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i love you awful quality elisabeth 1992 backstage photos

Hans Thoma (1839–1924) - Death and the Girl, 1916

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Mit ihr stirbt die Welt

NOTES:

- I mean “prefer” in terms of being in the show, from a plot and thematic perspective, not how much you like the song in general.

- Some of these were implemented elsewhere before their Vienna run, but I wrote those dates to simplify it.

Elisabeth das Musical Textposts pt. 8

Fritz Schmid & Máté Kamarás (Vienna 2005)

Alice Macura, Kurosch Abbasi, & Mathias Edenborn (Essen 2012)

Andreas Bieber & Uwe Kröger (Vienna 1992)

Pia Douwes & Jesper Tydén (Essen 2002)

Mark Seibert & Alice Macura (Essen 2012)

good work guys.

Pia Douwes & Uwe Kröger

- Elisabeth das Musical -

Left: 1992 Vienna

Right: 2002 Essen

ANNEMIEKE VAN DAM als Elisabeth und LUKAS MAYER als Der Tod

Elisabeth China Tour 2024 Shanghai Premiere (29.August 2024)

Please tell me i'm not as forgettable as your silence is making me feel.

You know what's really tragic about the character of Rudolf in Elisabeth das Musical? (Besides, y'know... Everything?)

That he's a LOT like Franz Joseph too, at least when he was his age.

They're both under the thumb of one parent, who doesn't allow them to express their own political view. They both feel like intrigue is ruining their lives, and wish they weren't in the restricting position they occupy. And most importantly: they both express a desire to be "soft", instead of the hard and emotionless leader they're drilled to be.

Why then, is there no song, not a single line, where either of them acknowledge that similarity? Elisabeth and Rudolf both sing about how similar they are, why can't Rudolf and FJ?

Because Rudolf doesn't know. How could he know that his own father went through the exact same pressure he is under.. when the pressure was successful in molding him? He never sees that softer side to him.

Franz Joseph might have chosen Elisabeth over his mother in the end, but he internalized her lessons and sees them as truth. He is hard, he is strict, and he doesn't know any other way to be. He doesn't see anything wrong with how he's treating his son. (And in his childhood, how Sophie raised him). He turned out fine, why should Rudolf be different?

So Rudolf had not one, but two parents who should have been able to relate to at least part of his despair. But both failed to be the parent they wished they had. And I don't know if it's better or worse that he never even knew how his father was similar to him, too.

Halb sieben Uhr abends, in der Augustinerkirche. Merkwürdige Zeit für eine Trauung, aber passend, An diesem 24. April 1854. Sehr passend, porca miseria!

April 24, 1854

On this day 171 years ago: 16 year old Elisabeth married Emperor Franz Joseph in the Augustinian Church in Vienna.

Okay the Wedding Dress, SERVED

Danique Dusée as Young Elisabeth (Elisabeth de Musical)

𝓜𝓲𝓳𝓷 𝓛𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓘𝓼 𝓥𝓪𝓷 𝓜𝓲𝓳 ⋆⁺₊⋆ ✶ ⋆⁺₊⋆

— 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍, 𝑫𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 (2025)

Elisabeth De Musical, Netherlands Premiere

📍Schouwburg Het Park (14.03.2025)

Pia Douwes as Empress Elisabeth

Danique Dusée as Young Elisabeth / Jonge Elisabeth

Milan van Waardenburg as Der Tod / De Dood

Ann Van den Broeck as Archduchess Sophie

William Spaaij as Lucheni

Ronald Jorritsma as Rudolf

Guido Gottenbos as Franz Joseph

Sjoerd Oomen as Maximilian of Bavaria

Hana Ranno and Yoshio Inoue, Elisabeth Toho 2016 (私が踊る時)

Stage Adaptations about Empress Elisabeth that's not Elisabeth das Musical (Part 2)

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Sissi – Das Musical

Sissi Das Musical (Also called Sissi – Liebe, Macht und Leidenschaft) is a German musical composed by George Amadé (music) and Jean Müller (book/lyrics). It premiered in Nanjing, China in 2008 followed by the European premiere in April 2012.

Fun Fact: It was commissioned by the Chinese government, reflecting the country's enduring fascination with the empress.

According to reviews, much like the Romy Schneider films, it lacks depth and is weighed down by excessive kitsch.

Stage Adaptations about Empress Elisabeth that's not Elisabeth das Musical (Part 1)

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Sisi – The Soul of an Empress

© State Opera Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)

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This is not Elisabeth das Musical, it's an opera-musical by Austrian composer Roland Baumgartner also based on Sissi's life.

The musical premiered in Mörbisch in 1991 and is one of the first modern musicals about Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

Happy Birthday to the gorgeous Kaiserin Elisabeth. Thank you for giving us one of the best musicals in existence!! ✨💃🏻

Sissi was born on December 24, 1837 in Munich, Bavaria (Germany). She would be celebrating her 187th birthday today.

Pia Douwes for Elisabeth, Schönbrunn Version (2019)

They didn't even bother adjusting the bodice and the skirt in the fourth pic 😭

Nicole Sieger was Elisabeth's understudy in the original Vienna production.

And here's Uwe and Nicole performing Der Schleier fällt in 1992.

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒 (𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝)

Maya Hakvoort (Sissi), Steven Seale (Der Tod), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Else Ludwig (Sophie), Jesper Tydén (Rudolf)