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 [...]
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 [...]
“The Little Dragon” English Play for Kids
LATT Children’s Theatre, Korea’s only English language rep company, presents a return season of the acclaimed English-language musical The Little Dragon. This delightful show, viewed by over 130,000 enchanted children, explores one dragon’s quest to find “a friend just like me.”
World Cup Discount for Nanta This Month
Special Discount at Nanta through June 30th The fun folks over at the Nanta non-verbal performance are getting into the World Cup spirit with special discounts planned for the month of June. All expats can get 30% off ticket prices with the basic World Cup discount. But if you book the show on the date [...]
Bupyeong Pungmul Festival
June 9th – 13th Come to Bupyeong, a district in Incheon just west of Seoul, for a reminder of Korea as it used to be before CGV and GOM TV when folk were entertained by the traditional performance known as pungmul. The festival begins on the 9th with a prayer ceremony to be held at [...]
