Elisabeth (musical)

Elisabeth is a Viennese musical written by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay. It portrays the life of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth.

Characters
Elisabeth: The character this musical is centered around. The empress of Austria, and later the queen of Hungary.

Luigi Lucheni: The Italian anarchist who assassinated Elisabeth. Also the narrator of the story.

Der Tod (Death): The personification of death.

Franz Joseph: The emperor of Austria, and later the king of Hungary. The husband of Elisabeth.

Archduchess Sophie: Franz Joseph's mother and the sister of Elisabeth's mother, Ludovika. Therefore, she was Elisabeth's aunt and mother-in-law. A very autocratic person.

Rudolf: Elisabeth's third child, and her only son.

Ludovika: Elisabeth's mother.

Max: Elisabeth's father.

Helene: Elisabeth's sister.

Frau Wolf: The mistress of a brothel in Vienna.

Act 1
Prolog (Prologue)

Wie Du (Like You)

Schön, euch alle zu she'n (Lovely to Have You All Here)

Schwarzer Prinz (Black Prince)

Jedem gibt er das Seine (To Each He Gives His Own)

So wie man plant und denkt (Things Never Happen As Planned)

Nichts ist schwer (Nothing is Difficult Anymore)

Alle Fragen sind gestellt (All Questions Have Been Asked)

Sie passt nicht (She Doesn't Fit)

Der letzte Tanz (The Last Dance)

Eine Kaiserin muss glänzen (An Empress Must Shine)

Ich Gehör Nur Mir (I Belong to Me)

Die Ersten Vier Jahre (The First Four Years)

Die Schatten werden länger (The Shadows are Getting Longer slow version)

Die fröhliche Apokalypse (The Cheerful Apocalypse)

Kind oder nicht (Child or Not)

Elisabeth, mach auf mein Engel (Elisabeth, Open Up My Angel)

Milch (Milk)

Schönheitspflege (Beauty Care)

Ich will dir nur sagen (I Just Want to Tell You)

Act 2
Kitsch (Kitsch)

Éljen (Long Live)

Wenn ich tanzen will (When I Want to Dance)

Mama, wo bist du? (Mama, Where are You?)

Sie ist verrückt (She is Insane)

Nichts, nichts, gar nichts (Nothing, Nothing, Nothing at all)

Wir oder sie (Us or Her)

Nur kein Genieren (Don't Play the Prude)

Die letzte Chance (The Last Chance)

Streit Mutter und Sohn (Argument Between Mother and Son)

Bellaria (Bellaria)

Die rastlosen Jahre (The Restless Years)

Die Schatten werden länger (The Shadows are Growing Longer)

Streit Vater und Sohn (Argument Between Father and Son)

Hass (Hate)

Verschwörung (Conspiracy)

Wie Du (Like You reprise)

Wenn ich dein Spiegel wär (If I were your Mirror)

Mayerling-Walzer (the Mayerling Waltz)

Rudolf, wo bist du? (Rudolf, where are you?)

Mein neues Sortiment (My New Assortment)

Boote in der Nacht (Ships in the Night)

Am Deck der sinkenden Welt (On the Deck of the Sinking World)

Der Schleier fällt (the Veil Descends)

Schlussapplaus (Closing)