17th October 2008 – 5th January 2009
Theater 11, Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria – Annemieke van Dam
Luigi Lucheni, Elisabeth’s murderer – Bruno Grassini
Der Tod, Elisabeth’s lover – Felix Martin
Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth’s husband – Markus Pol
Archduchess Sophie, Elisabeth’s mother-in-law – Christa Wettstein
Archduke Rudolf, Elisabeth’s son – Oliver Arno (u/s Der Tod)
Rudolf as a child –
Duke Max in Bavaria, Elisabeth’s father – Norbert Lamla
Duchess Ludovika, Elisabeth’s mother – Maike Kathrin Merkel (u/s Sophie)
Helene von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth’s sister – Simone Geyer (u/s Elisabeth)
Count Grünne, Imperial adjutant – Martin Rönnebeck (u/s Max)
Archbishop Rauscher – Lars Rindelaub (u/s Franz Joseph)
Prince Schwarzenberg, minister – Patrick Adrian Stamme (u/s Der Tod, Franz Joseph)
Baron Hübner, Viennese capitalist – Krisha Dalke (u/s Lucheni, Rudolf)
Baron Kempen, Chief of Police – Martin Pasching (u/s Franz Joseph, Der Tod)
Countess Sztáray – Mirjam Zipf (u/s Elisabeth)
Countess Esterházy-Liechtenstein – Esther Hehl (u/s Ludovica/Frau Wolf)
Maximilian of Mexico – Thomas Hohler (u/s Lucheni)
Mary Vetsera – Claudia Wedrinsky
A young Hungarian nobleman – Dominik Büttner
Fanny Feifalik, Elisabeth’s hairdresser – Claudie Reinhard
A lady-in-waiting (Hofdame) – Marella Martin (u/s Ludovika/Frau Wolf)
A governess (Gouvernante) – Carmen Wiederstein (u/s Sophie)
A professor – Martin Markert (u/s Rudolf)
Fräulein Windisch, a madwoman – Alice Macura (u/s Elisabeth)
Frau Wolf – Maike Kathrin Merkel
Dancers (Todesengel): part of ensemble, no separate Todesengel
Swings: Bettina Bogdany, Martin Planz (u/s Max), Sophie Blümel, Jo Shanks (dance captain), Ulrich Schraut (u/s Franz Joseph)