La nonne sanglante

La nonne sanglante

La nonne sanglante ("The Bloody Nun"), is a 5 act opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne. It was written between 1852 and 1854 first produced in the latter year at the Paris Opéra.

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:Place: Bohemia:Time: 11th century

Prologue

Agnès is in love with Rodolphe, although the two families are perpetually at war with each other. Moldaw's castle is said to be haunted by the bloody figure of a nun.

Act 1

Pierre l'ermite breaks up a row between the family vassals and abjures them to join his crusade. He proposes that Agnès should marry Rodoplhe's brother Théobald to cement relations between the families. The lovers agree that to escape, Agnès should disguise herself as the ghost of the "nonne sanglante" and elope with him at midnight.

Act 2

Arthur sings of the legend of "la nonne saglante". At Rodolphe's rendez-vous, he walks off with the ghost of the nun, believing it to be Agnès. The ghosts of Rodolphe's ancestors materialise in the magically-restored family castle to witness the marriage of Rodolphe and the nun.

Act 3

Théobald has been killed in battle, so Rodolphe is in theory free to marry Agnès. However Rodolphe reveals to Arthur that he is nightly haunted by the nun who reminds him of his vows. She eventually reveals that Rodolphe can only be released by killing the (unidentified) man who murdered her.

Act 4

At the marriage feast of Rodophe and Agnès, the nun's ghost appears at midnight and indicates to Rodolphe that his father, Ludorf, was her murderer. Rodolphe abandons the ceremonies in horror, reigniting the ancient mutual hatred of the families.

Act 5

Ludorf is consumed by guilt for his crime, and will accept punishment if he can meet with Rodolphe for a last time. He overhears Moldaw's retainers planning to kidnap Rodolphe. Rodolphe then appears with Agnès and confesses to her the story of the ghost. To save his son, Ludorf presents himself to Moldaw's men as his son, and is murdered by them, dying in his son's arms at the tomb of the murdered nun. This act of expiation is clearly acceptable to the ghost who ascends to heaven praying for Ludorf.

Note: The story was very loosely adapted by Scribe from an episode in "The Monk", a gothic novel by Matthew Lewis. The libretto was originally considered by Hector Berlioz, who wrote a few fragments before abandoning it. [See http://www.hberlioz.com/Libretti/Nonne.htm]

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