I am curious and a little excited to watch the remake of the The Sound of Music tonight on NBC. Traditionalists can balk all they want but Carrie Underwood certainly has the pipes to fill Maria’s dirndl.
Sadly, this new production will not be filmed on location in and about Salzburg and the Austrian Alps as was the 1965 movie. When in Salzburg, you can’t help but stumble through sites used in the movie. I hadn’t seen the film since childhood and after watching it a couple years ago – was stunned to see how much of the movie could be found in my travel photos.
Nonnberg Abbey, the convent from which Maria is released and famously begins her dancing and singing journey to the Von Trapp family residence.
Maria sings her namesake song, Maria, together with the nuns at this Benedictine monastery perched on a hill in Salzburg’s Old Town.
Heading south, view of Untersberg. An escape scene shows the family on the summit of this 6,473 foot peak.
Frohnburg Castle posed as the exterior of the Trapp family mansion and is where Maria concludes the song I Have Confidence.
The festive Christkindlmarkt – Christmas market – at Schloss Hellbrunn. The baroque palace was built in 1613-19 as a summer residence; the trick fountains are a popular tourist attraction.
Hellbrunn Palace is also where the pavilion, made famous by two scenes in the movie, is now stationed. Sixteen Goin’ On Seventeen and Something Good were both performed in this glass pavilion.
View of Festung Hohensalzburg on the return to the historic altstadt from Hellbrunn Palace. The medieval fortress provides a distinctive backdrop and skyline for Salzburg.
A statue by Ottavio Mosto (1690) in the gardens at Mirabell Palace. Several scenes were filmed here, perhaps most notably Do-Re-Mi by Maria and the Von Trapp children.
Maria and the children stroll by the horse statue and murals of the Pferdeschwemme Fountain – an ancient horse bath – as part of My Favorite Things musical sequence.
Christmas market in Residenzplatz – this square is featured early in the film when Maria sings I Have Confidence.
