(The Village School), Op. 64, is a 1918 German opera in one act by Felix Weingartner, work details at Universal Edition based on act 4, scene 3, "Terakoya" (temple school), from the Japanese kabuki play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami.Felix von Weingartner: The plot of the scene "Terakoya" concerns the samurai Matsuōmaru, who on learning of a plot to kill the son of his feudal lord sends his own son to the village school where the son dies in his master's son's place, fulfilling the family duty."", Yong Sung Kim (2002): ""
The subject of the opera had already been treated by the 17-year old Carl Orff as Gisei – , in June 1913, one of the juvenile works that Orff did not have performed during his lifetime. Orff's treatment was based on the German translation of "Terakoya" by ., p. 188
Recordings A 2012 recording of the opera has been issued on a 1-disc set by the German label cpo, in 2015 with the German Opera Orchestra, chorus and soloists conducted by Jacques Lacombe.
Dating The work was published in 19191919 publication: ONB but composed in March 1918.Autograph dated March 23 1918 @ ONB
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