Elisabeth
Recording of a Dutch performance of the musical Elisabeth. It portrays the life and death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as "Sisi", the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni; it focuses on her growing obsession with death, as her marriage and the empire crumble around her just before the turn of the 20th century.
Top Billed Cast
Pia Douwes
Keizerin Elisabeth
Stanley Burleson
De Dood
Wim Van Den Driessche
Luigi Lucheni
Jeroen Phaff
Keizer Frans Jozef I
Doris Baaten
Aartshertogin Sophie van Beieren
Featured Crew
Sylvester Levay
Music
Michael Kunze
Writer
Michael Kunze
Lyricist
Seth Gaaikema
Translator
Eddy Habbema
Director
Paul Eenens
Dramaturgy
Toer van Schayk
Choreographer
Paul Gallis
Decorator
Yan Tax
Costume Designer
Reinier Tweebeeke
Lighting Design
Rogier van Rossum
Sound Designer
Joop van den Ende
Producer
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