Performance of Pansori 'Ibangin-ui Norae' Based on the Novel by Sorikkun Ijaram Marques

Ijaram [Photo by The Zoom Art Center]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Sorikkun Ijaram will perform the pansori "Song of the Stranger" at The Zoom Art Center in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, from June 24 to July 5.

"Song of the Stranger" is a work reimagined by Ijaram in pansori based on the short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. It premiered at the Seoul Arts Center in 2016 and successfully completed overseas tours in France, Taiwan, Romania, and Japan.

The original short story is "Bon Voyage, Mr. President!" published by Marquez in 1995.

Omero is a foreign worker from the Caribbean working as an ambulance driver at a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland. The former president of his home country arrives at the hospital for treatment. The president was ousted by a coup and lost his family. Omero inadvertently invites the former president of his country to his home.

Through the pansori "Song of the Stranger," Ijaram shows the chance meeting and evolving relationship between Omero, his wife Rasara, and the former president, questioning the human meaning of "encounters" for modern people living as various forms of strangers.

Ijaram is active on various performance stages. Last year, she participated in the production of the National Changgeuk Company's new work "Farewell My Concubine" as the composer and appeared as an actor in the musical "The Picture of Dorian Gray." She also released a new pansori work "The Old Man and the Sea," based on Ernest Hemingway's novel.

Tickets for "Song of the Stranger" will be available on Interpark from 2 p.m. on the 7th. Early bird discounts are available until the 17th.

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