Enjoy concerts and operas at Seoul Plaza

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff reporter

Seoul City will offer a series of classical concerts in August at Seoul Plaza to provide citizens with opportunities to cool off from the summer heat wave.

Every day at 7:30 p.m., except for Mondays, various performances by top artists as well as amateurs, are held at the stage at Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall.

Established in 2007, the Culture and Art in Seoul Plaza is popular among Seoulites. It has invited more than 500 groups for some 270 performances, drawing 400,000 in audiences.

On Friday, jazz concert "Sing Sing Sing" will feature the Jazz Park Big Band. Singer Yoo Yeol will offer an array of jazz music and Lee Jung-sik Quartet and Han Jemma will perform a mixture of jazz and classical on Aug. 4.

The list of classical concerts is continued by Quartet X, along with soprano Kim Won-jung's commentary, on Aug. 10 and Spain Group Vocal Millennium on Aug. 18.

The Aug. 19 performance features musical actress Kim So-hyeon and melodies from well-known movies.

On the first day of August, Seoul Ballet Theatre will offer a ballet gala show, covering everything from classical and romantic ballet to modern dance.

For families, the opera "Adventures of Pinocchio" will be performed in English on Aug. 11 and Korean traditional musical "The Wedding Day" is scheduled for Aug. 7.

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"Adventures of Pinocchio"