Nie has done more than 150 productions, including Peking Opera, Taiwanese Opera, stage plays, ballet, and Western Opera, yet even such a vast range of stage experience could not encompass what Gao Xingjian wanted.
聶光炎做過一百五十齣戲，包括京劇、歌仔戲、舞台劇、芭蕾、西方歌劇等，即使有這麼多舞台設計經驗，高行健要的卻不涵蓋這些。