Recorded on 30th and 31st October 2005
434 & 435th performance in Wien, 1713 & 1714th performance of Elisabeth in total
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria – Maya Hakvoort
Luigi Lucheni, Elisabeth’s murderer – Serkan Kaya
Der Tod, Elisabeth’s lover – Maté Kamarás
Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth’s husband – André Bauer
Archduchess Sophie, Elisabeth’s mother-in-law – Else Ludwig
Archduke Rudolf, Elisabeth’s son – Fritz Schmid
Rudolf as a child – Johann Ebert
Duke Max in Bavaria, Elisabeth’s father – Dennis Kozeluh
Duchess Ludovika, Elisabeth’s mother – Luiza Nistler
Helene von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth’s sister – Sigrid Brandstetter
Count Grünne, Imperial adjutant – Fernand Delosch (u/s Lucheni)
Archbishop Rauscher – Henrik Sehnert
Prince Schwarzenberg, minister – Robert D. Marx (u/s Franz Joseph)
Baron Hübner, Viennese capitalist – Björn Breckheimer (u/s Lucheni)
Baron Kempen, Chief of Police – Noud Hell
Countess Sztáray – Vivianne Vogé
Countess Esterházy-Liechtenstein – Kerstin Ibald (u/s Sophie)
Maximilian of Mexico – Steven Seale (u/s der Tod)
Mary Vetsera – Lisette Groot
A young Hungarian nobleman – Atilla Serbán
Fanny Feifalik, Elisabeth’s hairdresser – Tina Schöltzke
A lady-in-waiting (Hofdame) – Ruth Kraus
A governess (Gouvernante) – Andrea Malek (u/s Ludovica/Frau Wolf)
A professor – Lars Stockmann (u/s Franz Joseph)
Fräulein Windisch, a madwoman – Nadine Hammer (u/s Elisabeth)
Dancers: Melanie Gemeiner, Claudia Kraxner, Liane Katie Maynard, Rita Sereinig, Dominik Buttner, Ákos Tihany, Murray Grant