Here's a list of non-English musicals I've seen submitted to @dyk-this-musical-song and links for how to watch/listen to them with English subtitles or the best equivalent. There are a bunch of non-English shows that have been submitted and seemingly some interest in checking them out, but I think a lot of people just have no idea how to go about that, or if it's possible. Disclaimer: I haven't watched these links, or if I have, it's been years, so possibly songs are out of order in playlists or shows are just linking to the first act. If that's the case, let me know and I'll make a note. A lot of these are pro-shots, which is fun. I listed shows here that have been submitted to the dye-tms blog, because that's a good way to gauge which have a decent amount of interest, but please let me know any you'd like added to the list.
Of all the ones I've checked out already on here (Tanz, Elizabeth, Marie Antoinette, Rebecca, Mozart l'Opera Rock, Kristina), Elisabeth is by far my favourite and probably the most popular internationally. It's historical but with heavy Phantom of the Opera vibes, if you're into that. But it's a good place to start, maybe.
Also there are a decent number of musical movies in non-English languages, often with English subtitles. I haven't included anything that exists more as a movie than as a stage show; this is more about stage shows, but a musical is a musical. To list the two I can think of, there's Les Paraplouies Des Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Women of Rochefort), both in French.
Friedrich: Mythos und TragΓΆdie (Friedrich: Myth and Tragedies)Β (German) thereβs just the German album and you can follow along with the Wikipedia summary if you wantΒ , but this lovely person made a post about subtitles they made
Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires)Β (German)Β Here
Elisabeth das MusicalΒ (German)Β Here;Β there are actually multiple German-language productions with English subtitles, since this show is so popular. If you want, you can also find English subtitles on productions in several other languages (mostly, Japanese and Korean). I picked this one randomly, hopefully it's a decent enough video and isn't missing any critical scenes, if it's an early version.
RebeccaΒ (German)Β Here; there might also be English-language videos/audios out there, this did get a few performances in English, but it's been a whole Thing and is mostly put on outside of English-speaking regions.
Mozart! Das MusicalΒ (German)Β Here
Marie AntoinetteΒ (German)Β This is just act 1, not act 2. I canβt remember if itβs sung-through or not. I can't find any translations of act 2.
Artur--Excalibur (German) Here So this premiered in Switzerland but it's written by Wildhorn, so originally was more an English show, but I don't believe has ever been performed in English. There are a few shows like this, Wildhorn is weirdly popular abroad as compared to in the English-speaking world.
StarmaniaΒ (French)Β Here
Robin Des BoisΒ (Robin Hood) (French) This has Russian open captions and closed captions, so you could use auto-translate on the closed captions, but it would be hard to read them with the open captions behind that so maybe set the subtitle background to opaque.
Le Rouge et le NoirΒ (The Red and the Black) (French)Β Here
Notre Dame de ParisΒ (French)Β This is actually an English version; here is a French-language one with English subtitles
RomΓ©o et Juliette, de la Haine Γ l'AmourΒ (Romeo and Juliet: from Hate to Love) (French)Β Here
Le Roi SoleilΒ (The Sun King) (French)Β Here
Mozart l'Opera RockΒ (Mozart: the Rock Opera) (French)Β Here
Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany) (French) I couldn't find any translations but here's a proshot
1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (1789: the Lovers of the Bastille) (French) Here
Adam et Γve: La Seconde Chance (Adam and Eve: the Second Chance) (French) Here
Dracula: Entre L'amour et la Mort (Dracula: Between Love and Death) (French) Here is a version with Russian and Serbian subtitles that you can auto-translate to English; here is the same video but with fan-translated English subtitles
Dracula: L'Amour Plus Fort Que la Mort (Dracula: A Love Stronger than Death) (French) Here is a version with Spanish subtitles you can auto-translate to English
La LΓ©gende du Roi Arthur (The Legend of King Arthur) (French) Here
A Dzsungel KΓΆnyveΒ (The Jungle Book) (Hungarian) I donβt think thereβs anything besides the Hungarian-language album, so try that and the wikipedia summary and maybe thatβll work.
IstvΓ‘n, a kirΓ‘lyΒ (Steven the King) (Hungarian)Β Here, also here
A padlΓ‘sΒ (The Attic) (Hungarian)Β Here
JΓ³nΓ‘s KΓΆnyveΒ (Book of Jonah) (Hungarian)Β Here
Valahol EurΓ³pΓ‘ban (Somewhere in Europe) (Hungarian) translations of lyrics are here; I'm not sure if those are of all the songs. Here is the show in Hungarian.
A PΓ‘l utcai fiΓΊk (Paul St. Boys) (Hungarian) Here is a playlist with some videos of songs and those are translated, the rest are from the cast recording and are not. I'm not sure if the playlist is in the proper order or not.
1989 (Polish) Google drive link to a video with subtitles; made by @perplexingly; thank you so so much!!!
Mieszko Pierwszy (Mieszko the First) (Polish) Here
Kristina frΓ₯n DuvemΓ₯laΒ (Kristina from DuvemΓ₯la) (Swedish) Supposedly there is a movie but idk if itβs subtitled; there is an English-language translated version of the album and itβs sung-through; thatβs available on YouTube
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ΈνΈ (Death Note)Β (Korean) (there is an English version of this show; Iβm not sure if itβs significantly changed or if itβs just a direct translation, but you can watch that) japanese production from 2017 korean production from 2015
νλμΌμνμΈ (Frankenstein) (Korean) on Disney Plus, if you use a VPN to claim you're in Korea, but English subtitles probably aren't available.
Xcalibur (Korean) on Disney Plus, if you use a VPN to claim you're in Korea, but English subtitles probably aren't available.
Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty)Β (Dutch) no translationsΒ filmed show, no subtitles,Β Dutch album, no subtitles
Tarzan (Dutch)Β Dutch album,Β Β English version of the album Scenes are missing from both; the English Broadway production can fill in those gaps
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange)Β (Dutch) no translations I could find; hereβs the album
3 Musketiers (3 Muskiteers) (Dutch) Here
ΠΠ΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ ΠΠ½Π΅Π³ΠΈΠ½Π° (Demon Onegin) (Russian) Here
ΠΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½Π΅Π΅ ΠΈΡΠΏΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅/ΠΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½Π΅Π΅ ΠΡΠΏΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ (The Last Trial) (Russian) Here is the movie; here is a proshot
ΠΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΈ ΠΠ°ΡΠ³Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ° (The Master and Margarita) (Russian) Here is a version with Russian subtitles that you can auto-translate to English
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