Maria Von Trapp Chautauqua

as performed by Elsa Wolff

Sharing memories from pre-WWII Austria to the 1965 release of The Sound of Music, you’ll learn the story of the Trapp Family and their journey to a new home in America.

Location: Pueblo Community College, Hoag Theater, 900 West Orman Avenue, Pueblo, CO 81004

Free and open to the public. 

Storyteller, singer and speaker for 16 years, Elsa Wolff was excited to add Maria von Trapp to her Chautauqua characters.  Having spent 5 years living near the Austrian Alps, Elsa feels especially connected to the von Trapp family history.  Using humor, story and music, she draws the audience in with this personal portrayal of Maria von Trapp.

The matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers, Maria von Trapp (1905-1987), is a woman of passionate faith and uncompromising determination.  Her life takes her from orphan to Baroness, from postulant at Nonnberg Abbey to mother of 10 children.  Maria boldly leads her family from being refugees leaving Nazi-invaded Austria to becoming an internationally known singing group in America and around the world. The family faced many mountains to climb with challenges, set-backs and hard work. Maria’s is a story of overcoming and the faith to keep on trying.

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