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Marie Antoinette | |
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Music | Sylvester Levay |
Lyrics | Michael Kunze |
Book | Michael Kunze |
Basis | The life of Marie Antoinette Queen Marie Antoinette by Endō Shūsaku |
Productions | 2006 Tokyo 2006 Fukuoka 2006 Osaka 2007 Tokyo 2009 Bremen 2012 Tecklenburg 2014 Seoul, Korea 2016 Budapest, Hungary 2018 Japan Tour |
Marie Antoinette is a stage musical with music by Sylvester Levay and book and lyrics by Michael Kunze, the authors of Elisabeth, Mozart! and Rebecca. The Libretto was written in English[citation needed] and then translated into Japanese. The premiere took place on November 1, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan at the Imperial Garden Theater. Tamiya Kuriyama directed the original production. After running in Tokyo, the show was performed in Fukuoka, Osaka before moving back to Tokyo from April 2007 through May 2007.
The German premiere took place on January 30, 2009 at the Musical Theater Bremen with Kuriyama directing once again.[1]