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Germany's world-famous Deutsches Nationaltheater Und Staatskapelle Weimar sets the stage for Richard Wagner's opera, which tells the story of a magic ring that will let its bearer rule the world, but only by someone who first renounces love. Michael Shulz directs and Carl St. Clair conducts this stirring 2008 production. Mario Hoff, Alexander Günther, Jean-Noël Briend, Erin Caves and Frieder Aurich star.
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As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.

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