Overview
Takarazuka Revue’s 2007 production of the Viennese musical Elisabeth. The musical tells the story of Elisabeth (“Sisi”), the Empress of Austria, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni, through the lens of her growing obsession with death, as her marriage and her empire crumble around her at the turn of the century.
Cast
Der Tod (Death, the Lord of Hades)
Elisabeth (Empress of Austro-Hungary)
Luigi Lucheni (Elisabeth's Murderer)
Franz Joseph (Emperor of Austro-Hungary)
Rudolph (Crown Prince of Austro-Hungary)
Sophie (Queen Dowager, Franz-Joseph's mother)
Countess Liechtenstein
Black Angel
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