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| VIENNA (AFP) — An original production for the Vienna stage with a Tony-award winning team has once again tackled Hapsburg history in song and dance... and the result is being called majestic. "Rudolf - Affaire Mayerling," which premiered last week at Vienna's Raimund Theater, is a dramatic tale of love, intrigue and empire with a stirring score that recalls such musicals as "Evita" or "Les Miserables". Composed by the Tony-nominated Frank Wildhorn, with original book and lyrics by Jack Murphy, "Rudolf" first opened in Hungarian in Budapest in 2006, before running in Tokyo in a Japanese version. But, says Wildhorn, "it was never intended to start anywhyere but here." |