The Devils of Loudun

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

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)