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Performances | 2017-08-24 16:38

'Die Zauberflote' reproduced for family audience

The opera "Die Zauberflote," otherwise known as "The Magic Flute," by Mozart, will turn into a family-friendly opera for the first time. The Seoul Arts Center (SAC) has a new production team for this year's “Die Zauberflote” which reproduced the opera to cater to a younger audience, including children from the age of four. Ever since the Seoul Arts Center's opera house opened...

Performances | 2017-08-23 16:30

'Visiting performances' for the elderly

The government will be offering "visiting cultural performances" for the elderly at parks throughout the nation for the first time this year. The performances will take place at eight parks across the country from August through November. Performance genres vary from fusion gugak (traditional Korean music), accordion performances to crane dances. The parks where performances will be held are Seoul’s Tapgol Park, Busan’s Yongdusan Park, Daegu’s Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park, Incheon’s Jayu Park, Gwangju’s Sajik Park, Daejeon’s Seo Daejeon Park and Woorideul Park, and Ulsan’s Taehwaroo Nugak.

Performances | 2017-08-22 16:51

'Venus in Fur' tackles sexual politics of power

David Ives' two-person play "Venus in Fur" arrived in Korea just in time when feminism is finally confronting perennial misogyny in society. The two-person play tactfully describes the shift in power dynamics between man and woman, director and actress and person and person. The play is inspired by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's 19th-century erotic novel "Venus i...

Performances | 2017-08-21 18:36

3rd "Piano Letter" program features Kim Jeong-won, Li-Wei Qin

Pianist Kim Jeong-won with Chinese-Australian cellist Li-Wei Qin will team up for the third event of the "Letters by Piano" series, part of the Sejong Chamber Series, on Sept. 9. The performance will be held at the Sejong Chamber Hall at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. Kim is this year's artist in residence for the Sejong Center and Sejong Chamber Series 2017, a pr...

Performances | 2017-08-21 17:07

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Performances | 2017-08-17 18:11

Korean fans slam 'unprofessional' Ariana Grande

American pop star Ariana Grande has finished her first concert in Korea with a seemingly impeccable performance. But there remains strong criticism of her “unprofessional” attitude off stage and the concert coordinator’s mistreatment of VIP customers. All 20,000 tickets for her “Dangerous Woman Tour” concert at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Tuesday were sold out in three minut...

Performances | 2017-08-16 17:29

US pop star Ariana Grande denies 'unprofessional' Seoul concert accusation

UN Choir makes first visit to Korea

The United Nations Staff Recreation Council Singers (UN SRC Singers) will be visiting Korea for the first time to perform here later this month. The UN SRC Singers is a choir formed by UN employees in the New York headquarters in 1947 in an effort to spread the message of hope and love to the world through music, with the aim to unite the world. The choir consists of 50 membe...

Performances | 2017-08-15 16:37

Strong female characters lead 'Arirang'

The musical "Arirang" returned for its second production at the Opera Theater of the Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul. "Arirang" is based on the epic novel of the same name by Jo Jung-rae. The musical premiered in 2015 to favorable reviews for portraying life during the turbulent era under the 1910-45 Japanese occupation The 12-volume epic saga is condensed into a 160-minu...

Performances | 2017-08-13 17:06

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Performances | 2017-08-10 16:48

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