22 March 2001 (Premiere); Essen, Germany* Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Joseph), Jesper Tydèn (Rudolf), Gabriele Ramm (Sophie) Monitor video, soundboard. VOB|2 DVD|7.57 GB
March 2001; Essen, Germany* Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Josef), Jesper Tydèn (Rudolf), Gabriele Ramm (Sophie) Heavy generation loss but master provides amazing close-ups. VOB|2 DVD|6.79 GB
7 April 2001; Essen, Germany Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Joseph), Jesper Tydèn (Rudolf), Gabriele Ramm (Sophie), Claus Dam (Max), Annika Bruhns (Ludovika) Includes optional English subtitles and a 20 minute long TV documentary on the premiere of the musical in Essen. VOB|1 DVD|2.20 GB
9 April 2001; Essen, Germany* Miriam Zipf (Elisabeth u/s), Jesper Tydèn (Tod u/s), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Joseph), Sven Olaf Denkinger (Rudolf u/s), Gabriele Ramm (Sophie) Good filming, 2 version available: Version 1: Heavy generation loss and color bleeding. Digital glitches during "Alle Fragen Sind Gestellt". VOB|1 DVD|2.35 GB Version 2: Picture is streched more blurry but no glitches and colors a better, 3rd screenshot. VOB|1 DVD|2.20 GB
5 May 2001; Essen, Germany* Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod) Heavy generation and transfer loss, heavily compressed. The video itself is not so bad. VOB|1 DVD|2.29 GB
11 August or 8 November 2001; Essen, Germany Annika Bruhns (Elisabeth u/s), Brady Swenson (Tod u/s), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Lewis (Franz Joseph), Jesper Tydèn (Rudolf), Gabrielle Ramm (Sophie) 2 versions available with very similar quality: Version 1: came to me dated as 8 November, maybe more blurry than the second version. VOB|1 DVD|4.20 GB Version 2*: came to me dated as 11 August, 3rd screenshot. VOB|1 DVD|2.27 GB
16 August 2001; Essen, Germany Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Joseph), Jesper Tydèn (Rudolf), Gabriele Ramm (Sophie) Also saw a 1-disk version (3.42 GB) with much more generation loss. VOB|2 DVD|5.60 GB
17 October 2001; Essen, Germany* Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Jesper Tydén (Tod u/s), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Joseph), Sven Olaf Denkinger (Rudolf u/s) Highlights, ~83 min. Pretty good picture quality though some fuzziness, filming is quite steady but close-ups are rare. VOB|1 DVD|4.01 GB Limited Trade
27 October 2001; Essen, Germany* Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Jesper Tydèn (Tod u/s), Sascha Oskar Weis (Lucheni u/s), Michael Shawn Lewis (Franz Joseph), Sven Olaf Denkinger (Rudolf u/s), Gabriele Ramm (Sophie) Strange type of generation loss, quite blurry picture like this is filmed from the screen and the camera is covered with a cloth, also the video freezes sometimes and FPS rate is low. Filming is a bit shaky and there's some obstruction. VOB|1 DVD|4.29 GB
13 January 2002; Essen, Germany Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Carsten Lepper (Lucheni), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Jesper Tydèn (Rudolf) Pia's last night. VOB|1 DVD|4.03 GB
August 2002; Essen, Germany* Kristin Hölck (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Sascha Oskar Weis (Lucheni), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Lucius Wolter (Rudolf) Really tiny picture and awful sound. Some compression and generation loss with color bleeding. Good filming though. VOB|1 DVD|1.27 GB
3 September 2002; Essen, Germany* Maike Boardam, Maki Ichiro, Janza Kata, Marleen van der Loo, Cecilie Nerfont, Szabó P. Szilveszter Something like demo version of 10th Anniversary concert. Includes: "Zwitchen Traum und Wirklichkeit" by Maki Ichiro, "Kein kommen ohne geh'n" by Szilveszter Szabó", "Ich gehör nur mir" by 4 Elisabeths and speeches. Duration: ~29 min. VOB|1 DVD|1.86 GB
8 June 2003; Essen, Germany* Maike Boerdam (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Alex Melcher (Lucheni), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Martin Pasching (Rudolf) Act 2 highlights, ~37 min, 10 of which are curtain calls. Also includes some footage of unknown concert and Elisabeth autograph session. Filming itself is pretty poor. Almost no close-ups, shaky filming and fuzzy picture. Very energetic audience. VOB|1 DVD|3.01 GB
18 June 2003; Essen, Germany Maike Boerdam (Elisabeth), John Samuelson (Tod u/s), Alex Melcher (Lucheni), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Martin Pasching (Rudolf), Sabine Maria Reiss (Sophie), Christian A. Mueller VOB|1 DVD|3.08 GB
29 June 2003 (Derniere); Essen, Germany (Bootleg)* Maike Boerdam (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Alex Melcher (Lucheni), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Martin Pasching (Rudolf), Sabina Maria Reiss (Sophie) Much worse quality than the one below and extremely tiny picture but at least this one is full. Mostly full stage shot and sometimes blindshot. VOB|1 DVD|1.43 GB
29 June 2003 (Derniere); Essen, Germany (Montage) Maike Boerdam (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Alex Melcher (Lucheni), André Bauer (Franz Joseph), Martin Pasching (Rudolf), Sabina Maria Reiss (Sophie) Contains parts of the final show, backstage impressions, bits of the After Show party and more. There were made only 270 copies that were handed out to the cast and the employees at Colosseum Theatre in Essen. P.S. I really recommend you to watch the last video "Lovely Pig" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). VOB|1 DVD|4.20 GB
17 September 2006 (Derniere); Stuttgart, Germany Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Olegg Vynnyk (Tod), Bruno Grassini (Lucheni), Ivar Helgason (Franz Joseph), Martin Pasching (Rudolf), Katherine Krüger (Sophie), Caroline Sommer (Ludovika/Frau Wolf), Michael Flöth (Max), Anna Thoren (Esterhazy), Annemieke van Dam (Fraulein Windisch) Permanent date stamp and few digital glitches through the whole video. VOB|2 DVD|5.27 GB
Berlin, Theater des Westerns (20.04.2008 - 27.09.2008)
4 May 2008; Berlin, Germany Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Thomas Hohler (Lucheni), Markus Pol (Franz Joseph), Oliver Arno (Rudolf) VOB|1 DVD|4.33 GB
7 June 2008; Berlin, Germany* Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Tod), Markus Pol (Franz Joseph), Oliver Arno (Rudolf), Christa Wettstein (Sophie) Mid-shots only, heavy spotlight washout, blindshot sometimes. Also saw it dated as 7 August, probably mistakenly. VOB|1 DVD|2.25 GB
28 June 2008 (Evening); Berlin, Germany* Annemieke van Dam (Elisabeth u/s), Felix Martin (Tod u/s), Thomas Hohler (Lucheni u/s), Markus Pol (Franz Joseph), Oliver Arno (Rudolf), Christa Wettstein (Sophie), Norbert Lamia (Max), Maike Schmidt (Ludovika/Frau Wolf), Jonas Hülsenberg (Klein Rudolf) One head on the way, most of scenes are blindshoted. VOB|2 DVD|8.36 GB
11 September 2008; Berlin, Germany* Annemieke van Dam (Elisabeth), Felix Martin (Tod), Bruno Grassini (Lucheni), Markus Pol (Franz Joseph), Oliver Arno (Rudolf), Maike Katrin Schmidt (Sophie) Good picture quality and steady filming but midshots only. VOB|2 DVD|6.98 GB