Der singende Teufel

About the show

Young organ-builder Amandus refuses to complete the great organ that drove his father mad. Lilian, who loves him, asks him to lead pagans in their spring rites, but he commits to Christianity. The pagan knight Sinbrand abducts Lilian after Amandus refuses a duel; Father Kaleidos rescues Amandus. Amandus becomes a monk and completes the organ, hoping its music will pacify the pagans. When they lay down their weapons, Kaleidos orders them slaughtered. Weeks later, Lilian tends the broken Amandus. She burns the monastery to break his despair; the organ produces heavenly sounds, Amandus is transformed, and Lilian dies.