Seo Yea-ji to make theater debut as tragic soprano

Actress Seo Yea-ji will make her theater debut in January, stepping into the role of Yun Sim-deok, the ill-fated soprano whose short life and tragic romance have long occupied a central place in modern Korean cultural history. Yun, widely regarded as Korea’s first professional soprano, and her doomed love affair with the playwright Kim U-jin have inspired generations of retellings, including television dramas, films, musicals and stage productions. Set in the 1920s, "Crying for You" traces the i