History Trivia / Elisabeth

** Vienna 1992 (starring Pia Douwes and Kröger; this is a dress rehearsal rather than an actual performance)

** Essen 2002 (starring Pia Douwes and Kröger; a recording of Pia's last performance in this production)

* DawsonCasting [=/=] PlayingGertrude:

** The Japanese, Hungarian, Essen and Stuttgart productions, meanwhile, go in the opposite direction and ''add'' a song ("Die Verschwörung"). And curiously enough, "Wenn ich tanzen will", despite being one of the show's {{Signature Song}}s, was only added to the show a decade after it premiered.

** One of the Japanese productions added (and shortly afterwards removed) a new song, which was translated into German as "Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit". At least one version of the German translation was recorded and can be found on Youtube, but the song itself never appeared in the German productions.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Elisabeth'' is beloved in Japan, to the point that Creator/{{Takarazuka|Revue}} stages one performance (with different troupes) nearly once a year, each of which get their own DVD. The popularity can attributed to Zuka emphasizing the romantic angle between Death and Elisabeth, the signature sparkly aesthetic and LighterAndSofter direction, and the array of beautiful actresses (Death is typically the main attraction with his androgynous beauty, the IJustWantToBeLoved trope being added to his motivation, and his interactions with Crown Prince Rudolf.) Toho also does mixed-genders performances that are TruerToTheText [[note]]including ''Hass'', which is basically early antisemitism in song form[[/note]].

** In the 2005 Takarazuka production, Nao Ayaki (Death) and Oto Ayana (young!Rudolf) are sisters.

** Several former Takarazuka actresses (Mari Hanafusa, Jun Sena, Hana Ranno and Reika Manaki) who played Elisabeth while part of the Revue have gone on to play Elisabeth in Toho productions.

** Pia Douwes was Elisabeth in both the 1992 Vienna production and the 1999 Dutch production.

** Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay went on to write two more similar musical biopics about [[Theatre/MarieAntoinetteMusical Theatre/MarieAntoinette]] and Queen Elizabeth I. (Yes, they wrote two musicals about famous European queens named "Elizabeth/Elisabeth.")

* MissingEpisode: Good luck finding a full video of the Finnish production. The only evidence it ever existed is a few clips, photos and audios from it.

** Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay went on to write two more similar musical biopics about Theatre/MarieAntoinette and Queen Elizabeth I. (Yes, they wrote two musicals about famous European queens named "Elizabeth/Elisabeth.")

* FakeNationality: All over the place. The most notable case: All three of the principal Elisabeths in the German/Austrian productions (the ''Bavarian'' princess who became empress of ''Austria'') are Dutch - Pia Douwes, Maya Hakvoort, and Annemieke van Dam. Actual Austrians are rare in the cast.

** It seems Michael Kunze got the idea for the show after working on the translation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical ''Theatre/{{Evita}}''; there are way too many similarities between the two shows to ignore this. One can say that ''Elisabeth'' is virtually ''Evita'' on a grander scale.

** In many productions, the actors whose characters only appear in one scene (Helene, the wedding guests, Elisabeth's relatives...) also play the Todesengel.

** Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay went on to write two more similar musical biopics about Theatre/MarieAntoinette and Queen Elizabeth I. (Yes, they wrote two musicals about a famous European queens named "Elizabeth/Elisabeth.")

** Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay went on to write two more similar musical biopics about Theatre/MarieAntoinette and Queen Elizabeth I. (Yes, they wrote two musicals about a famous European queen named "Elizabeth/Elisabeth.")

*** ''Marie Antoinette'' proved to be an extravagant flop in its original format before undergoing extensive revisions for its South Korean premiere in 2014 and ''Lady Bess'' (Queen Elizabeth I) has not been performed outside Japan as of June 2020.

** The {{Takarazuka}} productions have an adult playing young Rudolf.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Elisabeth'' is beloved in Japan, to the point that {{Takarazuka}} stages one performance (with different troupes) nearly once a year, each of which get their own DVD. The popularity can attributed to Zuka emphasizing the romantic angle between Death and Elisabeth, the signature sparkly aesthetic and LighterAndSofter direction, and the array of beautiful actresses (Death is typically the main attraction with his androgynous beauty, the IJustWantToBeLoved trope being added to his motivation, and his interactions with Crown Prince Rudolf.) Toho also does mixed-genders performances that are TruerToTheText [[note]]including ''Hass'', which is basically early antisemitism in song form[[/note]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Elisabeth'' is beloved in Japan, to the point that {{Takarazuka}} stages one performance (with different troupes) every year, each of which get their own DVD. The popularity can attributed to Zuka emphasizing the romantic angle between Death and Elisabeth, the signature sparkly aesthetic and LighterAndSofter direction, and the array of beautiful actresses (Death is typically the main attraction with his androgynous beauty, the IJustWantToBeLoved trope being added to his motivation, and his interactions with Crown Prince Rudolf.) Toho also does mixed-genders performances that are TruerToTheText [[note]]including ''Hass'', which is basically early antisemitism in song form[[/note]].