Passion Play
Oberammergau & Luther

Thank for the most wonderful time in Oberammergau this summer! And welcome back for the next Passion Play in 2020. Terra Lu Travel will once again be your partner for customized group arrangements to Oberammergau.

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. 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.

The Passion Play Today 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. Otto Huber (Assistant Director and Literary Advisor) © www.oberammergau.de. Used by permission.

photographs: Oberammergau Passion Play 2000 © Gemeinde Oberammergau used by permission click on photographs to enlarge!

The producer: Christian Stückl
The conductors: Markus Zwink and Michael Bocklet
The designer: Stefan Hageneier

First performance: 15th May, 2010
Last performance: 3rd October, 2010
Daily, except Mondays and Wednesdays:
Performance - Part 1 from 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Performance - Part 2 from 8.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.

The play involves about 2,000 acteurs and takes 5 hours in two parts. Tickets will only be available as a package which includes meals and hotel stays in Oberammergau. But being in Europe anyway it would be a good idea to add a tour to other sights as well.