The titular character of this opera has spent a year living with Venus.
The titular character of this opera has spent a year living with Venus. However, he calls on the Virgin Mary to return him to earth. He returns home to Wartburg, where he participates in a singing contest to win the hand of the beautiful Elizabeth. He is then forced to take a pilgrimage to Rome to ask for forgiveness after his song shocks the audience, but the pope tells him he will be forgiven only when the papal staff turns into a flower. The title character returns to find Elizabeth dead and dies at her funeral procession as pilgrims enter carrying the pope's staff, which has flowered. FTP, name this Richard Wagner opera.          |
The titular character of this opera has spent a year living with Venus.
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