Mei Yun Tang

Taiwan

Mei Yun Tang

Taiwan

Mei Yun Tang is Chairperson and Artistic Director of the Tang Mei Yun Taiwanese Opera Company. She graduated from Ming Zhi Junior High School in New Taipei City, Taiwan and worked as: the Department Head of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, an Instructor of Taiwanese Opera Clubs of National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University. Mei Yun Tang is also the Lead Actor of the Ho Lo Taiwanese Opera Troupe and the Hsiu Chih Taiwanese Opera Troupe.

Her parents were famous opera actors and they founded the Bao An Taiwanese Opera Troupe. Mei Yun Tang continued the glory of Taiwanese Opera in order to pass the art to future generations. She inherited tradition and innovated trails. She graces Taiwan with exquisite dramas every year at the National Theater and Concert Hall, and brought Taiwanese Opera to the international stage.

She contributed to DaAi TV, the Tzu Chi Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation’s TV Channel in numerous performances including: “Adamant Minds” in 2004; “Hold Your Hands to Conquer All the Hardship” in 2007. Then she filmed the “Buddha Mind” series from 2011-2015 and the “Buddha Mind – Eminent Monks” series from 2016-2021. Also in 2018, she performed “Eminent Monk Hsuan Tsang” at the Serong and Penang branches of Tzu Chi Foundation in Malaysia, and in 2019 “Eminent Monk Chih Che” at Malysian and Singaporean branches of Tzu Chi Foundation.

Mei Yun Tang also engaged the world with annual productions of Buddhist drama, including: “The Vengeance” at Taipei Cultural Center in 2010 and “A Benevolent Spirit” in 2011.

Her theatrical performances are hundreds-fold and her influence on Taiwan and the Buddhist world is immeasurable.