Theodore Bikel was not satisfied playing the role of the Captain, and Bikel did not like to play the same role over and over again. There have been numerous studio cast albums and foreign cast albums issued, though many have only received regional distribution.

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The Sound of Music strives for nothing in the way of smash effects, substituting instead a kind of gracious and unpretentious simplicity. Elsa asks the Captain to allow the children to say goodnight to the guests with a song, "So Long, Farewell".Once she arrives at her new home, Maria discovers she is the newest governess in a long line to try to control the children and that their father, Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) runs the place with a military strictness.

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Reality: The Real Story of the von Trapp Family Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Prologue magazine, Winter 2005, Vol.The New York Journal American 's review opined that The Sound of Music is "the most mature product of the team .