Countertenor Lee Dong-kyu and Soprano Sunhae Im: How Artists Age (Part 2) | Curtain Call [319]

Behind the titles of "Prima Donna of Early Music" and "World-renowned Countertenor" lie intense struggles. Part 2 of Curtain Call episode 319, featuring Sunhae Im and Lee Dong-kyu, delves into the real lives of these artists off-stage. We engage in a candid and profound conversation about what aging means to vocalists whose bodies are their instruments, how they survive in a professional world where excuses are not accepted, and what it has meant to work as rare Asian artists in the European early music scene.

We also discuss the experiments of Lee Dong-kyu, who has constantly broken "prejudices" by attempting mezzo-soprano and baritone repertoires with his countertenor voice, and the philosophy of Sunhae Im, who has continuously expanded her limits by crossing over into a wide range of genres beyond early music. We also hear about the "curtain call of my life" that is most deeply etched in their memories.

(Hosts: Culture Correspondent Kim Soo-hyun, Announcer Lee Byung-hee | Guests: Soprano Sunhae Im, Countertenor Lee Dong-kyu | Recording & Filming: Yoo Gyu-yeon | Editing: Jung Yong-hee)

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