Seokyoung Kim
Seokyoung Kim is a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include opera studies, contemporary music, the use of Eastern materials in American experimentalism, and music criticism. Her dissertation project examines Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo's opera M. Butterfly (2022), an adaptation of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, focusing on interculturality and issues of minority representation.
Austin Opera’s moving production of Fiddler on the Roof grounds itself in lived tradition, to great effect.
Austin Opera’s 40th anniversary gala celebrated the present while gesturing boldly towards the future.
Austin Opera’s 2024 production of The Manchurian Candidate proved to be a daring and timely commentary on political power in America, shortly after the 2024 election, just as it had been before the 2016 election.
A revival of Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly, a co-production between the Barbican and BBC Symphony Orchestra, landed in London last week.
For the opening night of Il Trovatore, Houston Grand Opera’s new production aimed high, bringing together a star-studded cast and a fresh, contemporary take on Verdi’s intense drama.
On May 2, Rebecca Herman‘s conceptualizing of Carmen was a significant departure from the traditional depiction of a marginalized “other,” maintaining a traditional staging in Seville.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
