pansori
Americannoun
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The production, conceived and directed by Ong Keng Sen, uses pansori — an ancient Korean musical storytelling style — along with K-pop to deliver the ancient Greek tragedy about the costs of war.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The production, performed in Korean with English subtitles, fuses the traditional Korean musical storytelling form of pansori with K-pop music.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
The role is played by male performer Kim Jun-su, who is something of a pop icon in pansori and often takes on Romeo-type characters.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2018
He quickly decided that he would not stage one of the few extant pansori.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2018
The pansori trio, taking liberties with traditional Korean music, featured a coloratura who punctuated her near-ultrasonic runs with the intermittent odd directives “play and run around” and “come on and get it — throw.”
From New York Times ● May 27, 2011
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