Organization

Staatstheater Meiningen

Meininger Theater

Stage director

Bernd Mottl

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Harish Shankar

Costume designer

Set designer (+2)

Friedrich Eggert

Set designer

Choreographer

Choreographer (+3)

Hakan T Aslan

Chorusmaster

Manuel Bethe

Soprano (+1)

Monika Reinhard

Maria Rainer

Baritone (+2)

Michael Jeske

Captain Georg von Trapp

Tenor (+3)

Stan Meus

Max Dettweiler

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Marianne Schechtel

Mother Oberlin

Soprano (+2)

Cordula Rochler

Elsa Schraeder

Countertenor (+1)

Emil Schwarz

Rolf

Contralto (+1)

Sylvia Hofmann

Sister Berta

Heidi Lynn Peters

Sister Sophie

Bass (+3)

Lars Kretzer

Herr Zeller

Tenor (+4)

Silvio Wild

Baron Elberfeld

Christiane Schröter

Baroness Elberfeld

Baritone (+3)

Matthias Richter

Admiral von Schreiber

Thomas Lüllig

Franz

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+2)

Julia Terwald

Soprano

Karolin Konert

Orchestra

Meiningen Court Orchestra

Chorus

Chorus of the Meiningen State Theater

Members of the Chorus of the Meiningen State Theater

Austria, 1938: In the house of the widowed captain Georg von Trapp, discipline and order prevail, both for his seven children and for the staff. When the young novice Maria joins the Trapps as governess, she turns life upside down and shows them how music can enrich, change and - when the Nazis invade Austria - sometimes save lives.

As one of the most successful and representative musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein II, “The Sound of Music” picks up on the story of the “Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp and has been an immortal Broadway success since its premiere in 1959. The 1965 film, which is extremely popular in the USA and directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews, has also made the idyllic scenery of Salzburg a world-famous tourist destination. "The Sound of Music" combines a romantic plot with a historical background and humorous dialogues with musical numbers of great catchy quality.

The musical director Bernd Mottl, who is celebrated all over Germany, stages this evening full of gorgeous songs like "Edelweiss" and "Über die Berge".

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