ELISABETH (German-language musical) might get a film adaptation

Oooh.

https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/iffam-shekhar-kapur-plans-new-projects-exclusive-1203086658/

Shekhar Kapur, director of the Elizabeth-with-a-Z films about Queen Elizabeth I, is looking into making a film in German, based on the stage musical about the Austrian Empress. I hope that this happens.

Updated On: 2/5/19 at 06:40 AM

Apparently it's quite popular in South Korea as well- they've had multiple productions of it (they seem to like importing German musicals). I'd be curious to see this, it always seemed really interesting. 

I'm familiar with Elisabeth through its Japanese adaptations with the Takarazuka Revue, Japan's all-female performance troupe. My Japanese is in that sweet spot where I know enough to get the gist of the lyrics, but not enough to be super critical of the quality.

Anyway, I love the music, and I'd love to see it get more worldwide exposure.

Never heard of this musical before but I'm guessing Elisabeth here is the one whose nickname is Sisi? I actually thought maybe Frank Wildhorn would write a musical about her since he wrote a musical about Rudolf (Sisi's son.)

I found this on youtube and it has English subtitles.

jodi torres, there are also sites around with song lyric translations, such as https://lyricstranslate.com/en/elisabeth-musical-lyrics.html.

That youtube version is also available on DVD, as are several Japanese productions. I believe many of the Japanese DVDs are of the aforementioned Takarazuka adaptation, which I've heard is a little different to the standard version, with the differences going beyond just the all-woman casting. However, I don't think any of them have English or Spanish subtitles. (The youtube one must have had subtitles added by a fan.)

Updated On: 9/25/20 at 07:33 PM