The historic La Scala opera house in Italy has announced that renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun will take over in 2027 and serve as music director until 2030. Long before K-pop took off ...

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Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical musicians who were rocking the music world. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports on an historic Italian opera house that's been around for nearly 2 1/2 ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: The story incorrectly calls Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va, pensiero” an aria. It is a chorus.] LEILA FADEL, HOST: Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical ...

The historic La Scala opera house in Italy has announced that renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun will take over in 2027 and serve as music director until 2030. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...

The historic La Scala opera house in Italy has announced that renowned South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung will take over in 2027 and serve as music director until 2030.