DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN

Opera in three acts Libretto by the composer based on The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley in the dramatization by John Whiting using the German broadcast of Erich Fried’s drama (1968/69, revised in 2011/12) World premiere: Hamburg, 20 June 1969 Premiere of the revised version: Copenhagen, 12 February 2013

Composer Krzysztof Penderecki.
In deutscher Sprache · Mit Übertiteln in deutscher und englischer Sprache.

Premiere at 27. June 2022

Munich Opera Festival Sunday, 03. July 2022, 07:00 pm o'clock, Nationaltheater.

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Conductor	Vladimir Jurowski
Production	Simon Stone
Set Design	Bob Cousins
Costume Design	Mel Page
Lighting	Nick Schlieper
Choruses	Stellario Fagone
Dramaturgy	Malte Krasting

Jeanne	Ausrine Stundyte
Claire	Ursula Hesse von den Steinen
Gabrielle	Alina Adamski
Louise	Lindsay Ammann
Philippe	Danae Kontora
Ninon	Nadezhda Karyazina
Grandier	Wolfgang Koch
Vater Barré	Martin Winkler
Baron de Laubardement	Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Vater Rangier	Andrew Harris
Vater Mignon	Ulrich Reß
Adam, Apotheker	Kevin Conners
Mannoury	Jochen Kupfer
Prinz Henri de Condé	Sean Michael Plumb
Vater Ambroise	Martin Snell
Bontemps	Christian Rieger

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Chorus and extra chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper

A nun’s sinful fantasies, a priest’s bawdy excesses, bigoted petty bourgeois envy and jealousy – and above all, the political master plan of an ambitious clergyman. From such a melange emerged an exorcism excess in a provincial French town in the early 17th century. The simulated exorcism of the allegedly possessed Ursuline nun, Jeanne, became a means for Cardinal Richelieu to silence undesirable forces such as the openly spiritual Grandier on the scaffold, and thus generate a climate of fear, in which none would ever dare oppose him. Aldous Huxley powerfully illustrated these events in a historical novel in 1952, and from a dramatization of the book, Krzysztof Penderecki created a unique opera in 1969: The Devils of Loudun. Into it he introduces a wealth of voices and instruments, sounds and noises, which he combines entirely with the scenic elements. Like waves, the 34 short scenes wash over the audience, and very quickly it’s gasping for breath. The piece is one of the 20th century’s most vivid, has remained disconcertingly topical, and now comes to Munich for the first time as a premiere to open the 2022 Opera Festival on the stage of the Nationaltheater.

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