• Heaven and Hell / © Michael Kneffel

    Heaven and Hell

    Marianne Faithful
  • O Wort, du Wort, das mir fehlt! / © Annette Jonak

    O Wort, du Wort, das mir fehlt!

  • Moses und Aron / © Paul Leclaire

    Moses und Aron

    Dale Duesing as Moses
  • Moses und Aron / © Paul Leclaire

    Moses und Aron

    Andreas Conrad as Aron and Dale Duesing as Moses
  • Moses und Aron / © Paul Leclaire

    Moses und Aron

    Moses and the Ten Commandments
  • Moses und Aron / © Paul Leclaire

    Moses und Aron

    Dale Duesing and the ChorWerk Ruhr
  • Moses und Aron / © Paul Leclaire

    Moses und Aron

    ChorWerk Ruhr
  • Moses und Aron / © Kirsten Neumann

    Moses und Aron

    Hans-Heinrich Grosse-Brockhoff, Willy Decker, Regina Wyrwoll and Dale Duesing at the premiere party
  • Herzzeit / © Anne Lochmann

    Herzzeit

    Wolfram Koch and Anne Tismer read out of the exchange of letters between Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann
  • Jerusalem / © Michael Kneffel

    Jerusalem

    Jordi Savall with jewish, christian and muslim musicians, who interpret the Holy City's Destiny
  • Jerusalem / © Michael Kneffel

    Jerusalem

    The shofar
  • Die Utopische Kraft der Musik / © Michael Kneffel

    Die Utopische Kraft der Musik

    Willy Decker, Jordi Savall and Manuel Forcano
  • Klangsprünge / © Volker Beushausen

    Klangsprünge

    Music academy for kids
  • Für und mit Ernst / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Für und mit Ernst

    Christan Muthspiel
  • Sing für mich, Tod / © Paul Leclaire

    Sing für mich, Tod

    Stefan Kurt as Claude Vivier in the Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel
  • Sing für mich, Tod / © Paul Leclaire

    Sing für mich, Tod

    Caroline Melzer and Stefan Kurt
  • Sing für mich, Tod / © Paul Leclaire

    Sing für mich, Tod

    Stefan Kurt
  • Sing für mich, Tod – Primal Reading / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Sing für mich, Tod – Primal Reading

    Axel Milberg and Albert Ostermaier
  • Vivo! / © Paul Leclaire

    Vivo!

    Anna Netrebko and Massimo Giordano
  • Vivo! / © Kirsten Neumann

    Vivo!

    Willy Decker and Anna Netrebko at the premier party
  • Das Naturtheater von Oklahoma / © Annette Jonak

    Das Naturtheater von Oklahoma

    Martin Wuttke is reading texts of Franz Kafka
  • Iggy Pop & Fans on stage / © Michael Kneffel

    Iggy Pop & Fans on stage

    May be used free of charge if attributed
  • Teorema / © Jan Versweyfeld

    Teorema

    Chico Kenzari in the act version of the film of Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Teorema / © Jan Versweyfeld

    Teorema

    Eelco Smits and Chico Kenzari
  • Dritte Generation / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Dritte Generation

    »Work in Progress« by Yael Ronen
  • Dritte Generation / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Dritte Generation

    with german, israeli and palestinian actors
  • Paradiese  / © Volker Beushausen

    Paradiese

    Artistic Director Willy Decker, Dr. Norbert Lammert, patron, and Cathrin Rose, head of the »Junge Triennale« and kids
  • Paradiese  / © Volker Beushausen

    Paradiese

    »Ein Paradies verschenkt«, Performance of TheaterTotal with 120 kids and teens
  • Tamar / © Paul Leclaire

    Tamar

    ChorWerk Ruhr with Rupert Huber
  • Tamar / © Paul Leclaire

    Tamar

    Markus Stockhausen, Rabih Lahoud and sumnima.arts
  • Der zerbrochne Krug / © Bernd Uhlig

    Der zerbrochne Krug

    Sven-Eric Bechtolf
  • Der zerbrochne Krug / © Bernd Uhlig

    Der zerbrochne Krug

    From left to right: Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Norman Hacker, Swetlana Schönfeld, Marie Burchard, Karolina Horster, Paul Schröder
  • Der zerbrochne Krug / © Bernd Uhlig

    Der zerbrochne Krug

    Wolfgang Michael in the stage design by Annette Murschetz
  • Von Sonne zu Sonne / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Von Sonne zu Sonne

    Edith Clever
  • Hiob / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Hiob

    Sylvana Krappatsch and André Jung put on stage by Johan Simons
  • Hiob / © Ursula Kaufmann

    Hiob

    Ensemble
  • Autland / © Michael Kneffel

    Autland

    Ensemble
  • Autland / © Michael Kneffel

    Autland

    Bauwien van der Meer
  • Liebe und Finsternis / © Anne Lochmann

    Liebe und Finsternis

    Amos Oz and Samuel Weiss
  • American Soul / © Michael Kneffel

    American Soul

    Final Concert of the Ruhrtriennale 2009 with David Hidalgo and Cotito

Ruhrtriennale 2009

On 11th October the first season of the Ruhrtriennale under artistic director Willy Decker came to a close. In its eight weeks, the Triennale showed 31 productions, amongst them world premieres and German-speaking premieres.

This year more than 1,000 international artists were guests at the Ruhrtriennale. Over 49,600 audience members visited the 96 events, which added up to 86 per cent capacity. Over 280 journalists from 18 different countries reported from performance venues in Bochum, Duisburg, Essen and Gladbeck.

Willy Decker is the first artistic director of the festival who is also a director himself. On 22nd August his new production of Schönberg's opera Moses und Aron opened the season and was highly-praised by critics and audience alike.

There will be a filmic retrospective of this extraordinary start on Wednesday, 11th November at 8pm. Willy Decker's production, filmed by WDR for ARTE, will be shown at this time in the Lichburg in Essen. The programme was directed by Hannes Rossacher. Tickets can be reserved by telephoning 0201. 23 10 23. Free entry!

The Ruhrtriennale also made its presence felt outside the Ruhrgebiet with several visiting productions: in January Le Vin herbé could be seen in Lyon, in May Next Level Parzival was a guest at the Kinder- und Jugendtheatertreffen in Berlin, and Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir guested at both the Berliner Theatertreffen and at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam in June.

We would like to thank all our visitors for their interest, their support and their critiques and we look forward to meeting up again next year. The 2010 season is scheduled for the period from 20th August to 10th October.

With very best wishes from the Ruhrtriennale!