Golden Sea Illuminates Chinese Original Opera "Jianzhen's Voyages East to Japan" in US

The original opera, Jianzhen's Voyages East to Japan, relates the story of an eminent Buddhist monk, Jianzhen, who lived from 688 to 763 during the Tang Dynasty(618-907), and illustrates his missionary journey which was filled with hardship and disparity as well as how eventually his mission was completed breaking through geological and cultural barriers.  In Japan, Jianzhen is known as Ganjin.  He became the symbol of cultural exchange between China and Japan.  The story was debuted to American audiences on June 8th and 9th at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, US. 

The show was directed by Xing Shimiao, with Sheng Xiaoying as stage art designer and Wu Wei as lighting designer.  Golden Sea, as lighting provider, supplied three models of products V3000P, V2500S and GLW370Z to illuminate the “Voyage”.

The opera is divided into six scenes: crossing the illusory sea, crossing the willing sea, crossing the losing sea, crossing the consciousness sea, crossing the sea of heart and crossing the sea of intelligence. 

"Although the story of the opera took place in the East, we hope to transfer the value of the story across the Pacific Ocean, to the West. In doing so, we hope to improve Sino-US relations, and play a greater role in cultural exchanges between the American and the Chinese people," said Zheng Zeyun, president of China-Jiangsu Performance Arts Group Co Ltd. 

The troupe will then move on to New York's David H. Kotch Theater at Lincoln Center for two shows on June 22 and 23.

鑒真盲目航東海，一片精誠照太清，舍己為人傳道義，唐風(fēng)洋溢奈良城。

當(dāng)?shù)貢r間2019年6月8日晚與6月9日下午，由江蘇省文化交流協(xié)會主辦，江蘇演藝集團和佛光山紐約道場承辦，美國超新星娛樂公司協(xié)辦的原創(chuàng)歌劇《鑒真東渡》走進美國，將高僧鑒真歷經(jīng)千辛，東渡扶桑，弘揚佛法，傳播中華文化的傳奇故事搬上洛杉磯帕薩迪納劇場舞臺。演出中，現(xiàn)場觀眾反響熱烈，這也是該劇繼日本、臺灣等地成功演出后首次赴美巡演。

《鑒真東渡》由國家一級導(dǎo)演邢時苗執(zhí)導(dǎo)，國家一級舞美設(shè)計師盛曉鷹擔(dān)任舞美設(shè)計，該劇燈光設(shè)計則由優(yōu)秀燈光設(shè)計師吳偉擔(dān)執(zhí)。在本次巡演中，浩洋燈光多款專業(yè)舞臺燈光設(shè)備跟隨劇組全體演員與演奏員前往美國，全程為演出提供專業(yè)、優(yōu)質(zhì)的燈光技術(shù)支持，攜手弘揚鑒真東渡的精神，促進不同文化、不同文明之間的交流互鑒。

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《鑒真東渡》是中國近年來首部以海外文化交流為主題的原創(chuàng)歌劇，劇目分《幻�！�、《愿�！�、《迷海》、《覺�！�、《心海》和《慧�！妨鶄�篇章，在符合史實的基礎(chǔ)上，藝術(shù)再現(xiàn)唐代高僧鑒真大師應(yīng)日本國僧人邀請，先后六次東渡日本，傳授佛法與文化的偉大歷程。

《鑒真東渡》運用歌劇這一國際通識的藝術(shù)表達話語，配合有感染力的表演，富有創(chuàng)意的舞美燈光設(shè)計，生動、立體的人物架構(gòu)，在遵循歌劇藝術(shù)規(guī)律的基礎(chǔ)上，創(chuàng)造性地將江蘇民歌元素和佛教音樂的旋律融入其中，讓歌劇更富有地域特色，呈現(xiàn)出不同于純粹西方歌劇的風(fēng)格，展現(xiàn)出東方所特有的歷史厚重感與人文風(fēng)貌。

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與一般的歌劇戲劇結(jié)構(gòu)方式有所不同，歌劇《鑒真東渡》有著不拘泥情節(jié)意識流般的戲劇鋪陳，通過多元的音樂并列和抽象的舞臺寫意呈現(xiàn)，著力渲染表達鑒真內(nèi)心的情感波濤和人生理念。

歌劇《鑒真東渡》是一部詠嘆友好交往與文化傳播的史詩。千余年前，高僧鑒真以不忘初衷，六次東渡的壯舉，架起了一座中日間文化交流的橋梁。千年后的今天，歌劇《鑒真東渡》將以音樂與歌聲再度成為連接中西方文化交流的紐帶。

歌劇《鑒真東渡》將轉(zhuǎn)場紐約，在6月22日晚、6月23日下午于林肯中心大衛(wèi)科赫劇場公演兩場，敬邀您的關(guān)注。