Often referred to as the home of Taiwanese Opera, Ilan County has proven a rich breeding ground for generations of classical opera troupes.
One such group, the Hanyang Opera Troupe, which was founded in 1989 in the town of Luotung in Ilan County, was one of the first of a new generation of opera troupes that came into being shortly after the opening of the Taiwan Opera Museum (台灣戲劇館) in Ilan City I 1988.
For the past 11 years the troupe has been enthralling audiences nationwide with its visually stunning and elegant performances of various forms of opera, be they northern-style Pei Guan Opera (北管戲) or the southern form of Nan Guan Opera (南管戲).
This Sunday the troupe will be performing excerpts from two popular Pei Guan Operas. Telling the mischievous misadventures of the Monkey King (孫悟空), both The Peach of Longevity (蟠桃會) and Heaven's Water Frontier (天水關) feature a kaleidoscopic array of costumes and plenty of gravity-defying acrobatics.
The Hanyang Opera Troupe (漢陽歌劇團)will perform at the National Taiwan Arts Education Institute (國立台灣藝術教育館) on Sunday at 7:30pm.
The institute is located at 47 Nanhai Road, Taipei (臺北市南海路47號). Admission is free.
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