Fan CastingElisabeth The Musical
Film (English) adaptation of most successful German-language musical
by Michael Kunze & Sylvester Levay
Story added by sy_syara on February 20, 2019
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 asser...read more
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