PENDERECKI: Teufel von Loudon (Die) (Hamburg State Opera studio production, 1969) (NTSC)

Krzysztof Pednerecki
DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN (The Devils of Loudun)

Historical Studio Production from Hamburg State Opera, 1969
Sung in German

Jeanne - Tatiana Troyanos
Urbain Grandier - Andrzej Hiolski
Father Barré - Bernhard Ladysz
Father Rangier - Hans Sotin
Jean d'Armagnac - Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann
Guilleaume de Cerisay - Rolf Mamero
Adam - Kurt Marschner
Mannoury - Heinz Blankenburg
Baron de Laubardement - Helmut Melchert
Prince Henri de Condé - William Workman
Asmodeus - Arnold van Mill

Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor

Joachim Hess, TV director
Rolf Liebermann, artistic director

Picture format: NTSC 4:3 (Colour)
Sound format: Mono
Region code: 0
Menu Languages: English, German, French, Spanish
Subtitle Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Running time: 108 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)

• This film sees the world première video recording of Penderecki's first opera The Devils of Loudun, filmed shortly after its world première in 1969 at the Hamburg State Opera.
  
  
• This film adaptation, recorded in the same year shortly after the première, reunified the original cast including the wonderful Tatiana Troyanos in "a performance that radiates competence and commitment" (Gramophone).
  
  
• The plot, based on the book by Aldous Huxley, explores subjects including sexuality, religion, fanaticism and justice in a deep and sometimes disturbing series of powerful scenes. It is no surprise therefore that film director William Friedkin also chose to use the music in his film The Exorcist.