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How the 'Sound of Music' Plays in Austria The well-known musical The Sound of Music is set in Austria, and yet it has never been before performed in a major theater in Vienna. Until now. Scott Simon talks with Renaud Doucet, who directed the musical's opening at the Volksoper Theater in Vienna in February.

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How the 'Sound of Music' Plays in Austria

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The well-known musical The Sound of Music is set in Austria, and yet it has never been before performed in a major theater in Vienna. Until now. Scott Simon talks with Renaud Doucet, who directed the musical's opening at the Volksoper Theater in Vienna in February.