โ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ (2025)
รljen, รljen, Erzsรฉbet!
Some interpretations of the Hungarian Tricolours (Red, White, Green) in different Elisabeth Productions
Portrait by Franz Russ Jr. (1869) & Anonymous
Mari Hanafusa, Hana Ranno (Toho, 2016)
Jo Jung Eun, Ock Joo Hyun (Korea, 2015/2013)
Asami Hikaru / Yu Shirota (Toho, 2010)
Jun Sena / Mรกtรฉ Kamaraล (Toho, 2012)
Reika Manaki (Takarazuka, 2018)
From Dennis's IG (I miss them sm ๐ฅบ)
Elisabeth China served us real good ๐ค๐ปโจ๐ซถ๐ป
Masquerade ๐ญ
๐๐ด๐๐๐๐๐, ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ (2014)
apologies โ i'm no better than a man โก
Vanessa Ela Young as Satine
Ben Richards as The Duke of Monroth
( ๐น: @callmelasagna )
Der Schleier fรคllt,
Verlass die Schatten. Ich hab mich so nach dir gesehnt, Lass mich nicht warten.
Mach die Nacht zum Morgen, Lass mich befreit sein und geborgen, Lรถsch die Erinnerung in mir aus, Gib meiner Seele ein Zuhaus.
Lass die Welt versinken, Ich will mit dir im Nichts ertrinken, Mit dir als Feuer auferstehn Und in der Ewigkeit vergehn.
๏ฝก๏พ๏พ๏ฝฅ๏ฝก๏ฝฅ๏พ๏พ๏ฝก โ ห๏ฝกโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฑ โโโโโโโโโโโ ห๏ฝกโ
๏พ๏ฝฅ๏ฝก๏ฝฅ๏พ
Pia Douwes for Elisabeth, Schรถnbrunn Versionย (2019)
They didn't even bother adjusting the bodice and the skirt in the fourth pic ๐ญ
Lukas Herbert, Mon Chรฉri ๐ ๐ปโจ
(Cr. ๆฎ่่ฐๅคง็บขๅ on xhs)
Lukas Mayer is โจ pretty, gay and tall โจ in other words he would make a fabulous Herbert ๐ซถ๐ป
[ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ]
~ โจ ~
Baby had a heart painted on his chest for Valentine's Day ๐ฉท
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 Schรถnbrunn Version ๐ค)
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Tod and Rudolf's relationship is diminished to the point where it no longer represents its original depth or significance.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.
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