Red Shoes (Yie Eun chun) Seoul 2020 Yunkyoung Yi, Jae-Eun Paik, Byung Kil Yoon
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Red Shoes  
- Composer: Yie Eun chun  
- Libretto: Yie Eun chun, Yeonmi Kim based on the fairy tale by H.C.Andersen    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Korean National Opera, Seoul, South Korea  
- Recorded: 2020
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Yunkyoung Yi, Jae-Eun Paik, Byung Kil Yoon, Gunyong Na, Hannah Cho, Jick Kim
- Conductor: Joo Hyun Kim  
- Orchestra: Bangta Percussion Ensemble  
- Chorus: Noi Opera Chorus  
- Ballet: Mahola Dance Company  
- Choreographer: Jae Seung Kim  
- Stage Director: Hyunjin Pyo  
- Stage Designer: Hyun Jung Kim  
- Costume Designer: Minsun Jung  
- Lighting Designer: Young Kyeon Song  
Information about the Recording
- Published by: knomyopera.org  
- Date Published: 2020  
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs  
- Video Recording from: knomyopera.org     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The opera Red Shoes is a newly adapted opera based on Andersen’s fairy tale Red Shoes.
The story begins with the return of a man named Madame Shoe, dressed in fancy clothes, to a village full of people with no personality. Madame Shoe, who was kicked out of the village for wearing red shoes as a child and attracting people, grew up as a middle-aged woman and returned to the village with a grudge. stimulate and seduce She loved her Madame Shoes in the past but eventually betrayed her, becoming her pastor and forcing her daughter to grow up to be a virtuous woman, as the conflict escalates between the minister, his daughter Karen, and Madame Shoes. is killed at the hands of the pastor. Karen, who wears red shoes, is brought to trial and the villagers say that she has to have her legs cut off as she dances without stopping, and she pushes another girl to the brink. The sophisticated and fresh music that exudes a modern sensibility along with an interesting story of fast-paced development will delve deeply into the desires of the audience.