"marks to produce, much of which was subsidised by state funds. The production featured forty-two actors from six different nations. Nine new songs were written for this version. This was Disney's first musical to premiere outside the US, and it became one of Berlin's longest-running musicals to date. As with ""Beauty and the Beast"" and ""The Lion King"", ""Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame"" opened three years after the release of the movie on which it is based. ""Der Glöckner von Notre Dame"" was an isolated show, i.e., it only played in one German theatre and was not licensable to other"
"with Sissi. As his ministers are about to depose him, Ludwig relinquishes his royal crown, sceptre and cloak. His fantasies call him to the shore of Lake Starnberg. Ludwig II (musical) Ludwig II: Longing for Paradise (""Ludwig II: Sensucht nach dem Paradies"") is a German musical in five acts with music by Franz Hummel and book and lyrics by Stephan Barbarino and Heinz Hauser. The musical was presented at the lavish Festspielhaus Füssen, which was built for it at the edge of the lake below Neuschwanstein Castle. The musical was directed by Barbarino. The story concerns Bavaria's ""Mad King"" Ludwig"
"Ludwig II (musical) Ludwig II: Longing for Paradise (""Ludwig II: Sensucht nach dem Paradies"") is a German musical in five acts with music by Franz Hummel and book and lyrics by Stephan Barbarino and Heinz Hauser. The musical was presented at the lavish Festspielhaus Füssen, which was built for it at the edge of the lake below Neuschwanstein Castle. The musical was directed by Barbarino. The story concerns Bavaria's ""Mad King"" Ludwig II of Bavaria, who came to power in 1864 at the age of 18, lost a war against Prussia and spent his kingdom's fortune and sovereignty, and accumulated"
"Joseph: André Bauer, Erzherzogin Sophie: Else Ludwig, Erzherzog Rudolf: Fritz Schmid"" HitSquad Records 668262 Elisabeth (musical) Elisabeth is a Viennese, German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. It portrays the life and death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. It has been translated into seven languages and seen by over ten million spectators worldwide, making it the most successful German-language musical of all time. The musical tells the story of Elisabeth (""Sisi""), the Empress of Austria, from her engagement and marriage in 1854"
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical based on the 1831 novel of the same name written by Victor Hugo with songs from the 1996 Walt Disney Animation Studios film adaptation. The musical premiered in 1999 in Berlin, Germany as Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (""""The Bellringer of Notre Dame""""). It was produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, the company's first musical to premiere outside the U.S. It ran for three years, becoming one of Berlin's longest-running musicals. The English-language musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame had its debut at La Jolla Playhouse in"
"but it is not commercially available in online trades or multi-media shops. M1 Musical wrote that from the first notes of Olim in the German recording, the reviewer was given goosebumps; they ultimately deemed it a ""masterpiece - the diamond in the CD shelf."" The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical based on the 1831 novel of the same name written by Victor Hugo with songs from the 1996 Walt Disney Animation Studios film adaptation. The musical premiered in 1999 in Berlin, Germany as Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (""""The Bellringer of Notre"
"Grimm (musical) Grimm! Die wirklich Wahre Geschichte von Rotkäppchen und Ihrem Wolf ""(The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood and Her Wolf)"" is a German musical, with lyrics written by Peter Lund, music by Thomas Zaufke, and choreography by Neva Howard. The musical premiered on December 7, 2014, in Graz, Austria, at the Next Liberty Youth Theater. The German premiere took place as a co-production with the Berlin University of the Arts at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin, Germany, on March 19, 2015. Little Red Riding Hood is a 14-year-old girl who is tired of her nickname and wants"
"1996 Disney film of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the 1831 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and book by James Lapine. The musical premiered in 1999 in Berlin, Germany as ""Der Glöckner von Notre Dame"" (literally translated in English, The Bellringer of Notre Dame). It was produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, the company's first musical to premiere outside the U.S. It ran for three years, becoming one of Berlin's longest-running musicals. A significantly revised version of the musical, with a new book by Peter"
"in Vienna and elsewhere. The Johann Strauss Jr, Waltz, ""Tales from the Vienna Woods"", features a zither playing in the style of a Ländler. Britten's Peter Grimes features a Ländler in the scene where a dance night is occurring in the Hall. ""The Sound of Music"" Broadway musical, the later film, as well as the American and British live TV broadcasts ""The Sound of Music Live! (2013)"" and The Sound of Music Live (2015) all features a scene where the protagonists Maria and Captain von Trapp dance a Ländler. The instrumental tune used in that sequence is a time re-arrangement"
"Rudolf (musical) Rudolf is a musical conceived for the stage by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, with a book by Jack Murphy and Phoebe Hwang, lyrics by Murphy, additional lyrics by Nan Knighton, and music by Frank Wildhorn. Arrangements by Koen Schoots and orchestrations by Kim Scharnberg. It is about Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his extramarital relationship with Baroness Mary Vetsera. Their 1889 deaths at his Mayerling hunting lodge apparently were the result of a murder-suicide pact, although historians have debated this explanation. Loosely based on the book ""A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889"" by Frederic Morton, the musical"
"and the German Autumn, a set of terror events in West Germany in late 1977. The play was continuously updated to incorporate more recent historic events, including the German reunification. Since autumn 2007, however, the repertoire reverted to the play's original version. In 1985, Volker Ludwig wrote the musical Line 1 (""Linie 1""). The title refers to Berlin's subway line U1. The music was written by German musician and composer , a longtime friend of Ludwig, and the rock band No Ticket (Thomas Keller, George Kranz, Axel Kottmann, Michael Brandt, Richard Wester, Matthias Witting). The musical premiered on 30 April"
"Edelweiss (song) ""Edelweiss"" (German: lit. ""noble white"") is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ""The Sound of Music"". It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps ""(Leontopodium alpinum)"". It was created for the 1959 Broadway production of ""The Sound of Music"" in the role originated by performer Theodore Bikel as a song for the character of Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp. In the musical, Captain von Trapp and his family sing this song during the concert near the end of Act II as a statement of Austrian patriotism in the"
"ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as ""Edelweiss"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", and the title song ""The Sound of Music"". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It"
"Elisabeth (musical) Elisabeth is a Viennese, German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. It portrays the life and death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. It has been translated into seven languages and seen by over ten million spectators worldwide, making it the most successful German-language musical of all time. The musical tells the story of Elisabeth (""Sisi""), the Empress of Austria, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni,"
"and Green Onions"", ""Over the Rainbow: the all-new all-gay... extravaganza"" and ""Bangbroek Mountain"" and ""In Briefs – a queer little Musical"" have been produced successfully. Successful musicals from continental Europe include shows from (among other countries) Germany (""Elixier"" and ""Ludwig II""), Austria (""Tanz der Vampire"", ""Elisabeth"", ""Mozart!"" and ""Rebecca""), Czech Republic (""Dracula""), France (""Notre-Dame de Paris"", ""Les Misérables"", ""Roméo et Juliette"" and ""Mozart, l'opéra rock"") and Spain (""Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"" and ""The Musical Sancho Panza""). Japan has recently seen the growth of an indigenous form of musical theatre, both animated and live action, mostly based on Anime and"
"shows which had proven to be successful on Broadway. Originally rehearsed in English, then retaught in German, the musical opened on June 5, 1999, for the opening of a theater named Berlin (now Theater am Potsdamer Platz). After a successful run - where 1.4 million visitors saw the play over 1204 performances - it closed in June 2002. Directed by Lapine, the German translation was by Michael Kunze, choreography by Lar Lubovitch, set design by Heidi Ettinger, costume design by Sue Blane, lighting by Rick Fisher, sound by Tony Meola and projections by Jerome Sirlin. The production cost 45 million"
"1990s. He also conceived Der Goldene Löwe, the German counterpart to the American Emmy Awards Show. Over the years, he has also written a number of articles for German magazines and newspapers (Stern, Frankfurter Allgemeine, ZEITMagazin, Playboy, Süddeutsche Zeitung), exploring his views on the function of entertainment in society and current media issues. Since the 1990s, Kunze is creating original musicals in his own style. In September 1992, his musical ""Elisabeth"", about the life of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, opened at Vienna's Theater an der Wien (music by Sylvester Levay). The show ran in Vienna for more than six"
"Henrico Leone Henrico Leone (also Enrico Leone) is an opera (""dramma per musica"") in three acts composed by Agostino Steffani to an Italian libretto by Ortensio Mauro. Based on the life of the powerful German prince Henry the Lion, the opera was first performed on 30 January 1689 in Hannover to inaugurate the new royal theatre in the Leineschloss (Leine Palace). The opera was performed in German at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg in 1696 with sets designed by Johann Oswald Harms, who was inspired by Flemish seascapes. It was also performed in 1697, 1699 and 1716 in Braunschweig,"
"art by German sculptor Peter Fritzsche (b.1938) is in Eisenhüttenstadt. His lion lies on its back with its legs bound and is perched on a plinth round the sides of which is carved a translation of Ivan Krylov's version of the fable. This dates the work back to the days of the Communist administration. Among musical settings have been one published in New York by Mabel Wood Hill in her ""Aesop's Fables Interpreted Through Music"" (1920) and Werner Egk's ""Der Löwe und die Maus"" for small orchestra and children’s choir, performed in 1931. The fable was also included in Edward"
"phrases are provided as above, the exception being ""Wuscha Buscha"", which is a nonsense phrase repeated in the peasant scenes in question.) The list below reflects changes made to all productions after the Stuttgart and Berlin runs. A few scenes have also been revised with shorter songs and less underscoring in order to pick up the pace of the show. Dance of the Vampires (musical) Dance of the Vampires is a musical remake of the 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name (known as ""The Fearless Vampire Killers"" in the USA). Polanski also directed the original German language production"
"Susse Wold. In addition, the musical triggered a number of spin-offs such as the 1961 Austrian comedy film ""Im schwarzen Rößl"" (""The Black Horse Inn""), directed by Franz Antel, about a young woman (surprisingly, it was Karin Dor again, who had just played Giesecke's daughter in the 1960 version) who inherits a dilapidated hotel on the shores of the Wolfgangsee. As a matter of fact, a number of hotels in St. Wolfgang do use similar names (Black Horse, White Stag, etc.). Most recently, a new musical film adaptation of ""Im Weissen Rössl"" came out in November 2013 with the German"
"De 3 Biggetjes (musical) The Three Little Pigs (Dutch:De 3 Biggetjes) is a Flemish musical, with music and lyrics by Johan Vanden Eede and Miquel Wiels, based on the fairy-tale and serves as a sequel to it. It tells the story of the three daughters of the pig with the brick house: Knirri (Pirky), Knarri (Parky), and Knorri (Porki), who work as waitresses in their mother's Three Little Pigs Café. Meanwhile, the big bad wolf now has three sons, who are the same age as the three pig sisters. The wolf wants his sons to catch the three pig sisters"
"His ""Der Löwe und die Maus"" (The Lion and the Mouse 1931) was a singspiel drama for small orchestra and children's choir; aimed at 12- to 14-year-olds, it was built on an improvisation by the composer's own children. He followed this with ""Der Fuchs und der Rabe "" (The Fox and the Crow) in 1932. 's ""Die Fabeln des Äsop"" (Op. 28, 1956) was set for accompanied men's chorus and uses Martin Luther's translation of six. Others who have set German texts for choir include (1963) and (1972). The commonest approach in building a musical bridge to children has involved"
"retold as a picture book called ""The Lady and the Lion"". This story is also retold as a picture story by Elle Skinner on Erstwhile A musical version of ""The Singing, Springing Lark"", written by Dieter Stegmann and Alexander S. Bermange was presented at the Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau, Germany as part of the Brothers Grimm Festival in 2004. The Singing, Springing Lark ""The Singing, Springing Lark"", ""The Singing, Soaring Lark"", ""The Lady and the Lion"" or ""Lily and the Lion"" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, appearing as tale no. 88. It is"
"perished in a drowning accident. The new Mrs. DeWinter struggles to find her identity and take control of her life among the shadows left by Rebecca. The musical premiered on September 28, 2006 at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, Austria, where it ran for three years. Subsequent productions have been mounted in Finland, Korea, Japan and elsewhere. As a teenager, Michael Kunze had read Daphne du Maurier's novel ""Rebecca"". In the 1990s, he re-read it and decided that the story would make a good musical. He traveled to Cornwall, England, to find du Maurier's son in an attempt to obtain"
"featured author Stephen Dolginoff as Leopold and Doug Kreeger as Loeb. Stephen Bogardus, John McMartin, and Rupert himself were heard in voice-overs. Shonn Wiley replaced Kreeger late in the run. Matt Bauer opened in the role of Leopold. The musical has had over 150 productions in 16 countries and 10 languages; and has been performed at regional theatres throughout the U.S., with Dolginoff appearing as Leopold in productions staged in Seattle, and Buffalo. Internationally, the musical has been produced in Seoul, South Korea (in Korean), Athens, Greece (in Greek), Melbourne, Australia, Tokyo, Japan (in Japanese), Madrid, Spain (in Spanish), Datteln,"
"in Leeds and the Lyric Hammersmith in West London, the show debuted in 1998 in Leeds before moving to London and subsequently to world tours. Awards Nominations Shockheaded Peter (musical) Shockheaded Peter is a 1998 musical using the popular German children's book ""Struwwelpeter"" (1845) by Heinrich Hoffmann as its basis. Created by Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Julian Crouch, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock, Phelim McDermott, Michael Morris and The Tiger Lillies (Martyn Jacques, Adrian Huge and Adrian Stout) the production combines elements of pantomime and puppetry with musical versions of the poems with the songs generally following the text"
"Elixier Elixier is a German musical that premiered in 1997 in Leipzig, Germany under the direction of Horst Königstein. The music was written by Tobias Künzel and Wolfgang Lenk (Die Prinzen), with lyrics by Kati Naumann. The musical is set in 1978. In East Germany, in an industrial city, a young chemist, David, sits working. He lives only for science. He must find a formula for the acquisition of eternal youth. He does not notice how his friend Hagen uses and deceives him. Then David meets and falls in love with the dancer, Betti. Hagen also is interested in Betti,"
"city's other well-known orchestra is the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. The main concert venue is the new concert hall Elbphilharmonie. Before it was the Laeiszhalle, ""Musikhalle Hamburg"". The Laeiszhalle also houses a third orchestra, the Hamburger Symphoniker. György Ligeti and Alfred Schnittke taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Since the German premiere of ""Cats"" in 1986, there have always been musicals running, including ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""The Lion King"", ""Dirty Dancing"" and ""Dance of the Vampires (musical)"". This density, the highest in Germany, is partly due to the major musical production company ""Stage Entertainment"" being based"
"appears, and the old charm is again there. But the mysterious Betti disappears again, as quickly as she had arrived. David sinks into his memories of earlier times. Hagen has also recognized Betti. Did the elixir work? Will Betti forgive David or choose Hagen? Elixier Elixier is a German musical that premiered in 1997 in Leipzig, Germany under the direction of Horst Königstein. The music was written by Tobias Künzel and Wolfgang Lenk (Die Prinzen), with lyrics by Kati Naumann. The musical is set in 1978. In East Germany, in an industrial city, a young chemist, David, sits working. He"
"Iglehart as the Lion, Orlando Jones (succeeded by Colman Domingo) as The Wiz, and LaChanze as Aunt Em and Glinda. A major British revival of the musical was produced in 2011 by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (however performed at the New Alexandra Theatre due to The REP's refurbishment) in a co-production with the West Yorkshire Playhouse, re-locating Kansas to present day Birmingham This production was directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo, with choreography by Paul J. Medford. The first German-speaking production will be produced in Linz/Austria in the new Musiktheater Linz. The production will be directed and choreographed by Kim Duddy. The"
"Mozart! Mozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer. The original production was directed by the opera director Harry Kupfer. It premiered on October 2, 1999, in the Theater an der Wien, and the final performance was on 7 May 2001. It ran for 419 performances, showing to approximately 420,000 patrons. The production appealed especially to younger Viennese audiences. Subsequent productions have been mounted in: The"
"written by Heiko Wohlgemuth. It premiered in the Musical Dome in Cologne. It was followed by two television musicals in 2008 and 2009 respectively, ""Die drei Bärchen und der blöde Wolf"" (“The Three Little Bears and the Dim Wolf”) and ""Abenteuer im Pizzawald"" (“Adventures in the Pizza Forest”), both of which were in turn based on the television episodes. Captain Bluebear Captain Bluebear (German: ""Käpt'n Blaubär"") is a fictional character created by novelist and comic artist Walter Moers. Bluebear, an anthropomorphic talking bear with blue fur who originally appeared in the German children's television program ""Die Sendung mit der Maus"","