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.

Directed by Rolf Liebermann

Top cast

C

Cvetka Ahlin

Claire - Ursuline Sister

H

Heinz Blankenburg

Mannoury - a surgeon

U

Ursula Boese

Louise - Ursuline sister

F

Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt

Clerk of the Count

J

Joachim Hess

d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun

A

Andrzej Hiolski

Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church

I

Ingeborg Kruger

Philippe - a young girl

Bernard Ładysz

Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon

R

Rolf Mamero

de Cerisay - town judge

K

Kurt Marschner

Adam - a chemist

H

Helmut Melchert

de Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner

C

Carl Schulz

Bontemps - a gaoler

Hans Sotin

Father Rangier

E

Elisabeth Steiner

Ninon - a young widow

H

Helga Thieme

Gabrielle - Ursuline sister

Tatiana Troyanos

Jeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent

A

Arnold Van Mill

Asmodeus

E

Ernst Wiemann

Father Ambrose - an old priest

H

Horst Wilhelm

Father Mignon - the Ursulines' father confessor

W

William Workman

Prince Henri de Conde - the King's special ambassador

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