"Do you know the southern country?"

…After returning to Japan, he produced a succession of stage works. In particular, his work Mignon (1866) based on Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, which included famous pieces such as Do You Know the Southern Land?, was a great success, being performed more than 1,000 times during his lifetime at the Opéra Comique. His other works include Raymond (1851) and Hamlet (1868). …

*Some of the terminology used in the song "Do You Know the Southern Country?" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…帰国後舞台作品を次々に発表。とりわけゲーテの《ウィルヘルム･マイスター》による《ミニョン》(1866)は，《君よ知るや南の国》などの名曲を含み，オペラ･コミック座で彼の在世中1000回以上の公演を記録する大成功を収めた。ほかにオペラ《レーモン》(1851)，《ハムレット》(1868)などがある。…

※「《君よ知るや南の国》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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