This summer the stage is set for a series of thrilling arts festivals, starting with the Miryang Summer Performing Arts Festival on Friday. As the season unfolds, various other festivals will return every week through the end of August. The 23rd edition of the Miryang Summer Performing Arts Festival will run until July 29 at Miryang Aria and other venues in the small city located in South Gyeongsang Province. The cit.
The concert opera named “The Miracle of the SS Meredith Victory” was jointly performed for 90 minutes (back-to-back in two acts) by the National Chorus of Korea, the Gaon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Geoje City Boys and Girls Choir on the evening of Dec. 7 at the Haeoreum Grand Theater in the National Theater of Korea in Seoul.
The K-Culture Festival is returning in full force this year after being held online and in a hybrid format during the COVID-19 pandemic. The third edition of the festival, scheduled to take place for nine days from Sept. 30 to Oct. 8 in Seoul, will feature various programs ― showcases by musicians and bands from various music genres including concerts with star-studded lineups including NCT Dream, IVE, The Boyz, Oh My Girl and Zico; performances by artists and crafters; and other engagement activities letting visitors of all ages experience Korean traditional culture, fashion, food and more.
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.