Stefan Rokebrand will play the lead role of Captain Georg von Trapp The Sound of Music. He will be the opponent of Nandi van Beurden, who had the program last Sunday Looking for Maria won and thus plays the female lead in the musical. The two have already played a scene together without Van Beurden knowing that Rokebrand was her opponent The Sound would be, says the musical actor in conversation with NU.nl.
Francis van Broekhuizen and William Spaaij also have a role in the new production: they play the roles of Mother Superior and Uncle Max respectively.
Rokebrand found it “unreal” to be able to follow the selection process of his co-star live on television. “I thought the finalists were all very good. It was funny that they were ahead of them Seeking have been at rehearsals from Love lesson, the performance in which I still play. We played a scene together, but they didn’t know at all that I might be their opponent. “
As a result, Rokebrand has already been able to taste his collaboration with Van Beurden. “I had to put on a bit of a poker face, but I could already clearly see what kind of meat is in the Kuip. Nandi clicked very well. She listened and responded quickly, which is great when you improvise. She has everything you must have for the part of Maria. “
Rokebrand was a big fan of it before he auditioned The Sound of Music. “A whole generation is with The Sound I grew up, I always watched the movie with my parents. I saw him seven or eight times as a child. When you get older you get an aversion to the films that your parents like, but then I started to reassess the film: how beautiful the music is, how well everything is put together. “
‘Von Trapp is an icon’
The musical player, previously seen as Herman Brood and Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema in Soldier of Orange, is looking forward to adding Von Trapp to his musical resume. “The role is truly a classic, Von Trapp is an icon. It is a role with a beautiful layering. He is a widower, whose music disappeared from his life after his wife died. It comes back in the person of Maria, but he doesn’t find it easy to allow that. “
Rokebrand particularly likes the tension between the strictness and reserve of Von Trapp, and the warmth he has for his children. “I’m going to look for it very much, that field of tension.”
The rehearsals for The Sound of Music start mid-May, the premiere is expected to take place on Sunday 27 June (when theaters are open again). “I am delighted to go back to play, I haven’t done that for so long”, says Rokebrand. “I can’t wait to rehearse and play in front of real people. That’s a very nice prospect.”
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