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Here you will find quizzes on stage musicals whose titles start with the letter E, and for which we do not have enough quizzes to justify setting up a separate category for each one. If you find a favorite musical here, perhaps you'd like to write another quiz on it, so it can have a category of its own.
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  "Elisabeth"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on the most successful German musical. This one is for Beth. :)
Tough, 15 Qns, PearlQ19, Aug 10 11
Tough
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E Musicals Trivia Questions

1. Who composed the music of "Elisabeth"?

From Quiz
"Elisabeth"

Answer: Sylvester Levay

He also composed the music for "Mozart!" Michael Kunze wrote the lyrics for both musicals.

2. Where and when was the world premiere of "Elisabeth"?

From Quiz "Elisabeth"

Answer: Vienna, September 1992

It ran in Vienna until 2000 and was then moved to Essen in Germany in 2001.

3. 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?

From Quiz "Elisabeth"

Answer: Helene is supposed to marry the Emperor

... only Franz-Joseph falls head over heels in love with Sisi. Sophie is upset, but after hours of arguing she gives in, and they are allowed to get married. Franz-Joseph warns Sisi that life as an Empress won't be easy, but she doesn't take his warning seriously.

4. At the wedding reception, Death is also among the guests and sings his famous song. What is it called?

From Quiz "Elisabeth"

Answer: Der Letzte Tanz

Death knows that in the end he will win, even though for the moment he has no power over Sisi - the last dance will be his.

5. 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...

From Quiz "Elisabeth"

Answer: Ich gehoer nur mir & Ich gehör nur mir & ich gehor nur mir

Half of the audience only comes to hear this song... well, that's a little exaggerated. :) But it's really famous and popular.

6. 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?

From Quiz "Elisabeth"

Answer: Kitsch

"Mein Neues Sortiment" is the reprise of "Kitsch".

7. 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?

From Quiz "Elisabeth"

Answer: Madeleine

She's infected with syphilis.

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