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Gloomy Day
사의 찬미
Official English Title
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SOURCE
biography
SETTING
Korea
BOOK
original
Kim Woo-jin and Yun Sim-deok's final voyage
Korean Premiere
2013
Korean Premiere Theatre
Daehakro Cultural Space Feeling, Seoul
Further Korean run reference:
https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%98%20%EC%B0%AC%EB%AF%B8(%EB%AE%A4%EC%A7%80%EC%BB%AC)
The Musical search cue — “사의 찬미 뮤지컬”
Summary
A mystery-tinged chamber musical about writer Kim Woo-jin and soprano Yun Sim-deok, whose lives converge on their fatal voyage in 1926.
Origin & Development
2013, produced by NEO Production, premiered at Daehakro Culture Space Feeling Hall (now TOM 1). Initially staged under the title Gloomy Day (2013–2014), the work was refined and retitled Hymn of Death from 2015 onward; it retains a live trio (piano, violin, cello), dark thriller tone, and a continuous, intermissionless structure. 2013 – Premiere, NEO Production, Daehakro Culture Space Feeling Hall (now TOM 1). The musical has recurred in multiple revivals, including a 10th-anniversary engagement, and remains an active repertory title.
Partial Synopsis
At 4:00 a.m. on August 4, 1926, the Kanpu ferry cuts through the strait; by dawn, Kim Woo-jin and Yoon Shin-deok have vanished into the sea. The musical braids past (1921 Tokyo) and present (1926 aboard ship) as a nameless Man—part narrator, part tempter—enters their lives, steering art, love, and rumor toward catastrophe. As authorship blurs and choice collides with fate, the piece asks whether freedom can be seized in a world that scripts your ending.
阴天
2022
2022-07-22
to
2022-08-21
Country:
China
City:
Shanghai
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Chinese
Venue:
Shanghai Gong Stage
Presented by Shanghai Zhijing Culture Communication Co., the production retained the original live-string instrumentation and mystery framing while fully adapting dialogue and character tone for Chinese audiences; its first and second rounds are recorded on Douban.
阴天
2024
2024-06-21
to
2024-06-30
Country:
China
City:
Shanghai
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Chinese
Venue:
Theatre Above
A revival announced through the Korean director's social media, maintaining the established Chinese branding and showing sustained demand for the title in the local market.
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