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The
Oberammergau Passion Play plus tour of Munich,
Salzburg and Vienna.
A
play of life and death, promised in a moment of mortal threat -
so began the history of the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1633.
In the middle of the Thirty Years War, after months of suffering
and death from the plague, the Oberammergauers swore an oath that
they would perform the "Play of the Suffering, Death and Resurrection
of Our Lord Jesus Christ" every ten years.
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At Pentecost
1634, they fulfilled their pledge for the first time on a stage they put
up in the cemetery above the fresh graves of the plague victims. In the
year 2000, the Community of Oberammergau performed the Passion Play they
have preserved throughout the centuries with singular continuity for the
40th time.
In
this spirit, during a work period of several years, text and music were
fundamentally revised, new settings and costumes were designed and a new
production was created in countless rehearsals.
Now, more than 2,000 Oberammergauers, actors, singers, instrumentalists
and stage technicians bring to the stage those events Christianity regards
as its central source of life and hope in approximately six hours of playing
time.
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The
next Passion Play takes place in the year 2010
Experience
this extraordinary event, as well as tour Munich, Salzburg and
Vienna from July 8th to the 17th, 2010.
Already decided:
The producer: Christian Stückl
The conductors: Markus Zwink and Michael Bocklet
The designer: Stefan Hageneier
This extremely popular event sells out quickly.
We currently have good negotiated space and pricing.
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Call
Accent Travel at 512-338-0444 for
details of this powerful experience.
History
of the Passion Play - In the year 1633
At the beginning a solemn promise was made: During the Thirty Years'
War the Black Death came to Oberammergau in the year 1632. In 1633 nearly
every family bemoaned one or more victims as a consequence of the Black
Death.
At the Cemetery (Beinhof) the Black Death invalids promised to act the
history of Jesus Christ every ten years. The inhabitants of Oberammergau
erected a Symbol for Jesus Christ. This is testified by an etching of
the artist Hans Schwaighofer from Oberammergau.
On
Pentecost 1634 the inhabitants of Oberammergau acted the Play on a stage
which was built at the cemetery and constructed over the fresh graves
of the Black Death victims.
Transcript of the oldest Passion Lyrics document that could be saved.
The majority of the 4902 verses emanates from two much older Passion Plays
dating before 1634: A Middle Age Passion Play (Second half of the 15th
century) whose manuscript was found at the benedictine monastery
St. Ulrich und Afra in Augsburg. The second text is the Passion "Tragedi"
of the singer Sebastian Wild from Augsburg dating from 1566.
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