇,完美結合舞蹈、音樂語言的完全劇場,被譽為不可能的任務;醞釀9年,無垢舞蹈劇場藝術總監林麗珍的「天、地、人」三部曲終章《觀》,2009年首演,以白鳥與鷹族的故事為引,延續無垢一貫的舞蹈美學與莊嚴純淨的儀式劇場風格,是一部大地靈魂的神話。

給歌仔戲迷的重量級2大獻禮!明華園八仙傳奇經典系列,從1987年首部《蓬萊大仙》,到2022年7月推出《東海鍾離》,共歷時35年。這次重新搬演18年前的經典《韓湘子》,由當家小生孫翠鳳擔綱主角韓湘子;歡慶25週年的唐美雲歌仔戲團,以團慶新戲《冥遊記─帝王之宴》刷新紀錄,由當家唐美雲女裝上場,與京劇天王唐文華精彩對陣!

歌劇迷注意了!去年在歌劇院秒殺的華格納歌劇《唐懷瑟》,再次捲土重來!歌劇院臉書粉絲票選「最想看歌劇」的第一名《魔笛》,則以壓軸上場,為南非當代藝術家威廉.肯特里奇(William Kentridge)首齣執導的大型歌劇,以炭筆素描動畫翻轉影像,隱喻啟蒙時期烏托邦理想背後的殖民悲歌。

懷念劇場了嗎?雙簧管的A音已奏出,假如,你聽見的話…

—— 臺中國家歌劇院 藝術總監 邱瑗



What if…classics aren’t how you remember them?


What if elderly Empress WU Ze-tian, before she relinquished power, took a trip to the underworld,
conferring with her late father-in-law Emperor Taizong and his wife Empress Zhangsun and her own late husband Emperor Gaozong…

What if Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron wasn’t set in Florence in 1348 when everyone was trying to escape the plague,
but in Taiwan today as people rush to shelter in Chiayi’s prawn farms to dodge Level 3 COVID-19 epidemic alert…

What if Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book was not raised by wild animals in the Indian backwoods but a climate refugee in desolate London,
where the streets were dilapidated and the city overwhelmed by vengeful Nature…

“NTT Fall for Great Souls” brings audiences face to face with renowned masters and the thrill of revisiting the classics. We must feel gratitude for these times that we can catch a glimpse of contemporary virtuosi on stage; the “return” of a classic is not just a simple revival but rather the result of a rethinking process, as artists unearth contemporary social values and pressing issues of today within a script, perhaps even recasting a presentation via new technology.

The Decameron, which forged a new path for the short story genre in European literature, is a work often praised as a fitting companion—a “human comedy”—to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Our Theatre’s creation, The Prawning Decameron, adapts and enhances Boccaccio’s original with such popular elements as glove puppets, rock music and acrobatics, deploying a contemporary approach to traditional arts in search of new vistas. Shinehouse Theatre adapts novelist HUANG Chun-ming’s To the Warriors!, following the fate of a Rukai family of the Kucapungane tribe in Pingtung. Four of the men spent their lives defending their own people, yet were conscripted by the Japanese, Communist and Nationalist armies at war. It was tragic that only one returned home alive.

In 2019, legendary dance artist and storyteller Akram Khan graced the NTT stage with XENOS, a work distilling the horrific stories of Indian colonial soldiers who fought in the First World War. This year, Khan returns with his company for Jungle Book reimagined, which received its world premiere earlier this year, in April, inspired by Kipling’s original bildungsroman but focusing on the urgency of today’s climate crisis afflicting us all. This production, devised to limit carbon footprint, uses animated projections to enrich the stage. Jungle Book reimagined appears exclusively at the NTT.

Inspiration for Water Ghosts’ Theatre by Taipei Puppet Theater stems from a century-old tale of a Chiayi puppet troupe in Lu Ku Gou. Somehow an all-night ritual performance continues for many hours without the sun rising. The troupe leader then chants “Amitabha” and suddenly the performers find themselves bathed in the high noon sun, and the entire audience vanishes into thin air. Perhaps you have fond memories of the film A Chinese Ghost Story? Zhen Yun Lin Ge Puppet Theater ╳ Theatre Ronin(H.K) co-produced Love and Samsara, selected as part of the NTT’s Emerging Artists Project under the rubric “Classics Freshly Interpretated.” This new work extends new relationships beyond human and ghost of the original Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio

A fabled major production will be remounted, a not-to-be-missed opportunity. In 1992, the National Theater presented veteran choreographer LIU Feng-shueh’s Carmina Burana, a veritable all-encompassing theatrical feast combining the musical language of Carl Orff’s cantata with dance. It took nine years of planning and preparation for Legend Lin Dance Theatre Artistic Director LIN Lee-chen to complete her trilogy in tribute to “Heaven, Earth, Man” with Song of Pensive Beholding, which premiered in 2009. Guided by the mythical story of a white bird and a race of eagles, the earth’s inner spirit is conjured by LIN’s original dance aesthetics and the pure and unique medi-tative quality of ritual theater.

We are offering Taiwanese Opera fans two special gifts! The Ming Hwa Yuan Arts & Cultural Group launched its “Eight Immortals” series in 1987 with Grand Immortal of PengLai, and the latest instalment of the 35-year series, ZhongLi of Han, just opened in July. This time, the company revives its classic Han Xiang Zi from 18 years ago, with the star male lead SUN Tsui-feng in the title role. Tang Mei Yun Taiwanese Opera Company celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new production of Royal Feast of the Underworld for the National Day holidays that breaks new ground, with TANG Mei-yun playing a female role against Peking opera star TANG Wen-hua!

Opera fans, keep a sharp lookout! Last year’s sold-out opera performance of Tannhäuser returns by popular demand! Also, NTT Facebook fans have spoken: they voted online, and Die Zauberflöte sits atop the list of operas they want to see. Thus we bring to the NTT a highly-anticipated finale this fall: A celebrated production of Die Zauberflöte by South African artist William Kentridge, his first foray into opera, where animated charcoal sketches projected on the scrim supplement the story. In fact, these images accentuate the heartrending consequences of colonialism hidden under the surface of the utopian ideals of the Age of Enlightenment.

Do you miss the theater by now? The oboist is playing an “A” for the orchestra to tune. Perhaps you can hear it…

—— Joyce Chiou, Gen­eral and Artis­tic Di­rec­tor

阮劇團╳楊輝《釣蝦場的十日談》
Our Theatre ft. YEUNG Fai The Prawning Decameron

中劇院 Playhouse

  • 11/12 14:30
  • 11/12 19:30
  • 11/13 14:30

臺北木偶劇團《水鬼請戲》
Taipei Puppet Theater Water Ghosts' Theatre

小劇場 Black Box

  • 11/19 14:30
  • 11/19 19:30
  • 11/20 14:30

真雲林閣掌中劇團浪人劇場(香港)《千年幻戀》
Zhen Yun Lin Ge Puppet Theater ╳
Theatre Ronin(H.K) 
Love and Samsara

小劇場 Black Box

  • 11/26 14:30
  • 11/26 19:30
  • 11/27 14:30

阿喀郎.汗舞團《叢林奇譚》
Akram Khan Company Jungle Book reimagined

中劇院 Playhouse

  • 12/2 19:30
  • 12/3 14:30
  • 12/4 14:30

台積電經典饗宴
莫札特歌劇《魔笛》
TSMC Title Sponsored Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart

大劇院 Grand Theater

  • 12/15 19:30
  • 12/16 19:30
  • 12/17 14:30
  • 12/18 14:30
2022 NTT遇見巨人 節目指南座談

9 / 2 (五) 19:30 - 21:30
臺中國家歌劇院 角落沙龍

主持人

鄢繼嬪/臺中國家歌劇院副總監

與談人

耿一偉/國立臺北藝術大學戲劇系兼任助理教授
焦元溥/倫敦國王學院音樂學博士
魏琬容/OISTAT國際劇場組織執行長

立即報名

詳情請見歌劇院官網品藝文專區

注意事項:

活動當天前30分鐘開放入場,請出示報名QR Code,一人一票認證後入場。

講座活動開始前10分鐘,將視現場報到狀況開放候補觀眾依序入場,未完成報到手續者將視同現場候補觀眾。

講座進行中,請勿錄影、錄音,並請關閉隨身會發出聲響或光源的電子產品。

本場館保有活動資格審查權及最終解釋權,若有未盡事宜得隨時修正公佈之。

購票資訊

8/2 歌劇院會員預購,8/9 全面啟售

會員早鳥限時優惠

8/2-8/8序曲卡、NTT市民卡、藝文市民、劇院卡會員預購75折

套票優惠

歌劇迷套票:購買《唐懷瑟》及《魔笛》各1場次,不限張數享8折優惠

舞蹈迷套票:購買《觀》、《布蘭詩歌》及《叢林奇譚》各1場次,不限張數享8折優惠

戲曲迷套票:購買《冥遊記─帝王之宴》及《八仙傳奇系列─韓湘子》各1場次,不限張數享8折優惠

歌劇院╳衛武營 雙館齊唱歌劇套票

購買臺中國家歌劇院《唐懷瑟》或《魔笛》任1場次 + 衛武營國家藝術文化中心《唐卡洛》或《碧廬冤孽》任1場次1,200元以上票級,不限張數享8折優惠

一般購票優惠

歌劇院會員:序曲卡 8 折、NTT市民卡 8 折、藝文市民 8 折、劇院卡 9 折、忘我會員 75 折、學生會員 75 折(限購 1 場 1 張)

兩廳院會員、衛武營國家藝術文化中心會員、NSO之友:9 折

信用卡購票:中國信託商業銀行、玉山銀行、台新國際商業銀行、永豐商業銀行、國泰世華商業銀行 9 折

5 折優惠:身障人士及其必要陪同者 1 人、 65 歲以上年長者

團票 75 折優惠:單一節目購買 20 張以上,請來電 04-2251-1777 洽詢

注意事項

購買《魔笛》第一、二高票級者,加贈「肯夢AVEDA 花植結構體驗組」乙組,詳情請見歌劇院官網。

各種優惠僅能擇一使用。

套票恕不接受單張退票,如需整套退票,請於節目演出前一天辦理,退票酌收每張10%手續費。

中臺灣超級學生方案

凡設籍於苗栗、彰化、臺中、南投、雲林縣市或在前述縣市之教育部立案公私立各級學校,具歌劇院學生會員身份者即可購買。

每場限購1張。入場須出示學生證,未出示證件者請於現場補足全價差額,並加收100元補票手續費。

票價與座位區域依該節目公告為準,詳見OPENTIX售票網頁。

本方案不適用於曉劇場《戰士,乾杯!》、臺北木偶劇場《水鬼請戲》、真雲林閣掌中劇團X浪人劇場(香港)《千年幻戀》。

Ticket Information

NTT Member pre-order from 2nd August.
Tickets available from 8th August.

Early Bird Package for NTT Members

From 2nd to 8th August, 25% off regular ticket price for NTT Members.

No limits on price categories and amount of tickets.

Ticket Packages

20% off for one or more tickets to performances of Tannhäuser and Die Zauberflöte.

20% off for one or more tickets to performances of Song of Pensive Beholding, Carmina Burana and Jungle Book reimagined.

20% off for one or more tickets to performances of Royal Feast of the Underworld and Han Xiang Zi.

NTT X WEIWUYING Special Package

Purchase one or more tickets over NT$1,200 of Tannhäuser / Die Zauberflöte in National Taichung Theater + one or more tickets over NT$1,200 of Don Carlo / The Turn of the Screw in Weiwuying and receive a 20% off discount.

Other Discounts

10% - 25% off for NTT membership holders.

10% off for National Theater and Concert Hall, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and National Symphony Orchestra membership holders.

10% off for CTBC Bank, E.SUN Commercial Bank and Taishin International Bank, Bank SinoPac and Cathay United Bank credit card holders..

50% off for disabled persons plus one companion, and senior citizens 65 or above (ID required at entrance).

25% off group ticket price for groups of 20 or more per program.

Please Note

Holders of Die Zauberflöte tickets of NT$6,000/NT$5,200 or NT$5,000/NT$4200 are entitled to a free gist of AVEDA Shampoo set. Please visit NTT’s official website for further information.

Only one discount may apply per purchase.

Tickets purchased as a ticket package can not be individually returned or exchanged.