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.

• Music
• History
• Drama

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