Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for The Sound of Music has died. She was 99.

The last surviving member of the famous Trapp Family Singers made famous in The Sound Of Music died this week at her home in the US. Maria von Trapp was 99.

JOHN O’BRIEN is one of the key people behind what might be Cork’s golden age of opera and musical theatre.

Musical theatre director Bryan Flynn’s ten years of directing the Cork Opera House’s biggest productions will be marked on Saturday in a tribute show entitled Hey, Mr Director!.

The success of The Sound of Music has ensured its return to Cork Opera House, Colette Sheridan reports

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AN AURAL and visual treat is what director Bryan Flynn is promising audiences with his production of The Sound of Music at the Cork Opera House.

An unusual mix is the perfect escape from old world woes, writes Tommy Barker

IT’S the calm before the storm at Dublin’s Grand Canal Theatre.

One of the seven von Trapp children who inspired the film 'The Sound of Music' has died aged 97.

Graham Norton is hosting a new BBC Saturday night show to find an undiscovered star to win the role of Maria in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new West End stage production of The Sound of Music.

Two editions of The Sound of Music (Fox, €24.99, €34.99) mark the 40th anniversary of this musical extravaganza about the lives of the Von Trapp family, with Julie Andrews charming the aloof Christopher Plummer.

THE snow-capped Styrian mountains will provide an apt backdrop this weekend for an Austrian Grand Prix that is being frozen out of the Formula One World Championship.