Ordo Virtutum-The Ritual of the Virtues

  • Genre: Music
  • Run time: 69 min
  • Premiere: 1997. January 1.

Ordo Virtutum is an allegorical morality play, or sacred music drama, by Hildegard of Bingen, composed around 1151, during the construction and relocation of her Abbey at Rupertsberg. It is the earliest morality play by more than a century, and the only medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both text and music.

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Ansy Boothroyd

The Soul

John Hancorn

The Devil

Evelyn Tubb

Humility, Queen of Virtues

Lucy Ballard

Charisty, Celestial Love

Ruth Gomme

Victory

Jennie Cassidy

Hope, Contempt of the World

Roimata Templeton

Knowledge of God, Mercy

Amanda Hamilton

Obedience, Discipline

Clara Norburn

Discretion

Abigail Gordon

Patience, Faith

Jill Ward

Fear of God

Imogen Mitchell

Innocence

Directing

Production

Hans Petri

Producer

Directing

Production

Hans Petri

Producer