FULL SUNDAY SUPPER (Yoon-Ji Lee) New York 2018 Gyu Yeon Shim
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Sunday Supper
- Composer: Yoon-Ji Lee
- Libretto: Steven Mygind Pedersen Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: National Sawdust, New York City
- Recorded: August 31, 2018
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Gyu Yeon Shim
- Conductor: Carl C. Bettendorf
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Bang Geul Han
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: Vimeo FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“Sunday Supper” (Korean title: “저녁식사”) is an experimental chamber opera loosely inspired by the 2007 novel “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang. This collaboration between composer Yoon-Ji Lee and artists Bang Geul Han and Steven Mygind Pedersen takes electronic and live music and blends it together with video and generative animation. In this one-act show, Lee mixes contemporary and traditional aesthetics in an ensemble that includes traditional Korean instruments like the piri (a double reed instrument) and gayageum (a 12-stringed zither) while the singer is paired with electronic sounds, synthesizing raw emotions and a myriad of cultural influences. Working in conjunction with the sonic goings-on, Han’s video projection destabilizes the relationships between memory, reality, and dreams, creating metaphorical connections between linguistic rule structures and forms of cultural hegemony.