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Description
ELISABETH
musical by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay
Friday, 23 July 2022 at 8 p.m. (rain date: 25 July)
Margaret Island Open-Air Stage
script and lyrics by Michael Kunze
music and orchestration by Sylvester Levay
translated Péter Müller Sziámi
The young Sisi's desire for freedom is insatiable. At a ball, her mother announces that her eldest daughter is destined to marry Franz Joseph. The announcement is interrupted by Elisabeth's unfortunate accident. The meeting between the unconscious girl and Death changes both their fates. Unable to take her with him, the otherworldly being becomes engaged to her forever. The young Franz Joseph inescapably falls madly in love with the unruly Sisi, and he marries her against his mother's wishes. Throughout Sisi’s troubled life, happiness is a rare visitor; her loneliness is soothed by the only friend she can always count on: Death, whom she asks beside the coffin of her beloved son to take her life at last, but in vain. Eventually, the murder weapon falls into the hands of an Italian anarchist, so Elisabeth can find solace in the arms of her longed-for lover. This musical – in which Death takes the leading role – is inspired by poems written by the real-life Sisi. It is considered one of the most popular musical theatre pieces, performed since 1992 with uninterrupted success.
Original production by Vereinigte Bühnen of Vienna
Worldwide stage rights: VBW International GmbH
Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria
international@vbw.at
Hungarian rights holder: Pentaton Artists and Concert Agency www.pentaton.hu
