The Independent - London, October 16th, 2007
Member of the Trapp Family Singers
Werner von Trapp was a member of the famed family of singers who became world renowned when their life formed the basis of the durable stage musical The Sound of Music, filmed with enormous success in 1965. The stepson of Maria von Trapp, the ex-postulant who became nanny to the children of a former submarine commander, Baron Georg von Trapp, whom she later married, Werner, a tenor, was the model for the character of Kurt in the dramatisation. In the musical, Kurt (played on screen by Duane Chase) introduces himself to Maria with: "I'm Kurt. I'm 11. I'm inco...
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