#empress Elisabeth

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Black Court Dress of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Fanni Scheiner, Austrian, around 1885

From the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

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Quick meme

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Sissi's black fish net top and blue skirt in 1x06

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by kumi morikawa, for the 1996 elisabeth manga adaptation

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Royal Parallels: Queen Alexandra (then Princess of Wales) painted by Richard Lauchert, 1863, Empress Elizabeth of Austria painted by Franz Winterhalter, 1864 and The Princess of Wales (then Duchess of Cambridge) photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2021.

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"Yeah I watch elisabeth for the historical plot"

the historical plot:

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“Sissi of Austria is my favorite historical royal. More people should know about her.” - Submitted by Anonymous

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ca. 1888 Empress Sissi wore this gown to her daughter Marie-Valerie's engagament party. From tumblr.com/royaland 452X768.

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My Top 5 Favorite Elisabeths

DISCLAIMER -- This is just my personal opinion. Please don't flame me. I just want to talk about how much I love these women. And yes, Pia isn't on here, but she gets an honorable mention.

Maya Hakvoort (2005 Vienna revival/proshot)

She's my first Sisi, so I probably would always have a soft spot for her. But I have to say, every time that I watch the 2005 proshot, she never fails to blow me away with her sheer talent. While I'm sure everyone points to her performance of "Ich gehör nur mir," I have to draw attention to her morbid curiosity and wonder in "Schwarzer Prinz," her release of regret and grief in "Totenklage," and her (honestly frightening) rage and determination in "Maladie." Even in songs where she's present but doesn't have any lines, such as "Der letzte Tanz," the emotions on her face are both as clear as day and a mystery. She knows the right time to be subtle and restrained, and the right time to let all of her emotions take control. Also, as a random note, I think she's like if Willemijn Verkaik and Lucy Lawless had a baby.

2. Willemijn Verkaik (2006 Thun)

I mean... it's Willemijn Verkaik. While Maya was my first Elisabeth that I watched in full, it was through Willemijn that I had first learned of the show back in 2016 (when I began to discover my love of musical theater in general). Of course, I only have the fourteen minutes of promotional material, and the production style is a mixed bag for me (I liked some of the costumes, such as her nightgown in "Ich gehör nur mir," but the cajones to redesign her coronation gown-- as well as some of the blocking), but it's still worth watching those fourteen minutes to see Willemijn's version of Sisi.

3. Mónika Sáfár (1996 Szeged)

Mónika is a very recent discovery and actually, my first Hungarian Sisi, but she is already a favorite of mine. She surprised me with how mature and classical her voice was, even when portraying a young Elisabeth, but it somehow works. The maturity of her voice doesn't detract from her intrepretation of Elisabeth's journey from free-spirited Bavarian princess to isolated empress to triumphant queen to lonely and bitter hermit.

4. Ock Joo-hyun (2012 Seoul)

Oh, God... where to start with her? She is able to portray both Elisabeth's desire for freedom beyond the house of Habsburg while carrying herself with an empress-like dignity. She has such a unique voice, that is classical in a way similar to Mónika, with the same depth of Maya Hakvoort's voice and the strength of Willemijn Verkaik.

5. Annemieke van Dam (2012 Vienna)

Now, I said in a previous post that Annemieke looks the most like Elisabeth (like, to an eerie extent), but that's not the only reason that she's here. She has the lightest voice of any Elisabeth that I've heard, but that doesn't mean it lacks in strength. She is able to hold her own through each song, whether it's a solo, a duet, or a group number. And her interpretation is the most unique that I've seen; she truly makes the role her own.

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ELISABETH | Geschichte eines Musical-Welterfolgs

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Ah yes, my two comfort characters, a dead historical figure and a silly little boy from a required reading book at school

I’m on vacation rn so I’m posting my stuff that I have backlogged 🤗

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Currently obsessed with Sissi again so 🫶

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Sisi's dark blue gown with silver print and white capelet with gold embellishments in 1x06

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This Brown dress is worn on Cristiana Capotondi as Empress Elisabeth in Sisi (2009) and worn later on an ekstra in The Empress (2022)

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saw a familiar face in paris today