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Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp [a] [3] [4] (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I , [ b ] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships ...
The last surviving of the original seven (born to Captain von Trapp and his wife Agathe Whitehead), Maria Franziska, died in 2014 at the age of 99. The youngest and last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers (born to Captain von Trapp and Maria von Trapp) is Johannes von Trapp.
Maria von Trapp's certificate of arrival at Niagara Falls, New York, on 30 December 1942 In the 1940s, the family moved to Stowe, Vermont , where they ran a music camp when they were not touring. In 1944, Maria Augusta, Maria Franziska, Johanna, Martina, Hedwig and Agathe applied for U.S. citizenship, whereas Georg never applied to become a ...
The original cast included Connie Fisher as Maria, Michael Praed as Captain von Trapp and Margaret Preece as the Mother Abbess. Kirsty Malpass was the alternate Maria. [48] Jason Donovan assumed the role of Captain Von Trapp, and Verity Rushworth took over as Maria, in early 2011.
Baron Captain Georg von Trapp was the patriarch of the von Trapp family. He was born in 1880 and served for 24 years in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, where he achieved the country’s highest award ...
Although the stage production uses the song only during the concert scene, Ernest Lehman's screenplay for the film adaptation uses the song twice. In a new scene created for the film, inspired by a line in the original script by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, Captain von Trapp sings "Edelweiss" to his children in their family drawing room, with his eldest daughter, Liesl, singing along briefly.
Georg von Trapp: 19 11 [24] 47,653 [24] Von Trapp (1880–1947) was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of the war. In addition to 11 merchant ships, he also sank the French armored cruiser Léon Gambetta and the Italian submarine Nereide. After the war, he lost most of his money, which had been deposited in an Austrian ...
In 1959, he created the role of Austria-Hungary Empire naval Captain von Trapp in the original stage musical production of The Sound of Music, which earned him a second "Tony" nomination. [6] Bikel did not like his role because his ability to sing was underused; neither did he like performing the same role of the captain repeatedly.