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the angels, and does so through routine and discipline. He sings the "This Is The Way" aria. Extasis is free-willed and passionate, and defies her brother Logos, who banishes her and her horse to the wilderness. Here she sings the "Butterflies" aria, which includes a high F#, Whitacre's wink at the Magic Flute. Inspired and incensed, Extasis raises an army of angels and leads them back to
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