“One comes to feel that this is a community of people who have decided to enact the Passion as in a medieval mystery play. Each dancer expresses grief, doubt, questioning, or aggression so personally that each seems to have chosen his or her own role.“ Dance Magazine
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography, Staging, Set and Costumes: John Neumeier
4 hours | 1 intermission
Part 1: 90 minutes, Part 2: 120 minutes
PREMIERE – A sketch "Skizzen zur Matthäus-Passion":
The Hamburg Ballet, Hauptkirche St. Michaelis, Hamburg, November 13, 1980
PREMIERE:
The Hamburg Ballet, Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, June 25, 1981
ORIGINAL CAST:
Laure Balon
Diana Blair
Béatrice Bouquet
Paola Cantalupo
Judith Carlson
Lynne Charles
Beatrice Cordua
Judith Gill
Gabrielle Günthardt
Lynn Huck
Leslie Hughes
Eyla Jeschke
Chantal Lefèvre
Christiane Marchant
Margaret McLaughlin
Kathy Moriarty
Page Perry
Sonia Pérusse
Giselle Roberge
Iris Tenge
Trinidad Vives
Robyn White
Markus Annacker
Eduardo Bertini
Ronald Darden
Jean Jacques Defago
Mark Diamond
Jean Yves Esquerre
Ricardo Garcia
Gamal Gouda
Michael Haase
Kevin Haigen
Caspar Hummel
Jeffrey Kirk
François Klaus
Ivan Liska
Jean Christophe Maillot
Thierry Michel
Max Midinet
Pascal Le Royer
Anthony Sewell
Karel Vandeweghe
Roy Wierzbicki
Matthew Wright
ON TOUR:
1982 Berlin, Lausanne, Luxemburg 1983 New York, Mannheim, Paris, Venice 1984 Chicago (Ravinia Festival), Frankfurt, Montreal, Salzburg, Toronto 1985 Bergen, Helsinki, New York, Paris, Salzburg, Stuttgart 1986 Hiroshima, Tokyo 1987 Berlin (East), Brussels, Copenhagen 1988 Amsterdam, Milwaukee 1990 Gütersloh 1992 Dresden 1996 Montpelier 2002 Baden-Baden 2003 Hong Kong 2004 Dortmund 2005 Baden-Baden, Frankfurt 2007 Oberammergau 2009 Bonn 2012 Moscow 2017 Leverkusen, Essen 2017 Moscow 2018 Friedrichshafen 2022 Los Angeles
