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Slaying the Dragon explores intolerance and redemption, and was inspired by the 1990s true story Not by the Sword by Kathryn Watterson. The opera is the story of a Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon whose life is transformed by the friendship and kindness of a local rabbi and his wife. The man renounces his Klan association and begins to speak out publicly for tolerance; his terminal illness eventually incapacitates him and he moves into the rabbi's home, converting to Judaism before dying.
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