The Devils of Loudun

Overview

This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil.

Details

Cast

Cvetka Ahlin

Claire - Ursuline Sister

Heinz Blankenburg

Mannoury - a surgeon

Ursula Boese

Louise - Ursuline sister

Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt

Clerk of the Count

Joachim Hess

d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun

Andrzej Hiolski

Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church

Ingeborg Kruger

Philippe - a young girl

Bernard Ładysz

Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon

Rolf Mamero

de Cerisay - town judge

Kurt Marschner

Adam - a chemist

Helmut Melchert

de Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner

Carl Schulz

Bontemps - a gaoler

Hans Sotin

Father Rangier

Elisabeth Steiner

Ninon - a young widow

Helga Thieme

Gabrielle - Ursuline sister

Tatiana Troyanos

Jeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent

Arnold Van Mill

Asmodeus

Ernst Wiemann

Father Ambrose - an old priest

Horst Wilhelm

Father Mignon - the Ursulines' father confessor

William Workman

Prince Henri de Conde - the King's special ambassador