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Elisabeth das Musical Textposts pt. 7
Pia Douwes & Uwe Kröger (Vienna 1992)
André Bauer, Uwe Kröger, & Pia Douwes (Essen 2002)
Oliver Arno (Essen 2012)
Serkan Kaya & Máté Kamarás (Vienna 2005)
Dennis Hupka & Lukas Mayer (China Tour 2024)
i did this for a uh certain group of friends but i think it's brilliant
love wins <33333333333333
ANNEMIEKE VAN DAM als Elisabeth und LUKAS MAYER als Der Tod
Elisabeth China Tour 2024 Shanghai Premiere (29.August 2024)
wake up babe, 3 generations of der tod just dropped a selfie 💖
levay b'day con
I tried to edit Lukas's face over Sophie & Janis's Frau Wolf Costume cuz they won't put my boy in a dress 😔🔮✨
Habsburg Family Reunion (Afterlife Edition)
Sofie De Schryver, Lukas Mayer, Dennis Hupka, Riccardo Greco
Elisabeth Germany Tour Premiere (12.12.24)
📍 Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein, Füssen
Also ✨ Lukas Eye Makeup ✨ pop off 👑
Preview of Roberta Valentini as Elisabeth ✨
(ft. Sophie slow-walking to her death)
Germany Tour Rehearsals.
EPIC CHOREO + PEAK ART DIRECTION ✨
Elisabeth das Musical, Germany Tour Rehearsals.
Why ruin something that was already perfect?
Literally every newer non-german production with a quarter of a budget of VBW has tried to incorporate something new into the source material. I'm not saying every interpretation or costume/staging worked in favour, but at least there's effort and a certain vision.
VBW has no right to keep serving us a watered-down version of a genuinely spectacular and deeply beloved musical.
(Also the audacity to call it the Celebrated Schönbrunn Version 🤔)
The vines in the Heinrich designs were created to represent death and decay. Sissi wore a dirndl in Wie Du as she hailed from Bavaria. The set design incorporated elements inspired by Habsburg carriages/hearses.
So what exactly do the new changes bring to the table?
Der Tod's veil is stripped away and replaced with a meme-worthy toy. He went from having 4 stunning well-crafted outfits to ONE painfully boring fit in the entire show.
Tod and Rudolf's relationship is diminished to the point where it no longer represents its original depth or significance.
Rondo is a misfit and doesn't even appear anywhere else in the show unlike the intended Japanese/Hungarian versions.
There is no glitz, no glamour, and most importantly the storytelling is compromised. Literally everything the musical stood for is reduced to nothing.
Most upsetting of all is the clear disregard VBW shows for the audience, who adore the musical and deserve more than this cheap execution, and for the immensely talented cast, who deserve a production worthy of their skills.
From Dennis's IG (I miss them sm 🥺)
Elisabeth China served us real good 🤌🏻✨🫶🏻
Lukas Herbert, Mon Chéri 💅🏻✨
(Cr. 普蓝调大红发 on xhs)
Lukas Mayer is ✨ pretty, gay and tall ✨ in other words he would make a fabulous Herbert 🫶🏻
Lukas Mayer is ✨ pretty, gay and tall ✨ in other words he would make a fabulous Herbert 🫶🏻
Fellas what screams ethereal otherworldly elegance? ✨🔮
VBW: Oh definitely an ill-fitted crumpled white shirt and leather jacket. Haha let's not give him any eye shadow - glitter is so overrated anyway. And how about we give him an IKEA ironing board?
The Mayerling Kiss
Made by Midjourney (cr. 洛蕾Gallery)
VBW is absolute shit but at least they gained some aura points for casting Lukas 💅🏻
