Adjutant
This is getting crazy
Livery
She says she needs a change of air
Head Steward
She's off to Madeira
Adjutant
But the Emperor can't follow there
Chamberlain
That will never stop her
Livery
Why else would she want to leave?
Franz Joseph
My suffering angel,
I hope your traveling gives you peace
I count the hours
Till your travels finally cease
Attendants (simultaneously)
Don't believe now, let her leave now
Keep her here now, keep her near now
Ladies-in-waiting
Always on the move now
Rushing from place to place
Just as soon as we arrive
We are heading out
One day up a mountain
Another out to sea
Weary, breathless, barely standing
We run from her ennui
Franz Joseph & Attendants
Where is she now?
Where will she go?
How long is she to roam?
How is she now?
And does she know
We wait for her back home?
Ladies-in-waiting
Even in Madeira
She doesn't stay there long
So off to England, Prague, or Russia
But never where she belongs
Today we'll be with her
Tomorrow on her own
Every day she's off to somewhere
But never back at home!
Lucheni
Mirror, mirror, in my hand
Is she still the fairest in the land?
Ten years on the run is enough to ask:
Is she still a beauty queen or...?
Lucheni: Cosa stai combinando? A gray hair! Che scocciatura!
Franz Joseph
Since Mother's death now
My love for you has only grown
Rudolf is twenty-eight now
And has scandals of his own
Attendants (simultaneously)
She buys horses, she writes verses
Leading, riding, reading, writing
Ladies-in-waiting (simultaneously)
Always on the move now
Rushing from place to place
Just as soon as we arrive
We are heading out
One day up a mountain
Another out to sea
Weary, breathless, barely standing
We run from her ennui
Franz Joseph & Attendants (simultaneously)
Where is she now?
Where will she go?
How long is she to roam?
How is she now?
And does she know
We wait for her back home?
Lucheni
Eighteen years now on the run
Running from a war that can't be won
It's time enough for everyone to ask:
Has she kept her sanity? Or...?
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Elisabeth: The Musical
Fiksi PenggemarIn the mysterious underworld, Italian assassin Luigi Lucheni is forced to relive his murder of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, whose tragic life he narrates. Free-spirited Sisi's life is utterly changed when she marries her cousin, Franz Joseph, and...
