André Bauer

The musical tells the story of Elisabeth ("Sissi"), the Empress of Austria, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni, through the lens of her growing obsession with Death as her marriage and her empire crumble around her at the turn of the century.

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Live broadcast of "Elisabeth", the most successful German-language musical, from the courtyard of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. "Elisabeth" tells the tragic fate of Empress Elisabeth of Austria from the mouth of her convicted murderer.