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Der schlimm-heilige Vitalis
premiered 1962
Der schlimm-heilige Vitalis (The Evil-holy Vitalis) is a 1962 comic opera by Richard Flury. It is based on the fifth of the Seven Legends novella cycle by Gottfried Keller published 1872. A woman falls in love with a monk, Vitalis, and persuades him to leave the order and marry her.
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