〈Anchor〉 The opera 'Turandot' will be held at the end of this year to commemorate the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Italy and the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. World-class conductors and vocalists will visit Korea. This is reporter Shim Woo-seop with performance news. 〈Reporter〉 ['Again 2024 Turandot' production presentation / Last 5th / Sejong Center for the Performing Arts] The story of Prince Calaf who risks his life and challenges riddles to win the love of the icy princess Turandot. Turandot, which was held as the largest outdoor opera at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in 2003, rewrote the history of domestic opera with the moving performance of the Italian original team. 'Again 2024 Turandot', which will be held again after 21 years, will be a mega-scale opera with a total production cost of approximately 20 billion won. Davide Libermore, director of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, will conduct the opera under Paolo Carignani. Soprano Asmik Grigorian, who has emerged as a diva of the world’s operas, will play the role of Turandot, while Yusif Eivazov will play the role of Calaf, who loves Turandot. [Park Mi-hye/Soprano (Seoul National University Professor): It is a great honor and pleasure to be able to meet you here in Seoul with the world’s greatest maestros and the best opera singers, performing Puccini’s last masterpiece, Turandot.] The COEX concert hall, where the opera Turandot will be performed, will have a large stage measuring 45 meters in length and 17 meters in height and an auditorium that can accommodate 7,000 people. --- [Metropolitan Orchestra Korea Performance / June 19-20 / Lotte Concert Hall] The Met, the world’s greatest opera orchestra, and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin are finally coming to Korea. Founded in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is visiting Korea for the first time in 141 years. It was originally planned to meet Korean audiences with its first performance in Korea in 2022, but it was postponed by two years due to COVID-19. The upcoming performance, which will be held at Lotte Concert Hall on the 19th and 20th, will feature opera music such as Wagner's opera 'The Flying Dutchman' and Bartok's opera 'Bluebeard's Castle' on the first day, and the closing performance will be Mozart's aria 'I Will Go, But Where?' and Mahler's Symphony No. 5 on the second day. Canadian Nézet-Séguin, who has been in charge of the Met Orchestra since 2018, is expected to present his signature clean and unadorned music. (Video editing: Kim Yun-seong, VJ: Oh Se-gwan) ☞ More information https://news.sbs.co.kr/y/?id=N1007680854 #SBSNews #12O'ClockNews #Opera #Turandot #YearEnd #Performance ▶ Subscribe to SBS News Channel: https://n.sbs.co.kr/youtube ♨ Discuss hot issues together (Subscribe to SP): https://premium.sbs.co.kr ▶ SBS News Live: https://n.sbs.co.kr/youtubeLive, https://n.sbs.co.kr/live ▶ Report SBS News Homepage: https://n.sbs.co.kr/inform Application: Install the 'SBS News' app and report - https://n.sbs.co.kr/App KakaoTalk: Make friends with 'SBS News' and chat - https://pf.kakao.com/_ewsdq/chat Facebook: 'SBS News' messages Transmit - / sbs8news Email: [email protected] Text # and 6000 Phone: 02-2113-6000 Homepage: https://news.sbs.co.kr/ Facebook: / sbs8news Twitter: / sbs8news KakaoTalk: https://pf.kakao.com/_ewsdq Instagram: / sbsnews Copyright Ⓒ SBS. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI learning are prohibited.