All-puppet version of ‘The Sound of Music’ by world’s oldest marionette theater coming to Athens next week
Finally, great entertainment for the family: The Salzburg Marionettes will be presenting the true story of the von Trapp family of singers in an all-puppet version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical «The Sound of Music.» The company is the biggest and oldest marionette theater in the world, founded in Salzburg, Austria by sculptor Anton Aicher in 1913, and now directed by his granddaughter Gretel. The company gives 160 performances a year of classics such as «The Magic Flute,» «Tales of Hoffmann» and Shakespeare’s «A Midsummer Night’s Dream.» «The Sound of Music,» adapted from the 1965 film starring Julie Andrews, premiered on November 2, 2007, in Dallas, Texas, at the beginning of a five-week US tour. In Athens, there will be five performances, beginning on April 4 at the ACS theater in Halandri, organized by Maria Frezadou, who was responsible for bringing Mikhail Gorbachev to Athens, as well as Umberto Eco, Marlon Brando, Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Placido Domingo. Part of the proceeds will be donated toward Special Olympics Hellas. Performances will have Greek supertitles.
