For some musicals there are different versions in different languages, and you may think oh well that’s just the same musical again, but that’s not always the case. They’ll be listed alphabetically and I will try and keep my summaries of them unbiased, but will mention which ones are my personal favourites. This post is going to get a little long, so the list will be under the ‘read more’. Sticking with just Spotify and Youtube because most people have access to one or both of them.

Where possible I’m going to provide links to where to listen (Spotify or Youtube) and where to watch (Youtube). Most official DVD releases of musicals have English subtitles, but some of my favourite musicals like Tanz Der Vampire and Rebecca have no official video recording and so the only way to be able to understand it if you don’t speak German, is to rely on dedicated fans who make English subtitles. I myself have a DVD of a Dutch stage musical from 2003. You can buy Blu-Rays of recent German stage musicals, DVDs of most French musicals and Japanese musicals. Getting into musicals that aren’t in a language you understand can be daunting, but the thing is other countries are actually way better at making pro-shots / officially recorded musicals then the UK or America.

So back in January of this year I was on the tail-end of one of my worst depressive episodes of my life and a German friend of mine (that’s you this labour is all your fault) and myself got talking about what music we were listening to and I mentioned I was listening to Six the Musical and found out she also liked musicals and what with her being German and all, she recommended me a few German musicals: So you want to get into non-English language musicals?

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