AUDITION MATERIALS

Characters

    • Maria Rainer, a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey

    • Captain Georg Von Trapp

    • Max Detweiler, Captain von Trapp's friend, a music agent and producer

    • The Mother Abbess, the head of Nonnberg Abbey

    • Baroness Elsa Schräder "wealthy and sophisticated" and Captain von Trapp's would-be fiancée

    • Rolf Gruber, the 17-year-old Nazi delivery boy who is in love with Liesl

    • Sister Bertha, the Mistress of Novices

    • Sister Margareta, the Mistress of Postulants

    • Sister Sophia, a sister at the Abbey

    • Herr Zeller, the Gauleiter

    • Franz, Captain von Trapp's butler

    • Frau Schmidt, Captain von Trapp's housekeeper

    • The Children:

      • Liesl von Trapp, age 16

      • Friedrich von Trapp, age 14

      • Louisa von Trapp, age 13

      • Kurt von Trapp, age 11

      • Brigitta von Trapp, age 10

      • Marta von Trapp, age 7

      • Gretl von Trapp, age 5

    • Ensemble includes nuns, high-society neighbours of Captain von Trapp who attend the ball thrown in Elsa's honour, Nazi soldiers and contestants in the festival concert

DOWNLOAD THE AUDITION LIBRETTO HERE

auditiondialogue-som.pdf

Musical Auditions materials

Maria

  • The Sound of Music

  • I Have Confidence

  • The Lonely Goatherd (from key change)


Captain Von Trapp -

  • Edelweiss (if anyone fancies having a go at this on a guitar, that would be good!)

  • The Sound of Music Reprise (from bottom of 1st page)


Max Detweiler

  • No Way To Stop It (Sing all three parts, and whichever harmony at the end you’d like)


Mother Abbess

  • Climb Ev’ry Mountain


Elsa Schrader

  • No Way To Stop It (sing all three parts, but make sure your sing the Elsa line at the end which is the top line)


Rolf Gruber

  • Sixteen Going on Seventeen


Liesl von Trapp

  • Sixteen Going on Seventeen


Links to songs


Maria - The Sound of Music- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWeUuLqVcoE


I Have Confidence- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJYz8pyXOG4


The Lonely Goatherd (from 2.41)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRo0NlLYvwE


Captain - Edelweiss- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIYuSAVUYFo


The Sound of Music Reprise- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE3cTqYfb0c


Max and Elsa - No Way To Stop It- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwoNxvASVXA&list=OLAK5uy_mxemqY576L-ltGc1t7YmGVm3sMEgDbMpM&index=13


Mother Abbess - Climb Every Mountain- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtCRBs5p4EQ


Rolf and Liesl - Sixteen Going on Seventeen- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Eu96FKFb7U&list=OLAK5uy_mxemqY576L-ltGc1t7YmGVm3sMEgDbMpM&index=6