A Night of Opera
July 13th Opulent stage sets, sentimental plots, and lyrics in foreign languages make opera not only one of the most decadent art forms but also one of the most difficult to understand. Fortunately for the uninitiated, events like this one offer a chance to sample the beauty of opera without taking a college course on [...]
Korea National Opera Invites Kids to Their “First Opera”
Finally, an opera that even children can enjoy. If “opera” brings to mind images of star-crossed lovers, betrayed heroes, and other melodramatic motifs, think again. With “My First Opera,” the Korea National Opera has prepared a performance that can be enjoyed without obscure knowledge of European languages and art history. Kids will enjoy laughing at [...]
Carmen: The Opera
July 3rd – 7th Though the opera Carmen is now one of the world’s most frequently performed operas, when it premiered in 1875 at the Opera-Comique in Paris, it received mixed reviews and the production was almost halted. In fact, the composer Georges Bizet, who died a few months after the premiere, never saw the [...]
Opera Arang Performed by the Korea National Opera
The Korea National Opera wrote the first page in the history of Korean opera with the original opera Prince Hodong performed at Myeongdong National Theater in 1962, and now it returns to the newly renovated Myeongdong stage after 48 years. Arang is an adaptation of the old tale of Arang that had been passed down [...]
Korea Opera Festival: A Month of Verdi
All Month During the month of June, three major operas by Giuseppe Verdi will be staged at the Seoul Arts Center. From the 7th to 10th is Rigoletto, which is about a Duke, his hunchbacked jester Rigoletto, and a curse put on them both. From the 16th to 19th is Aida, which portrays an Ethiopian [...]
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