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A five-hour civic spectacle commemorating St. Louis's 150th anniversary combines a pageant surveying three centuries of local history with an allegorical masque presenting a symbolic sweep through the city's history.
On the eve of his wedding to Naoia, peasant Iolan meets elves who show him the Old One’s magical pipe. Its music gives Iolan visions of a prosperous life with his beloved, but another vision reveals Naoia’s illness and suffering. She dies in his arms; Iolan rejects his new riches, forgives the Old One, and then dies as the elves reflect on those who die young.
A five-hour civic spectacle commemorating St. Louis's 150th anniversary combines a pageant surveying three centuries of local history with an allegorical masque presenting a symbolic sweep through the city's history.
On the eve of his wedding to Naoia, peasant Iolan meets elves who show him the Old One’s magical pipe. Its music gives Iolan visions of a prosperous life with his beloved, but another vision reveals Naoia’s illness and suffering. She dies in his arms; Iolan rejects his new riches, forgives the Old One, and then dies as the elves reflect on those who die young.