Produced by Thunerseespiele Management AG, played at Thunerseespiele, Thun, Switzerland

Played at the water-stage at the lake of Thun

Opening night: 19th July 2006
Closing night: 30th August 2006

Directed by Ueli Bichsel
Choreography by Lisa Schmalz
Costumes by Carla Prang
Set design by Dany Rhyner
Musical supervision by Iwan Wassilevski & Andrew Dunscombe

Elisabeth, Empress of Austria – Willemijn Verkaik

Luigi Lucheni, Elisabeth's murderer –  Sergio-Maurice Vaglio

Der Tod, Elisabeth's lover – Christoph Goetten

Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth's husband – Jan-Martin Mächler

Archduchess Sophie, Elisabeth's mother-in-law  – Manuela Floryan

Archduke Rudolf, Elisabeth's son  – Nico Gaik (u/s Lucheni)

Rudolf as a child – Dominic Hurni, Simon Thurnherr, Stefan Thurnherrn, Matthew Wildhaber

Duke Max in Bavaria, Elisabeth's father – Christoph Wettstein

Duchess Ludovika, Elisabeth's mother – Bettina Oswald

Helene von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth's sister  – Carin Lavey (u/s Windisch)

Count Grünne, Imperial adjutant – Phillipp Hägeli

Archbishop Rauscher – Ingolf Unterrainer

Prince Schwarzenberg, minister – Armin Rostami (u/s Der Tod)

Baron Hübner, Viennese capitalist – Petter Udland Johansen

Baron Kempen, Chief of Police – Samuel Kobel (u/s Max)

Countess Sztáray –  Debora Schaffner (u/s Ludovika/Frau Wolf)

Countess Esterházy-Liechtenstein – Roberta Valentini (u/s Elisabeth)

Maximilian of Mexico – N/A

Mary Vetsera – N/A

A young Hungarian nobleman – N/A

Fanny Feifalik, Elisabeth's hairdresser – Caroline Schneider

A lady-in-waiting (Hofdame) – Gisela Stoll

A governess (Gouvernante) –  Margarette Hamm (u/s Sophie)

A professor – Oliver Arno (u/s Rudolf)

Fräulein Windisch, a madwoman – Damaris S. Jenzer (u/s Helene)

Frau Wolf  – Bettina Oswald

Dancers (Todesengel): Johhny Bays, Sandra Fuhrer, Reanne Locher, Lilian Stettler, Lionel Tejeda, Daniela Wittwer