Rodgers / Hammerstein

The Sound of Music

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Overview

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (Intermission after the first act)

Music: Richard Rodgers (1902−1979)

Libretto: Oscar Hammerstein II (1895−1960)

Book: Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse after “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers” by Maria von Trapp

First performance: New York, November 16, 1959

based on the Broadway Musical

In English with explanations in German, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese

Dates

Abstract

Julie Andrews' box-office hit The Sound of Music has made billions of people familiar with the story of the Salzburg von Trapp family. This marionette stage version of the original Broadway musical, with its immortal melodies, holds enormous appeal for all ages.

Cast

Director: Richard Hamburger

Set design: Chris Barreca

Costumes: Anita Yavich

Sound Design: David Budries

Musical director: David Rosenmeyer

Dramaturgy: Melissa Cooper

Technics: Alexander Proschek

Puppet’s Heads: Pierre Monnerat

Puppeteers: Philippe Brunner, Anne-Lise Droin, Pierre Droin, Vladimir Fediakov, Edouard Funck, Heide Hölzl, Max Kiener, Marion Mayer, Emanuel Paulus, Eva Wiener, Ursula Winzer

Singers/Speakers: Kelsey Fowler, Joy Franz, Jenn Gambatese, Kylie Goldstein, Matthew Gumley, Jonathan Groff, Betsy Hogg, Jeanne Lehman, Michael McCarty, Crista Moore, Christiane Noll, Martin Vidnovic, Jennifer Hope Wills, Bill Youmans

Additional
information

Istropolis Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Larry Blank
Orchestration: Robert Russell Bennett
Choir Arrangements: Trude Rittmann

Special thanks to: Ted Chapin, Timothy Crouse, Bert Fink, Bruce Pomahac

More information about „The Sound of Music“ and Musicals by Rodgers & Hammerstein at www.rnh.com

Performance by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd., London for The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, New York.

Licensor for Austria: Josef Weinberger Wien GmbH

Premiere: Dallas, November 2, 2007

The puppets and the equipment were made in the workshops of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre.