National theater unveils this year s performances to be staged in renovated theater
Posted : 2021-07-20 09:49
Up to 56 performances, including 22 new hits, to appear
By Park Ji-won
Poster for the 2021-22 season of the National Theater of Korea (NTOK) / Courtesy of NTOKThe National Theater of Korea (NTOK) is set to present up to 56 performances, including 22 new hits for the upcoming 2021-22 season from September 2021 to June 2022, in its newly renovated Haeoreum Grand Theater, which has been optimized for traditional Korean performing arts.
The new season will kick off on Sept. 1 with Sound of Millennium, by the National Orchestra of Korea, a traditional music orchestra, which will play three new songs with the 60-member National Chorus of Korea and Ahn Sook-seon, a master of pansori, a traditional narrative vocal music genre.