The Devils of Loudun (1969)
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.
The Devils of LoudunMusic, History, Drama
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
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