Since its premiere in 1987, Young Jo Lee's opera "Tcheo Yong" has been a celebrated success in Korea. For the first time, audiences in Europe had the opportunity to experience this rousing piece of Korean cultural and musical history live. Indeed, the Korean National Opera toured in three European countries from 9 June to 13 June. To celebrate the hosting of the 33rd Summer Olympics in Paris and to showcase the K-Classic wave worldwide, the grand tour began in France on 9 June at the Opéra-Comique in Paris; continued in Germany on 11 June at the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Great Hall and ended on 13 June at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.

Since its premiere in 1987, the opera "Tcheo Yong" by Young Jo Lee has enjoyed great success in Korea and is now being presented as a concert opera to a broad Western audience. The singers perform in opera costumes. The plot, which was translated live into German (subtitles), is based on historical material: rampant corruption and depravity reign in the land of the emperor. His son Tcheo Yong is trying to save the country.The character of Tcheo Yong in the opera plot bears a striking resemblance to Prometheus, who steals fire from the gods, and Faust, who sells his soul to the devil.

The opera, with its historical subject, forms a bridge between past and present and testifies to the Korean culture cultivated with care.

• - https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/de-de/brd/m_7229/view.do?seq=761621&page=2
• - https://www.nationalopera.org/eng/show/showInfo/9326
• - https://www.berlin.de/en/tickets/classical-music/gastspiel-der-koreanischen-national-oper-the-national-chorus-of-korea-169927a9-e2f6-47fd-842e-446a12baa5d2/