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The Devils of Loudun

0% | Jul 02, 1969 | Music, History, Drama

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.

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Krzysztof Penderecki
Writer
Krzysztof Penderecki
Music

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Cvetka Ahlin
Claire - Ursuline Sister
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Heinz Blankenburg
Mannoury - a surgeon
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Ursula Boese
Louise - Ursuline sister
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Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt
Clerk of the Count
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Joachim Hess
d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun

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