The Sound of Music

It is forty years since Mytholmroyd last performed "The Sound of Music" so it really was long overdue.  I was really impressed with opening, the Nuns entered onto quite a dark stage with lighted candles and sang unaccompanied the "Preludium" making a great start to a lovely evening.  Maria (Elizabeth Wrathnall) sang beautifully and had a really good rapport with the children.  "The Lonely Goatherd" performed in her bedroom during the the storm showed how well the children could act as well as sing, and all seven children sang with confidence and clarity throughout.  Captain von Trapp (Andrew McNally) was very stiff and strict in the first act and gradually softened towards both Maria and the children in the second.  There was sterling support from the chorus of Nuns, all in fine voice led by the Mother Abbess (Veonica Walker) who delighted everyone with her "Climb Ev'ry Mountain".  Sisters Berthe, Margaretta and Sophie were just right in their interpretations, each one falling out with the other over Maria.  The staging was cleverly thought out, the scenery just unfolded out and closed up with very little effort from the stage crew, making it look easy, not an easy task on the tiny stage.  Well done!     

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