"the United States and around the world. Outdoor religious dramas, or passion plays, have a long tradition. In 1633, the residents of Oberammergau, Germany vowed to continue presenting their local passion play every ten years as a vow to God in return for being spared from the plague. The Oberammergau passion play will be performed next in 2010. The United States has had passion plays for over three quarters of a century. These have included The Black Hills Passion Play in Spearfish, South Dakota and The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. In 1984, Dargatz and Rhodes began to"
"and technicians, all residents of the village. The name of the village (as well as that of neighbouring Unterammergau) appears in a well-known German tongue-twister, often sung as a round: About half the inhabitants of Oberammergau took part in the once-a-decade Passion Play in 2010. Over 2,000 villagers performed the story of the Passion of Jesus for the audiences from around the world. This was a labor-intensive community enterprise, in which only natives of the village could participate. Performances have taken place between mid-May and early October. The play has a major economic impact on Oberammergau. There is a local"
"expression """"Die Passion zahlt"""" (""The Passion Play will pay for it"") in explaining how the Oberammergau community financed construction of a new community swimming pool, community centre, and other civic improvements. Since 1930, the number of visitors has ranged from 420,000 to 530,000. Most tickets are sold as part of a package with one or two nights' accommodation. The village is also known as the home of a long tradition of woodcarving; the Bavarian State Woodcarving School is located there. Among the celebrated former students is the German artist Wolfram Aichele. His processional church staff depicting Christ on a donkey"
"a reminder of Tegelen's industrial heyday. In 2001 Tegelen was merged into the municipality of Venlo. The centuries-old expertise in ceramics and pottery is kept alive by courses held in the ceramic center of the tithe barn. Tegelen has several theater, music and choral organisations. It is internationally famous for its Passion Play held every five years in the years that are divisible by 5, in Openluchttheater De Doolhof. These always attract many visitors. The same open air theater hosts Tegelen's Bluesrock Festival every year. Tegelen has had its fair share of colourful characters. By far the most famous of"
"Eulogy for the Living by the band Ghostrain references Oberammergau in the song Sound at 11. In 2014 the Hebrew novel ""Nazur"", by Lior Couriel, includes several Mossad scenes occurring in Oberammergau. Oberammergau Oberammergau (Southern Bavarian: ""Obaammagau"") is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and across the world for its 380-year tradition of mounting Passion Plays. The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634. It resulted from a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that"
"one of the stations of the cross. Opening in 1915, this production was billed as ""America's Passion Play"", and ran until 1999. The other production was created under the auspices of Holy Family in what was then Union Hill (the northern half of town) and has been presented annually since 1915, making it the longest-running passion play in the United States. The show has been presented at the Park since it was completed, leading to the nickname ""America's Oberammergau"". While some consider passion plays to have been historically anti-semitic, the Park's production has adapted to modern times. The 1997 show"
"which the Passion Play reached its highest development (1400–1515). During this period the later Frankfort Passion Play (1467), the Alsfelder, and the Friedberger (1514) originated. Connected with this group are the Eger, the Donaueschingen, Augsburg, Freising and Lucerne Passion Plays, in which the whole world drama, beginning with the creation of man and brought down to the coming of the Holy Ghost, is exhibited, and which was produced with great splendour as late as 1583. Nearly all these Passion Plays have some relation to those coming from the Tyrol, some contributing to, others taking from, that source. These, again, are"
"The 1934 film ""Twentieth Century"", starring John Barrymore, mentions the famous passion play. In Maud Hart Lovelace's novel ""Betsy and the Great World"", Betsy visits Oberammergau and meets many of the people involved in the passion play. Also, the passion play inspired the Brazilians to create one of the largest outdoor theaters in the world, called New Jerusalem city theater in Pernambuco. Jerome K Jerome wrote 'The Diary of a Pilgrimage' about his journey to see the Passion Play. Mike Ramsdell teaches at the NATO school in his 2005 novel ""A Train To Potevka"". A song 'Oberammergau' by UK musician"
"from the Passion Play Club (""Passionsspielverein"") with its roughly 350 members. Besides the players, the choir is one of the most important elements. The last Passion Plays were held in 2007, meaning that the next ones will not be staged until 2012. Near Wintrich is a weir on the Moselle, but no bridge. A bypass road leads traffic around the village. Wintrich Wintrich is an ""Ortsgemeinde"" – a municipality belonging to a ""Verbandsgemeinde"", a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The municipality lies in the natural and cultivated landscape of the Moselle valley on"
"three-hour interval, ending at 22.30. Performances took place between mid-May and early October 2010. The Passion of Christ is performed in Sordevolo (Piedmont) every five years since 1816, from June to September, by all the inhabitants of the village in an open air amphitheatre 4.000 squared meters wide, of 2.400 seats under cover. In front of the audience is rebuilt a corner of Jerusalem.Every actor involved (about 500 people) is a volunteer, as well as who works ""behind the scenes""(about 300 people) for scenography, costumes, script, horses. It is one of the greatest shows about the Passion of Christ in"
"to the relevant church in the state where the taxpayer lives. Apart from its demographic weight, the Catholic Church in Germany has an old religious and cultural heritage, which reaches back to both Saint Boniface, ""apostle of Germany"" and first archbishop of Mainz, and to Charlemagne, buried at Aachen Cathedral. Notable religious sites include Ettal Abbey, Maria Laach Abbey, and Oberammergau, famous for its performance of the Passion Play every ten years. The Catholic Church in Germany also boasts one of the most recognizable landmarks in all of the country, the Cologne Cathedral. Other notable Catholic cathedrals are in Freising,"
"the winemaking village’s landmark, and can easily be seen both day and night, for it is floodlit then, from a great distance. Riesling is the customary grape variety here, although small quantities of Pinot, Müller-Thurgau, Kerner and Dornfelder are also grown. The ""Wintricher Passionsspiele"" (Wintrich Passion Plays) have been produced over several weeks every five years since 1902. They portray a part of Jesus Christ’s life. The plays are well attended, with 8,000 playgoers coming for the one-hundred-year jubilee. The production venue is the church in Wintrich, this offering the best suited backdrop. The greater part of the players comes"
"be interested in a book about the Esparreguera Passion Play, and suggested that she turn her notes into a book. She did, coming out with her book the following year, written in collaboration with Roig. Esparreguera Passion Play The Esparreguera Passion Play (Catalan: ""Passió d'Esparreguera"") is a performance of the Passion Play in Esparreguera, Catalonia, Spain. The play has over three hundred actors and live music, and is performed in twelve performances, staged every Sunday from March to May. The townspeople of Esparreguera, a town northwest of Barcelona, get involved every year to carry out the festival. The performances take"
"Esparreguera Passion Play The Esparreguera Passion Play (Catalan: ""Passió d'Esparreguera"") is a performance of the Passion Play in Esparreguera, Catalonia, Spain. The play has over three hundred actors and live music, and is performed in twelve performances, staged every Sunday from March to May. The townspeople of Esparreguera, a town northwest of Barcelona, get involved every year to carry out the festival. The performances take place at the ""Teatre de la Passió"", a large theater venue opened in 1969 and designed specifically for Passion Play performances. Along with the , it is one of the most important Passion Plays in"
"since 1634. At the turn of the 20th century, much of North Hudson, New Jersey was populated by German-speaking immigrants who had established Catholic parishes, and by the mid-1910s two of the churches had begun annual presentations of a passion play, which sometimes led to friendly rivalry. Similar to the German version, the production were made possible by volunteers of the extended community. One production was sponsored by St Joseph's Church on Central Avenue in what was then West Hoboken (now the southern half of Union City). It was called ""Veronica's Veil"", in reference to the Veil of Veronica, and"
"Canadian Badlands Passion Play The Canadian Badlands Passion Play is a passion play performed annually since 1994 in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. The play takes place every July in a natural bowl amphitheater found in the Drumheller Valley, less than 10 minutes from downtown. The unique outdoor location was chosen for the topographical similarity to the Israeli countryside surrounding Jerusalem, as well as the superb natural acoustics. It follows the story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus found in the Gospels, told through drama and music, using over 200 volunteer performers. Every five years or so, the script is"
"pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition. Oberammergau Passion Play performed since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany. Passion Week is a name for the week beginning on Passion Sunday, as the Fifth Sunday of Lent was once called in the Roman Rite. Rukada is a doll puppet theatre practised almost exclusively in the city of Ambalangoda on the South-western coast. three to Four feet high puppets are"
"Gluck, and in 2016 she sang Maria in Leonard Bernstein's ""West Side Story"". Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play ""Jedermann"" (""Everyman"") by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization. Music festivals had been held in Salzburg at irregular intervals since 1877 held by the"
"Furth im Wald Furth im Wald is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border in the Bavarian Forest, northeast of Cham, and southwest of Domažlice. The city is known as ""Drachenstadt"" (Dragon City), a reference to Furth im Wald's annual ""Drachenstich"" (Slaying of the Dragon) play. The ""Drachenstich"", originally part of a Corpus Christi procession, was first mentioned in 1590. As one of the oldest folk plays in the German language, each year actors re-enact the legend of Saint Georg slaying the dragon. In 2010, the play became notable for using the world's largest walking robot, an animatronic"
"Rathaus-Glockenspiel The Rathaus-Glockenspiel of Munich is a tourist attraction in Marienplatz, the heart of Munich. Part of the second construction phase of the New Town Hall, it dates from 1908. Every day at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. ( as well as 5 p.m. in the summer) it chimes and re-enacts two stories from the 16th century to the amusement of mass crowds of tourists and locals. It consists of 43 bells and 32 life-sized figures. The top half of the Glockenspiel tells the story of the marriage of the local Duke Wilhelm V (who also founded the world famous"
"the 17th and 18th century, Passion Plays were organised in the towns of the Slovene Lands, like Kranj, Ljubljana, and Novo Mesto. Their language was German, Slovene, or both. They were all based on the tradition of the Ljubljana Passion Play, which was organised by Capuchins and first performed from ca. 1608 until ca. 1613. The most distinguished of them has been the Škofja Loka Passion Play. It was written by Father Romuald in 1715, with modifications until 1727, on the basis of an older tradition. It is the oldest preserved play in Slovene as well as the oldest preserved"
"After years of disuse, it was restored in 1991 and is now well-maintained. The complex also contains a small black box theater, exhibition spaces, classrooms and rehearsal auditorium. To the dismay of some, the marquee was replaced in 2010, citing irreparable damage, though portions have been incorporated into its replacement. While the church and rectory are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, the theater and other buildings are not. A passion play is a theatrical production presented during Lent depicting of the last days of Jesus Christ. The traditional Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria has taken place"
"and so on). Reflective chorales and arias were inserted at predefined points in the narrative, providing commentary on the Passion events. The length was generally carefully kept within one hour. The Passion for the year was performed five times during Lent, once in each church. They were performed starting in the oldest church and moving to the youngest church as follows: St. Peter, St. Nicholas, St. Catherine, St. James and St. Michael. The Passion librettos were printed each year for sale to the ; copies of these librettos survive to this day in the Hamburg Staatsarchiv. It is important to"
"Enlightenment, efforts were made in Catholic Germany, particularly in Bavaria and the Tyrol, to destroy even the remnants of the tradition of medieval plays. Public interest in the Passion Play developed in the last decades of the 19th century, and the statistician Karl Pearson wrote a book about them. Since then, Brixlegg and Vorderthiersee in Tyrol and Horice na Sumave, near Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic, and above all, the Oberammergau in Upper Bavaria attract thousands to their plays. The text of the play of Vorderthiersee (""Gespiel in der Vorderen Thiersee"") dates from the second half of the seventeenth"
"rewritten to tell the story from a fresh perspective. Each year, more than 10,000 audience members travel to Drumheller for the Passion Play, an area already known for tourist attractions like the Canadian Badlands and the Royal Tyrell Museum. Audience members come not only from all across Alberta, but also from around the world - some coming as pilgrims, others simply coming to see a massive theatre production. In 1988 the founder of the Rosebud Theatre and Rosebud School of the Arts, Laverne Erickson, formed a steering committee and began gaining the support of local community organizations for what would"
"""St Matthew Passion"", Since 1991, the cantor has been Lothar Mohn. He kept his predecessors' tradition of an annual (Lenten concert), frequently performing Bach's ""St Matthew Passion"" or ""St John Passion"". In 2008 he installed a series of Bach cantatas named ""Bach um Fünf"" (Bach at five), beginning with """". Neustädter Kirche, Hanover The ' (church of the new town) is a main Lutheran parish church in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The official name is ' (St. John's Church of the court and the city in the New Town at Hanover). The Baroque church was built in 1666–70. It is"
"the appearance of Mary (the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus) and Mary Magdalene in the action. From these humble beginnings the Passion Play developed very rapidly, since in the fourteenth century it was at a stage of development which could not have been reached except by repeated practice. From this second period we have the Vienna Passion, the St. Gall Passion, the oldest Frankfort Passion, and the Maestricht Passion. All four Plays, as they are commonly called, are written in rhyme, principally in German. The Vienna Passion embraces the entire history of the Redemption, and begins with the revolt and"
"century, is entirely in verse, and comprises in five acts the events recorded in the Gospel, from the Last Supper to the Entombment. A prelude (Vorgespiel), on the Good Shepherd, precedes the play. After being repeatedly remodelled, the text received its present classical form from the Austrian Benedictine, P. Weissenhofer. Productions of the play, which came from Bavaria to the Tyrol in the second half of the eighteenth century, were arranged at irregular intervals during the first half of the nineteenth century; since 1855 they have taken place at regular intervals, at Brixlegg every ten years. The Höritz Passion Play,"
"""Kraft durch Freude"" scheme's discount-travel programme offered special cut-rate packages for the Passion Play, including train fare, tickets and accommodations. Official propaganda described the Passion Play as ""peasant drama ... inspired by the consecrating power of the soil"", and Hitler attended a performance. An attempt to rewrite the Passion Play script to bring it into line with Nazi ideology was rejected, however, by the more conservative element. Missio Canonica is a canonical certification necessary for preaching. In 19th-century Germany it was extended to teaching as well. In 1922 the Catholic Church gave the play a ""Missio Canonica"". It is a"
"Vismarkt in Groningen. Roughly 20,000 visitors came to see the play and it had around 3.2 million television viewers. ""The Passion"" was held on 2 April on the Hendrik Jan van Heekplein in Enschede. This year, the event was broadcast on radio as well. A total of 3,574,000 viewers watched the live television broadcasting. On 2 September 2015, it was revealed that ""The Passion"" will be staged on 24 March 2016, on the Eemplein in Amersfoort. The Passion (Netherlands) The Passion is a Dutch passion play, held every Maundy Thursday since 2011 in a different city each year. The event"
"of ""Wetten, dass...?"", owing to the occasion of Gottschalk's upcoming 70th birthday (May 18, 2020). Wetten, dass..? The shows were broadcast live six to eight times a year from different cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. There were also seven open-air summer shows, broadcast from Amphitheatre Xanten, Plaça de Toros de Palma de Mallorca, Disneyland Paris, Waldbühne Berlin, and Aspendos Roman Theatre. Each of the shows, which were shown without commercial interruption, were usually scheduled to last for about two hours, but it was not uncommon for a show to run as much as 45 minutes longer. On 14 February"
"and Iztapalapa in Mexico City. Other communities with notable celebrations include Pátzcuaro, Tzintzuntzan, Querétaro, Huajicori, Mesa de Nayar, Creel, Cusarare (Chihuahua), San Ignacio Arareco (Chihuahua), Jerez, Atlixco, Temascalcingo, San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán. The most famous passion play in Mexico is held in Iztapalapa in the east of Mexico City. This production involves over 4000 local residents (all of which are born in Iztapalapa) which perform scenes related to the last week of Jesus’s life from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. The production has been done each year since 1843 and today the spectacle attracts over 2 million spectators, mostly"
"fully developed, in 1966 the centerpiece, the Christ of the Ozarks statue, was completed on Magnetic Mountain at an elevation of 1,500 feet, from where it overlooked the town. Emmet Sullivan, the sculptor, had worked under Gutzon Borglum as one of the sculptors of Mount Rushmore. Smith's original plans were for a life-size recreation of ancient Jerusalem in the hills near Eureka Springs; no construction of this portion took place. He did initiate an annual outdoor Passion Play, inspired by another passion play which is performed every ten years in the town of Oberammergau, Germany. It is staged in an"