The Pillow of Kantan

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The Pillow of Kantan is an opera by William Henry Bell.

The original text

Inspired by the Japanese Noh play.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1935: Presented by the South African College of Music, conducted by the composer.

Sources

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

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