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Elisabeth is a Viennese, German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. Based on the tragic life and death of legendary Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. It is narrated from beyond the grave by Luigi Lucheni, the Italian anarchist who assassinated her in 1898. Elisabeth recounts the enthralling tale of her fatal, lifelong love affair with Death, heralding the decline of the Habsburg Empire. Focussing on Elisabeth’s struggle against the stifling constraints of imperial protocol, her determination to assert her own identity, her reaction to the tragic fate of her son, Rudolf, and her morbidly romantic, lifelong love affair with Death–who is here presented as a dashing and darkly charming seducer. For more than two decades now, ELISABETH has been playing in a class of its own: since its world premiere in 1992 at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien, the musical has been translated into seven languages and seen by over ten million spectators worldwide, making it the most successful German-language musical of all time.
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Fan Casting Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria(Franz Joseph Karl)

Role added by sy_syara on February 20, 2019

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Description of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (Franz Joseph Karl):

Elisabeth’s husband and Emperor of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia. Initially dominated by his mother, Archduchess Sophie, he is a stern and reserved man, conservative, close-minded and uncompromisingly devoted to his royal duties from a young age. Still, he also genuinely loves Elisabeth and eventually yields to her will. However, he must realize that he cannot make her happy and as a result is tormented by longing and remorse. He blames his mother for ruining his marriage and makes several futile attempts to save his relationship to Elisabeth. In the end, he is forced to accept the bitter truth that he has not only failed to regain Elisabeth’s heart but also to save her life.

 

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