Elisabeth: Vienna Casts

Principle Roles, Complete Viennese Run

Links (will) lead to translations of that performer's program bio (from whatever program I happen to have--in most cases, not Elisabeth), headshot, and fan club/Web site info, where available. I will only give my opinions of performances I have seen in person--recordings, TV clips, and so on will not count. Even I can be fair on occasion. :)

If you want to help me translate a missing bio, or can provide even untranslated bios for a missing performer, please email me and I'll let you know if that's one I need help with. Thanks!

Elisabethder TodLucheniFranz JosephRudolf
1992-1993Pia DouwesUwe KrögerEthan FreemanViktor GernotAndreas Bieber
1993-1994Pia DouwesUwe KrögerThomas BorchertNik BreidenbachJens Janke
1994-1995Maya HakvoortUwe Kröger,
Paul Kribbe
Matthias KostyaViktor GernotRolf Koster
1995-1996Maya HakvoortAddo KruizingaMatthias KostyaLeon van LeeuwenbergThomas Harke
1996-1997Maya HakvoortPaul KribbeMatthias KostyaLeon van LeeuwenbergThomas Harke
1997-1998Maya HakvoortFelix MartinThomas BorchertLeon van LeeuwenbergThomas Harke

 

Complete Premiere Cast

As listed in the published libretto

Elisabeth, Empress of AustriaPia Douwes
Luigi Lucheni, Elisabeth's murdererEthan Freeman
Der Tod, Elisabeth's loverUwe Kröger
Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth's husbandViktor Gernot
Archduchess Sophie, Elisabeth's mother-in-lawElse Ludwig
Archduke Rudolf, Elisabeth's sonAndreas Bieber
Rudolf as a childMarkus Neubauer
Duke Max in Bavaria, Elisabeth's fatherWolfgang Pampel
Duchess Ludovika, Elisabeth's motherChrista Wettstein
Helene von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth's sisterRebecca Rashid
 

Count Grünne, Imperial adjutantPeter Faerber
Archbishop RauscherDean Welterlen
Prince Schwarzenberg, ministerHarald Hofbauer
Baron Hübner, Viennese capitalistGünter Schulz
Baron Kempen, Chief of PoliceEric Minsk
Countess SztárayNicole Sieger
Countess Esterházy-LiechtensteinIsabella Fritdum
Maximilian of MexicoStanislaus Meus
 
Marie Freiin von VetseraMarion Wilmer
A young Hungarian noblemanFrank Lohmann
Fanny Feifalik, Elisabeth's hairdresserGabriela Kuhn
A lady-in-waitingMarika Lichter
A governessIna Retzbach
A professorChristian Hauser
Fräulein Windisch, a madwomanJasna Ivir
Frau WolfChrista Wettstein

DancersJutta Ellinger, Karin Seyfried, Susan Taylor, Robert Russell, Mike Knospe, Zane Rankin
SwingsAmy de Mayo, Monika Graw, Norberto Bertassi, Kurt Schrepfer


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