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Elisabeth opened in Vienna on 3 September 1992 at the Theater an der Wien. It closed there in January 1997, but reopened on 4 September 1997. The “final” closing date was 25 April 1998 The Japanese Takarazuka troupe opened their version of the show, with an additional song and dialogue not in the Viennese production, in 1996. A Hungarian production opened on 17 August 1996 in Szeged, and later played in rep at the Fõvárosi Operett Színház in Budapest, where it opened on 5 October 1996. In 1998 the Takarazuka troupe opened a third Japanese cast of the show, and there was an amateur Dutch production. A Swedish version opened in Karlstad on 30 September 1999, and a Dutch version opened on November 21 of 1999. The Dutch production closed in Scheveningen in June 2001. |
On March 22, 2001, a new production opened at the Colosseum Theatre in Essen, Germany, and closed there in January of 2003. The show also ran in repertoire at the Budapest Operetta Theatre from January 2002 to January 2003. On October 21, 2002, there was a 10th anniversary concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna. Cast members from all the worldwide productions were there, including most of the original cast. A recording from this concert was released. In July 2004, an open-air concert version was produced in Italy, and was performed in German and Italian. A revival opened at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on October 3, 2003, and is currently playing there. A new German production opened at the Apollo Theatre in Stuttgart on March 6, 2005. A Finnish version will premiere in Turku on September 23, 2005. |
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