The Devils of Loudun
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- History
- Drama
7/2/1969
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Storyline
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.
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Cast
Cvetka AhlinClaire - Ursuline Sister- Heinz BlankenburgMannoury - a surgeon
Ursula BoeseLouise - Ursuline sister- Franz-Rudolf EckhardtClerk of the Count
Joachim Hessd'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun- Andrzej HiolskiGrandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church
- Ingeborg KrugerPhilippe - a young girl
- Bernard ŁadyszFather Barré - the vicar of Chinon
- Rolf Mamerode Cerisay - town judge
- Kurt MarschnerAdam - a chemist
- Helmut Melchertde Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner
- Carl SchulzBontemps - a gaoler
- Hans SotinFather Rangier
- Elisabeth SteinerNinon - a young widow
- Helga ThiemeGabrielle - Ursuline sister
- Tatiana TroyanosJeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent