opera / festival
Traditional Music Theatre Festival Celebrated Heritage of Korea, China and Japan
This September, Seoul hosted the first World Traditional Opera Festival, a month-long showcase of heritage-based musical theatre from Korea, China and Japan. Running from 3 to 28 September at the National Theater of Korea, the festival explored how traditional forms could be reimagined for modern stages. At the heart of the programme was changgeuk, Korea’s operatic counterpart to pansori —…
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