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The Devils of Loudun

Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer based on John Whiting's dramatization of Aldous Huxley's "The Devils of Loudun"
Krzysztof Penderecki has undertaken a comprehensive revision of his opera, originally composed in 1968-69, for a new production by the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen. As well as adding two new scenes to the first Act, Penderecki has slightly shortened the beginning of Act II, reduced the woodwind and brass instrumentation and altered the percussion section throughout the work, and made small changes to vocal roles. He has also replaced numerous previously aleatoric passages with fixed rhythmic ones written out in full notation.
Edition: Matériel d'exécution

Détails du produit

Description

The small French town of Loudun was, in the years of 1633-34, the showplace for occurrences that gained renown throughout Europe, being followed at the time in a mixture of religiously feverish repulsion and voyeuristic exactitude by contemporary Europeans and extensively documented. Urbain Grandier, the village priest of Loudun, was accused in 1633 of having bewitched the nuns, above all Prioress Jeanne, of the newly founded Ursuline-Cloister. Under torture he admitted to regretting his lapsed lifestyle - he had relationships with two women, of which one expected a child from him - refused steadfastly, however, to confess to his “Devil’s Work” despite “proofs” of the same. In the summer of 1634 he was burned at the stake. For years afterwards the obsessions of the nuns occupied doctors and exorcists, the events ending only as Cardinal Richelieu withdrew his financial support of the cloister.
The trial against Urban Grandier was included in François de Pitaval’s collection of famous criminal cases. This source, along with the autobiographical recollections of Prioress Jeanne from 1644, and two reports of the trial from 1634 and 1693, was available to Aldous Huxley as he expounded on this theme in 1952 for the production of his The Devils of Loudun. Eight years later, John Whiting dramatised Huxley’s writings; the German version of which, by Erich Fried, being the starting point for Penderecki’s libretto, in which the composer sets the accent resoundly on the political level. “For him (Penderecki) The Devils of Loudun is a work about tolerance and intolerance. Grandier was the victim of a political intrigue, where even Jeanne was not really his enemy, but a victim of religious-political fanatics; her erotic neuroses exaggerated by Richelieu’s handiwork into a necessary possession by the Devil.”

Orchestral Cast

3 (2. auch Picc., 3. auch Picc. u. Altfl.) · 1 · Engl. Hr. · 2 (2. auch Es-Klar. u. Bassklar.) · Kb.-Klar. · 2 Altsax. · Baritonsax. · 3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 4 · 3 · 4 · 1 - P. (2 Spieler) S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Trgl. · Messgl. · 2 Gongs oder Tamt. · javanischer Gong · Röhrengl. · Kirchengl. oder Röhrengl. · Beckenpaar · 6 hg. Beck. · 2 Tamt. · Metallpl. · Schellentr. · 2 Bongos · 3 Tomt. · kl. Tr. · Mil. Tr. · Rührtr. · 3 Timb. · gr. Tr. · 5 Holzbl. · 3 Tempelbl. · Ratsche · Peitsche · Guiro · Sapo cubana · Säge · Flex. · Sir. · Windmasch. · Donnerbl.) (6 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. · Org. · Harm. ad lib. · elektr. Bassgit. - Str. (20 · 0 · 8 · 8 · 6)

Programmation des personnes

Jeanne, Priorin des Ursulinenordens · dramatischer Sopran oder hoher Mezzosopran - Claire, Schwester des Ursulinenordens · Mezzosopran - Gabrielle, Schwester des Ursulinenordens · Sopran - Louise, Schwester des Ursulinenordens · Alt - Philippe, ein junges Mädchen · Sopran - Ninon, eine junge Witwe · Alt - Grandier, Pfarrer von St. Peter · Bariton - Vater Barré, Vikar von Chinon · Bass - Baron de Laubardemont, Kommissar des Königs · Tenor - Vater Rangier · tiefer Bass - Vater Mignon, Beichtvater der Ursulinen · Tenor - Adam, Apotheker · Tenor - Mannoury, Chirurg · Bariton - d'Armagnac, Bürgermeister · Sprechstimme - de Cerisay, Stadtrichter · Sprechstimme - Prinz Henri de Condé, Gesandter des Königs · Bariton - Vater Ambroise, ein alter Priester · Bass - Bontemps, Kerkermeister · Bass-Bariton - Gerichtsvorsteher · Sprechstimme - Ursulinen, Karmeliter, Volk, Kinder, Wachen, Soldaten, ein Schreiber, Richelieu, Ludwig XIII, Vater Joseph, le Vrilière · Chor, Statisterie

Plus d'infos

Titre:
The Devils of Loudun
Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer based on John Whiting's dramatization of Aldous Huxley's "The Devils of Loudun"
in the German translation by Erich Fried
English Version adapted from John Whiting's play "The Devils" by Desmond Clayton
Langue:
Allemand, Anglais
Edition:
Matériel d'exécution
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1968 - 1969 (2012)
Première:
20 juin 1969 · Hamburg (D)
Staatsoper
Musikalische Leitung: Henryk Czyz · Choreinstudierung: Günter Schmidt-Bohländer
Inszenierung: Konrad Swinarski · Kostüme: Lidia und Jerzy Skarzynski · Bühnenbild: Lidia und Jerzy Skarzynski
(scenic)

12 février 2013 · København (DK)
Det Kongelige Teater
Musikalische Leitung: Lionel Friend
Inszenierung: Keith Warner · Kostüme: Kaspar Glarner · Bühnenbild: Boris Kudlička
(scenic)
Travaux commandés :
The revised version of "The Devils of Loudun" has been commissioned by Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Warsaw

Détails techniques

Numéro du produit:
LS 3170-02

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    Chef d'orchestre: Vladimir Jurowski
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    14 mars 2023 | München (Allemagne) , Nationaltheater
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    Chef d'orchestre: Vladimir Jurowski
    7 juillet 2022 | München (Allemagne) , Nationaltheater
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    Chef d'orchestre: Vladimir Jurowski
    27 juin 2022 | München (Allemagne) , Nationaltheater — Première soirée
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