A Hebrew production of “The Sound of Music” will play the Israeli Opera on Wednesday, December 2, as part of the venue’s guest performance series. The production presents the full-length version of the musical.
Mika Tzur and Nir Shiber lead the cast. Natan Datner directs, Yossi Ben Nun is musical director and conductor, and Eli Bijaoui wrote the Hebrew translation. Choreography is by Maor Levi.
The story opens in Austria in 1938. Maria, a young nun who struggles with convent rules, is sent to look after the seven children of Captain von Trapp, a strict widowed army officer. She brings laughter and music into a house run on iron discipline, wins over the children and then their father, and the two decide to marry. When the Nazis take over Austria, the new family has to face real danger on its way to a better life elsewhere.
The music is by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. The book, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, is based on Maria Augusta Trapp’s account of the Trapp Family Singers.
Curtain: 5 p.m.
Running time: about two and a half hours, including an intermission.
More information is available on the Israeli Opera website.
