by Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse
Directed by: Simona Vintilã
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adapted from "The Story of the Trapp Family Singer" by Maria Augusta TrappSong Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIMusic by Richard RodgersGerman lyrics by Ute Horstmann and Eberhard Storch
Maria, a young novice, lives isolated in a monastery near Salzburg. Music is her greatest passion, but the nuns fail to understand it. When Mother Superior suggests that she should leave the monastery in order to take care of the seven children of widowed captain von Trapp, Maria reluctantly accepts. That moment, however, marks the beginning of the adventure of her lifetime...