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"Elisabeth"

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Introduction:
"A quiz on the most successful German musical. This one is for Beth. :)"


1. Who composed the music of "Elisabeth"?
    Sylvester Levay
    Jim Steinman
    Jerry Bock
    Frank Wildhorn


2. Where and when was the world premiere of "Elisabeth"?
    Salzburg, July 1993
    Innsbruck, May 1993
    Graz, August 1992
    Vienna, September 1992


3. Who of the following ladies played the role of the Empress at the premiere?
    Maya Hakvoort
    Pia Douwes
    Annika Bruhns
    Patrizia Nessy


4. Now let's start on the show. Where does the prologue take place?
    in heaven
    in Vienna... or wherever the performance takes place
    in hell
    in a place where the dead roam, maybe purgatory


5. Lucheni agrees to tell the Judge the whole story, through which he leads as a narrator. Act one starts in 1853. Duke Max in Bavaria, Sisi's father, is leaving the castle, and Elisabeth wants him to take her with him, for she hates living in a cage, not being allowed to do what she wants. How old is she then?
    15
    13
    14
    16


6. In August 1853, Ludovika (Sisi's mother) and her daughters Helene and ELisabeth travel to Bad Ischl to meet the emperor Franz-Joseph and his mother Sophie, Ludovika's sister. Why?
    Sisi is supposed to become a lady of the court
    Sophie sent for them but they don't know why
    Family meeting
    Helene is supposed to marry the Emperor


7. At the wedding reception, Death is also among the guests and sings his famous song. What is it called?
    Die Schatten Werden Länger
    Ich Gehör Nur Mir
    Der Letzte Tanz
    Kitsch


8. A few days after the wedding, Sophie starts bossing Sisi about, and the young Empress realizes that her husband won't and can't help her. She expresses her feelings in the most famous song of the show, called...
    Answer: (4 words; ö = oe)


9. In the following years Sisi feels let down and misunderstood. Death offers her himself as a better choice, but she refuses, and Death takes her first child instead. When she has a son, Sisi decides not to leave him to Sophie. She gives Franz-Joseph the choice between accepting her demand, thus ignoring his mother's wishes, and refusing it - thus risking to lose her. What's the name of the son who caused the issue?
    Ludwig
    Joseph
    Rudolf
    Maximilian


10. In the beginning of act two, Franz-Joseph and Elisabeth become King and Queen of Hungary (June 8, 1867). Lucheni tries to sell some souvenirs while singing which song?
    Mein Neues Sortiment
    Milch
    Kitsch
    Hass


11. During the celebration that follows the coronation, Elisabeth meets Death again, but she tells him to leave. It seems like she has finally broken his spell over her. The song they sing in that scene has been added to the show in 2001. Do you know what it's called?
    Ich Bestimm Die Stunde
    Am Rand des Abrgrunds
    Ich Bin Stark Genug Allein
    Wenn Ich Tanzen Will


12. Sophie tries to break the power Sisi has over Franz-Joseph by sending another woman, a prostitute, to him. The Duke Grünne chooses the girl at Mrs. Wolf's bordello, watched by Lucheni. What is the name of the girl he chooses?
    Tatjana
    Marie
    Madeleine
    Helen


13. In 1888, Elisabeth's now 30-year-old son gets involved in a Hungarian conspiracy. While waiting for the conspirators, he encounters Death, his friend from childhood days, who persuades him to cast aside his doubts. Their duet is one of the most powerful musical songs I know, and it's called...
    Der Schleier Fällt
    Die Schatten Werden Länger
    Nichts, Nichts, Gar Nichts
    Ich Will Dir Nur Sagen


14. 1895. Franz-Joseph and Elisabeth realize that their marriage has failed and that they are too different. Franz-Joseph remains in Vienna and Sisi travels around, leading an unstable life, always longing for Death, whom she now loves more than ever. On September 10, 1898, her wish finally comes true: Lucheni murders the Empress with a file (which has been given to him by Death), more or less by chance, for he actually wanted to kill someone else. Whom?
    Helene, Sisi's sister
    The Emperor, Franz-Joseph
    The Duke of Orléans
    His wife


15. The last words in the musical are "Ich Gehör Nur Mir".
    True
    False


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