Heaven and Hell
Marianne Faithful© Michael Kneffel
O Wort, du Wort, das mir fehlt!
© Annette Jonak
Moses und Aron
Dale Duesing as Moses© Paul Leclaire
Moses und Aron
Andreas Conrad as Aron and Dale Duesing as Moses© Paul Leclaire
Moses und Aron
Moses and the Ten Commandments© Paul Leclaire
Moses und Aron
Dale Duesing and the ChorWerk Ruhr© Paul Leclaire
Moses und Aron
ChorWerk Ruhr© Paul Leclaire
Moses und Aron
Hans-Heinrich Grosse-Brockhoff, Willy Decker, Regina Wyrwoll and Dale Duesing at the premiere party© Kirsten Neumann
Herzzeit
Wolfram Koch and Anne Tismer read out of the exchange of letters between Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann© Anne Lochmann
Jerusalem
Jordi Savall with jewish, christian and muslim musicians, who interpret the Holy City's Destiny© Michael Kneffel
Jerusalem
The shofar© Michael Kneffel
Die Utopische Kraft der Musik
Willy Decker, Jordi Savall and Manuel Forcano© Michael Kneffel
Klangsprünge
Music academy for kids© Volker Beushausen
Für und mit Ernst
Christan Muthspiel© Ursula Kaufmann
Sing für mich, Tod
Stefan Kurt as Claude Vivier in the Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel© Paul Leclaire
Sing für mich, Tod
Caroline Melzer and Stefan Kurt© Paul Leclaire
Sing für mich, Tod
Stefan Kurt© Paul Leclaire
Sing für mich, Tod – Primal Reading
Axel Milberg and Albert Ostermaier© Ursula Kaufmann
Vivo!
Anna Netrebko and Massimo Giordano© Paul Leclaire
Vivo!
Willy Decker and Anna Netrebko at the premier party© Kirsten Neumann
Das Naturtheater von Oklahoma
Martin Wuttke is reading texts of Franz Kafka© Annette Jonak
Iggy Pop & Fans on stage
May be used free of charge if attributed© Michael Kneffel
Teorema
Chico Kenzari in the act version of the film of Pier Paolo Pasolini© Jan Versweyfeld
Teorema
Eelco Smits and Chico Kenzari© Jan Versweyfeld
Dritte Generation
»Work in Progress« by Yael Ronen© Ursula Kaufmann
Dritte Generation
with german, israeli and palestinian actors© Ursula Kaufmann
Paradiese
Artistic Director Willy Decker, Dr. Norbert Lammert, patron, and Cathrin Rose, head of the »Junge Triennale« and kids© Volker Beushausen
Paradiese
»Ein Paradies verschenkt«, Performance of TheaterTotal with 120 kids and teens© Volker Beushausen
Tamar
ChorWerk Ruhr with Rupert Huber© Paul Leclaire
Tamar
Markus Stockhausen, Rabih Lahoud and sumnima.arts© Paul Leclaire
Der zerbrochne Krug
Sven-Eric Bechtolf© Bernd Uhlig
Der zerbrochne Krug
From left to right: Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Norman Hacker, Swetlana Schönfeld, Marie Burchard, Karolina Horster, Paul Schröder© Bernd Uhlig
Der zerbrochne Krug
Wolfgang Michael in the stage design by Annette Murschetz© Bernd Uhlig
Von Sonne zu Sonne
Edith Clever© Ursula Kaufmann
Hiob
Sylvana Krappatsch and André Jung put on stage by Johan Simons© Ursula Kaufmann
Hiob
Ensemble© Ursula Kaufmann
Autland
Ensemble© Michael Kneffel
Autland
Bauwien van der Meer© Michael Kneffel
Liebe und Finsternis
Amos Oz and Samuel Weiss© Anne Lochmann
American Soul
Final Concert of the Ruhrtriennale 2009 with David Hidalgo and Cotito© Michael Kneffel
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!