Cork favourites to star alongside Matt Blaker and Carrie Mullane in Sound of Music production

The Sound of Music will run at Cork Opera House from July 23 to August 23

Matt Blaker has been cast as Captain Von Trapp in the Cork Opera House summer production of The Sound of Music.

Cork Opera House has cast West End star Matt Blaker, leading man of The Phantom of the Opera, as Captain Von Trapp in its summer production of The Sound of Music.

Blaker, who has played Billy Flynn in Chicago, Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard, and appeared as a cast member of Netflix's The Crown, will star opposite acclaimed Irish soprano Wendy Carr, who was previously announced as Maria.