Overview
Synopsis by theflixtor - Takarazuka Revue’s Moon Troupe 2018 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
Elisabeth
Franz Joseph
Luigi Lucheni
Rudolph/Elemer Batthyány
Stephan Karolyi/Rudolph
Sophie, Queen Dowager
Moritz Szeps
Duchess Ludovika
Baron Hübner
Mother of a Condemned Man
Count Grünne