- Date 2002-12-31
- Venue National Concert Hall
Puccini : Tosca
National Symphony Orchestra
Comments on the Finalist
It’s a refreshing attempt to place singers and the orchestra on the stage together and perform in the form of “semi-opera.”
As the director of Puccini: Tosca, the renowned choreographer Lin Huai-Ming endows this performance with a strong sense of rhythm and a clear sense of space.
Transplantation of its background of time and space retains the pleasure of opera appreciation for our audience with limited use of settings, lighting and costume.
Generously and sophisticatedly as well, Conductor Chien Wen-Pin uses a grand orchestra to achieve splendid and luxurious effects on the stage, and transforms a production with limited budget to a sumptuous feast in astonishment.
Artwork Introduction
Puccini’s three famous operas: Tosca, La Bohème, Madame Butterfly, completely present his talent of combining music and drama. This year, National Symphony Orchestra invited a dance cheographer Hwai-ming Lin as the Puccini’s opera director to give Taiwan audience a new version of opera La Bohème.
This new version of La Bohèm, the location of scene will settle in Taipei, and NSO invited Yan-ling Chen to take the leading actress, Jian-yi Zhang, from New York Metro Opera House, as the main character, and Oleg Bryjak, Da-ren Li...to joint the excellent casting. This production also included many artists from Taiwan; such as, Lighting Designer: Zan-tao Zhang, Stage Designer: Meng-chao Wang, Costume Designer: Jing-ru Lin , and National Kuo Kuang Chinese Opera Company, etc.
About the Artist
Calculating its 18 years of operation, the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has grown stronger through government support and a growing audience. The orchestra has launched a regular subscription series at the National Concert Hall. Additionally toured domestically throughout Taiwan and internationally. Since its founding, the NSO has given more than 500 performances.
The NSO has proudly cooperated with and accompanied more than hundreds internationally-acclaimed musicians including tenors Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, conductors Jahja Ling, Shao-Chia Lu, Kek-Tjiang Lim, Uri Mayer, Joseph Silverstein, and guitarist Narciso Yepes, pianists T'song Fou, Lazar Berman and Alicia de Larrocha, cellists M. Rostropovitch and Yo-Yo Ma and Mischa Maisky, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, Nai-Yuan Hu and Gil Shaham.
The NSO is dedicated to the exploration and preservation of traditional 18th -19th century classical and romantic symphony repertoire, performing the central masterpieces of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Haydn. In addition, the orchestra performs contemporary and 20th century repertoire, including the works of Janacek, Webern and Kurtag. More important, music of Taiwanese composers, such as Kunya Koh and Tsang-Houei Hsu treasures the performing lists.
For the upcoming, under the new leadership of Music Director Mr. Wen-Pin Chien, the orchestra will further its professionalism, continuing to fulfill its mission as the flagship classical ensemble of the Republic of China, Taiwan.
Hwai-min Lin
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About the Conductor：Wen-bin Jian
Graduated from Taiwan University of Arts, Department of Music. In 1994, he got his master dreege from National Vienna Music & Performing Arts University. During his studying in Europe, he awarded in Italy, France, and the 1th Bernstain Conductor Competion, special prize. Then he began his career as the conductor in German and Japan , around the Europe. Now as the musical director of National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan.
Production Team
Conductor : Wen-pin Chien
Director : Hwai-min Lin
Lighting Designer : Zan-tao Zhang
Stage Designer : Meng-chao Wang
Costume Designer : Jing-ru Lin
Actors : Yan-ling Chen, Jian-yi Zhang, Oleg Bryjak, Da-ren Li, National Kuo Kuang Chinese Opera Company, etc.
Music : National Symphony Orchestra
