
Elisabeth 1992
"Elisabeth"
Overview
The show opens in the "world of the dead", where Luigi Lucheni is being interrogated by a Judge as to why he has murdered the Empress Elisabeth. Lucheni claims that he did no more than what Elisabeth herself wanted, since all her life Elisabeth has been in love with Death himself β and vice versa. As his witnesses, Lucheni brings back the dead aristocracy of the bygone era and takes us to the past, where he serves as a sarcastic narrator of the events that lead to the transformation of the sweet
Director: Harry Kupfer
Cast

Pia Douwes
Elisabeth (Sisi)

Uwe KrΓΆger
Der Tod

Ethan Freeman
Luigi Lucheni

Viktor Gernot
Kaiser Franz Joseph I.

Else Ludwig
Erzhherzogin Sophie

Andreas Bieber
Kronprinz Rudolf