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.
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
Rolf Liebermann
Director
Krzysztof Penderecki
Writer
Aldous Huxley
Jul 23, 2003
Oct 7, 2017
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Nov 25, 1949
Sep 27, 2019
May 27, 1987
Sep 9, 2002
Jan 31, 2020
Sep 21, 2013
Feb 2, 2006
Nov 1, 1961
Jun 18, 2014
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Nov 27, 2024
Sep 10, 2007
Polyphon
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NDR
Germany
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