The VBW’s internationally successful production ELISABETH, penned by the crack team of Michael Kunze & Sylvester Levay, will be performed on 5 and 6 July 2019 as an exceptional concert experience in the grand forecourt of Schönbrunn Palace. The famous historical setting provides a unique and dignified backdrop for the concert version of the musical, which tells the dramatic and moving story of the life, loves and tribulations of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
With first class soloists and a top ensemble, accompanied by the VBW Orchestra, the audience can look forward to one of the event highlights of 2019. This is the first time a concert version of the most successful German-language musical of all time has been staged at the original location. The cast will be announced later this year.
ELISABETH returns to Vienna at last
Since its premiere in Vienna in 1992, ELISABETH has captivated audiences all over the world with runs in Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden and Switzerland. It has been performed in a total of seven languages and attracted more than 11 million viewers worldwide. In 1996, the Japanese production of the musical was the first ever in-house production by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW) - a company of Wien Holding - to premiere outside Austria. For more than 25 years, the musical has been an uninterrupted triumph and now the legendary VBW hit export returns to Vienna for just two performances.
Franz Patay, Managing Director of VBW and VBW international: “ELISABETH went to Japan over 20 years ago as VBW’s first ever musical export. The Asian audience was as enchanted as the Austrians by this thrilling musical about the Empress of Austria. From there, the production went on to conquer the world, and it has continued to be an international success story ever since. These days, our various our licensed productions attract audiences of around one million per year internationally, confirming the great significance our musicals have abroad."
Christian Struppeck, VBW’s Artistic Director of Musicals: "To my mind, there is no more suitable location to perform ELISABETH as a major concert than Schönbrunn Palace, where the Empress herself often resided. The musical about her life has long since achieved international cult status and numerous productions all over the world are still captivating millions of people. Now our global hit returns to Vienna for two outstanding concert performances as the musical concert highlight of the summer of 2019. "
That was Elisabeth 2019
ELISABETH - Concert performance
ELISABETH - Konzertante Aufführung 2019
Recording of the concertante performance 2019 (Open Air Live) Sylvester Levay
The recording of the concertante performance of Elisabeth, which took place on 06.07.2019 in Schönbrunn, is now available in the souvenir shop of musicalvienna.at as well as via many other channels such as Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1 Prolog
von David Jakobs, Mark Seibert, Daniela Ziegler, Patricia Nessy, Viktor Gernot, Philipp Gruber-Hrischbrich, Hans Neblung, Lukas Perman & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
2 Alle tanzten mit dem Tod
von David Jakobs, Mark Seibert, Daniela Ziegler, Patricia Nessy, Viktor Gernot, Philipp Gruber-Hrischbrich, Hans Neblung, Lukas Perman & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
3 Wie Du
von Pia Douwes & Hans Neblung
4 Schön, Euch alle zu seh´n
von Pia Douwes, David Jakobs, Mark Seibert, Patricia Nessy & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
5 Rondo - schwarzer Prinz
von Pia Douwes & Mark Seibert
6 Jedem gibt er das Seine
von David Jakobs, Daniela Ziegler, Viktor Gernot & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
7 So wie man denkt
von David Jakobs, Daniela Ziegler, Patricia Nessy, Viktor Gernot, Pia Douwes & Franziska Schuster
8 Nichts ist schwer
von Pia Douwes & Viktor Gernot
9 Alle Fragen sind gestellt
von Pia Douwes, David Jakobs, Mark Seibert, Daniela Ziegler, Patricia Nessy, Viktor Gernot, Hans Neblung & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
10 Sie passt nicht
von David Jakobs, Daniela Ziegler, Patricia Nessy, Viktor Gernot, Hans Neblung & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
11 Der letzte Tanz
von Mark Seibert & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
12 Eine Kaiserin muss glänzen
von Daniela Ziegler, Pia Douwes, Viktor Gernot & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
13 Ich gehör nur mir
von Pia Douwes
14 Debrezin
von Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien & Pia Douwes
15 Die Schatten werden länger
von Mark Seibert
16 Die fröhliche Apokalypse
von David Jakobs, Hans Neblung & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
17 Kind oder nicht!
von Daniela Ziegler & Philipp Gruber-Hirschbrich
18 Elisabeth, mach auf
von Viktor Gernot, Pia Douwes & Mark Seibert
19 Milch
von David Jakobs, Patricia Nessy, Hans Neblung & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
20 Uns´re Kaiserin soll sich wiegen
von Ensemble der Vereingten Bühnen Wien
21 Ich gehör nur mir (Reprise)
von Viktor Gernot, Pia Douwes & Mark Seibert
Disc 2
1 Kitsch
von David Jakobs
2 Wenn ich tanzen will
von Pia Douwes & Mark Seibert
3 Mama, wo bist du?
von Philipp Gruber-Hirschbrich & Mark Seibert
4 Nervenklinik
von Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
5 Nichts, nichts, gar nichts
von Pia Douwes
6 Wir oder sie
von Daniela Ziegler, David Jakobs & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
7 Nur kein Genieren
von David Jakobs, Patricia Nessy & Ensemble der Vereigten Bühnen Wien
8 Die Maladie
von Pia Douwes & Mark Seibert
9 Die letzte Chance
von Mark Seibert
10 Ist das nun mein Lohn (Bellaria)
von Daniela Ziegler & Viktor Gernot
11 Rastlose Jahre
von Pia Douwes, David Jakobs, Viktor Gernot & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
12 Die Schatten werden länger (Reprise)
von Mark Seibert, Lukas Perman & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
13 Hass
von Viktor Gernot, Lukas Perman, David Jakobs & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
14 Wenn ich dein Spiegel wär
von Lukas Perman & Pia Douwes
15 Mayerling-Walzer (Instrumental)
von Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
16 Totenklage
von Pia Douwes, Mark Seibert & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
17 Mein neues Sortiment
von David Jakobs
18 Boote in der Nacht
von Pia Douwes & Viktor Gernot
19 Alle Fragen sind gestellt (Reprise)
von David Jakobs, Viktor Gernot, Mark Seibert & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
20 Der Schleier fällt
von David jakobs, Pia Douwes, Mark Seibert & Ensemble der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
Gallery Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
Elisabeth - Konzertante Aufführung 2019
Leading Team Creative Development
Soloists Star cast at the original location
Ensemble Cast
Anja BACKUS | Eva Maria BENDER | Steffi IRMEN | Charlotte KATZER | Marie-Anjes LUMPP | Marle MARTENS | Melanie ORTNER-STASSEN | Franziska SCHUSTER
Ivo GIACOMOZZI | Robert David MARX | Andreas NÜTZL | Martin RÖNNEBECK | Michael SOUSCHEK | Wolfgang TÜRKS | Maximilian VOGEL
ELISABETH 2024
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In Concert
ELISABETH 2024
In Concert | Open Air in the grand forecourt of Schönbrunn Palace
Premiere: Thursday, 27.06.2024
Duration: ~ 2:30h (inkl. Pause)
Due to its great popularity, the VBW's successful production of ELISABETH will take place for the fourth and unfortunately last time as a major concert highlight in the courtyard of Schönbrunn Palace. From June 27 to 29, 2024, the most successful German-language musical of all time will also be seen one last time as an exceptional concert experience in front of the famous historical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace.
