Oberammergau Passion Play 2010
The small town of Oberammergau is located in the southern Bavarian region of Germany. In 2010 over a five month period from April to September, over 2,000 local villagers will take part in numerous performances of the ‘Passion Play’, a story depicting the life and death of Jesus Christ.
The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634 and is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the bubonic plague which was then sweeping the region, they would perform a passion play every ten years.
The play is now performed in years ending with a zero, except 1984 which was the 350th anniversary, and involves over 2000 actors, singers, instrumentalists and technicians, all residents of the village.
The Oberammergau Passion Play runs for approximately seven hours with an intermission break when a meal is served. Since 1930 the number of visitors has ranged from 420,000 to 530,000.
The play comprises spoken dramatic text, musical and choral accompaniment and tableaux vivants. The tableaux vivants are scenes from the Old Testament depicted for the audience by motionless actors accompanied by verbal description. These scenes are the basis for the typology, the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, of the play.
Tickets to see the Passion Play are extremly difficult to obtain but Haslemere Travel has established some close relationship and deals with its travel partners to ensure that not only are the best seats in the house available but also that a full itinerary accompanies this special occasion.
Imperial Cities & The Passion Play
This package includes:
- Return British Airways flights from the UK
- 9 Day Tour - including 16 meals
- Door to door transfer service
- City tours on most days
- Budapest, Hungarian Horse Show, Mathias Church, Fishermans Bastion, Renaissance Dinner, Vienna, Schoenbrunn Palace, Grinzing Evening, Danube River Cruise, Prague, Hradcany Castle, Innsbruck, Oberammergau Passion Play
- Departure dates between 13th May 10 - 10th September 10
- £2099 per person based on 2 adults sharing a double or twin room. Single supplement = £400
- Save £100 pp if you book by 15th May 09
Lake Garda & Oberammergau 2010
This package includes:
- Eurostar from St Pancras - Leisure Select (1st Class)
- 9 Day Tour - including 15 meals
- City tours on most days
- Switzerland - Montreaux, Lake Geneva / Italy - Desenzano, church & cloisters, Sirmione / Venice - St Marks Square / Brenner Pass to Austria then on to the Bavarian Alps, Murnau / Oberammergau Passion play / Munich to Cologne / Brussels
- Departure dates between 11th May 10 - 21st September 10
- From £2,275 per person
For further information and detailed itineraries, please call 01428 658 777
