被比作一朵凍水牡丹 染上桃花的色澤 卻引來黑影

如今的舞臺燈光一亮 照出她轉身的為師模樣 開枝散葉

從雙十年華到八十高齡，她終於準備好在舞台上對人袒露這個影響她至深的事。她的一生起伏流轉，與她的歌仔戲從業生涯交融分化不清，這次敢於公開曝露的自我心聲，何嘗不是積累一甲子的勇氣。

她是四名子女的母親，曾自陳「我不是個好母親，但是個負責任的母親」，不是每個母親都是在自己準備好了才當上母親，對她來說或許這更像是身為女人的原罪，那個暗夜陰影至今她從未曾成功逃離過。

但是自黑暗中流瀉出的隱微鑼鼓聲，是歌仔戲漸漸成了引領她的光，以她嬌小的身軀，堅定地迎向那一度灼傷她的光芒，她將人生奉獻給了歌仔戲，也成為了後輩晚生眼中輕聲細語諄諄教誨的廖老師。

最初是歌仔戲教會了她人生的酸甜苦澀，她也從人生的傷痛裡淬鍊出屬於她的歌仔戲表演藝術，她是廖瓊枝，臺灣第一苦旦，歌仔戲人間國寶。

Beginning her career in her twenties and now in her eighties, LIAO is finally ready to reveal an influential part of her life onstage. As the ups and downs of her life cannot be separated from her career as a Taiwanese opera singer it has taken her over sixty years to work up the courage to bare her soul to the public.

As a mother of four, LIAO once stated that she may not necessarily be a good mother but she is a responsible one. Not every woman entered motherhood fully prepared. To LIAO, this may be her original sin as a woman, the shadows of that night that even today she could never escape from.

The faint sound of gongs and drums seeped out of the darkness coalescing into a vision of Taiwanese opera which became the light that would guide her. With her small frame, she resolutely faced down the experiences that burnt her and devoted her life to the art of Taiwanese opera. She would go on to become a teacher who, in the eyes of her juniors and pupils, patiently guided them with soft words of encouragement.

It was Taiwanese opera that introduced her to the many flavors of life and it was from her sorrow in life that she developed a form of the performing art unique to her. She is LIAO Chiung-Chih, a living cultural treasure and the greatest Taiwanese opera Kudan.

藝術家介紹

人間國寶：廖瓊枝｜

素有「臺灣第一苦旦」美譽，其專擅之「哭調」獨具特色，被譽為「東方最美的詠嘆調」。

2009文建會文化資產總管理處第1屆重要傳統藝術保存者、第27屆行政院文化獎、第2屆國家文藝獎得主、教育部重要民族藝術藝師。

團隊介紹

臺灣國樂團隸屬於國立傳統藝術中心，是文化部轄下的國家級國樂團。係由國內國樂界菁英組成，矢志探索傳統、立足本土、擁抱當代，藉由創作為臺灣傳統音樂扎根，用演出傳遞臺灣美學品味，以提昇臺灣傳統及當代音樂為目標，以國際為舞臺，用醇厚的音樂深化臺灣之美。臺灣國樂團前身為1984 年教育部成立之「國立藝專實驗國樂團」，2012 年5 月因應文化部成立，更名為「臺灣國樂團」

演出暨製作團隊

監製｜陳濟民

副監製│鄒求強、賴銘仁

製作｜劉麗貞

音樂總監・指揮｜江靖波

戲劇藝術指導｜林鶴宜

導演｜戴君芳

編劇｜施如芳、魏于嘉

音樂設計｜董昭民

編腔｜柯銘峰

主演｜廖瓊枝

演出｜臺灣國樂團、財團法人廖瓊枝歌仔戲文教基金會

共同演出｜張孟逸、王台玲、大甜