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Daegu International Opera Festival (DIOF) is a
festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival ...
that is held in Daegu,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. The festival takes place in mid October. However, the 16th DIOF commenced in September. Alongside grand opera performances, there are a host of programs in DIOF such as back stage tour, square opera, Opera Odessey (free lectures regarding opera), pre-concert, lucky seats etc.


History

Daegu International Opera Festival (DIOF) is the representative music festival in South Korea and is the largest International Opera Festival in Asia. The festival has accomplished an enormous growth since its commencement. DIOF continuously endeavors to culturally enlighten people. Moreover, it functions as an Asian cultural hub by bringing various high quality foreign productions. DIOF may be the only chance to enjoy a lot of rare combinations of renowned artists.


See also

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Daegu Opera House Daegu Opera House ( ko, 대구오페라하우스) is an opera house located in Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korea ...
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List of opera festivals This is an inclusive list of opera festivals and summer opera seasons, and music festivals which have opera productions. This list may have some overlap with list of early music festivals. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition, ...
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List of music festivals in South Korea A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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List of classical music festivals The following is an incomplete list of classical music festivals – music festivals focused on classical music. Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music (both liturgical and secular), and has long been pl ...


References

http://www.daeguoperahouse.org


External links

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