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Apologies - this web site needs an update - but I'll answer the critical questions about the musical 'Elisabeth' (September 2004): (any news Contact Me)

The original Vienna production closed in April 1998, but re-opens September 2004 for a short run until December at Theater der Wien.
There was talk of Elisabeth in  Dresden in the latter 1990's but it never happened.
However there was a German-language version in Essen from March2001. See this page. There was a new version on the German-language cast recording with an extra song.
The Budapest 'Elisabeth' closed in May 1998, and the last performance by the Hungarian cast was at the Szeged Festival in August 1998. However, there were performances in Hungary at Miskoslc. Occasional performances still take place in Budapest - there were several perfomances in 2003, but only 5 in the 2004/2005 season - all in September 2004.
There was a Dutch version of 'Elisabeth' from November 1999 at the Circus Theatre, The Hague. It starred Pia Douwes, who played Elisabeth when the show premiered in Vienna, and moved to the Essen production. It was in Dutch, and closed in July 2001.
There was a Swedish version of 'Elisabeth' from the end of September 1999 to early 2000 in Karlstad, Central Sweden. It was performed in Swedish.  See their web site at
http://www.musikteaternivarmland.se
The Japanese version still runs, now (April 2001) at the Imperial Theatre.
There was an English version of "I belong to me" by Pia Douwes, but it has long since been deleted. Katarina Witt used it, and I'm told still uses it, to figure skate to.
The Hungarian cast recording is now deleted.