Elisabeth The Musical

Overview

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.

Directed by Eddy Habbema

Top cast

Pia Douwes

Keizerin Elisabeth

Stanley Burleson

De Dood

W

Wim Van Den Driessche

Luigi Lucheni

Jeroen Phaff

Keizer Frans Jozef I

Doris Baaten

Aartshertogin Sophie van Beieren

Addo Kruizinga

Aartshertog Rudolf (volwassen)

N

Nico Schaap

Hertog Maximiliaan Jozef

N

Nicole Hermans

Helene in Beieren/Frau Wolf

R

Robbert Klein

Kleine Rudolf

René van Kooten

T

Timo Bakker

R

Ron Barents

D

Derek Blok

M

Michel Driesse

M

Margot Giselle

L

Linda Hibma

B

Benno Hoogveld

E

Eihlin ten Hoopen

M

Myrna van Kemenade

G

Gina de Laat

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