Performances with a high degree of perfection with challenging and creative planning, producing opera to fascinate audiences with world-class masterpiece operas.

The Seoul Metropolitan Opera was founded in February 1985 with its first performance of Giordano’s opera to serve as a Korea’s representative opera organization loved from both by opera lovers and the general public as well.

It has devoted itself to developing various creative operas along with introducing unfamiliar works in the country. It has continued to carry out challenging and creative works ranging from opera planning to production while informing the world of the nation’s opera production ability through providing performances overseas. In Osaka in 2005, it drew a big response and issues from both countries by presenting the creative opera composed by Kim Dong-jin. Also, the ‘Verdi Big 5’ project planned as a series of masterpieces of ‘Verdi’-masterpieces for a period of three years since 2007 is a performance with a high degree of perfection that greatly contributed to cultivating opera lovers.

Among them, held at the ‘Verdi Theater’ was highly acclaimed, becoming the boast of the high class production abilities of the Seoul Metropolitan Opera. Since then, it has planned an ‘Opera Matinee’ on a monthly basis to draw closer to audiences and to generate sold-out ticket sales. Further, it organized the ‘Sejong Camerata’ to develop creative opera of the country and offer works that harmonize modern sensibilities through a robust creative system and working method. Recently, it took the spotlight by presenting Gounod’s , Verdi’s and Britten’s .

The Seoul Metropolitan Opera will continue its role as a world class opera organization beyond the country’s borders with planning ability equipped with creative minds, a robust production system, and efforts to communicate with audiences.