Lotte Lehmann & Her Legacy

Volume 2

 

By Gary Hickling

Before the preliminary material, here’s a clip from Lehmann’s appearance in MGM’s Big City.

Volume 2: Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Preface
• Dedication
• Chapter 1: Short Bio: A mini-biography
• Chapter 2: Third Career II: Her teaching
• Chapter 3: Misconceptions: Who she was and wasn’t
• Chapter 4: Lehmann’s Conductors: Mini-biographies of the conductors with whom she worked
• Chapter 5: The Lehmann I Knew: My personal recollections
• Chapter 6: The Lehmann Others Knew: The personal recollections of many others
• Chapter 7: Her Legendary Marschallin: The role for which Lehmann is best remembered
• Chapter 8: Dichterliebe: Lehmann’s art, reading, singing, and teaching of the cycle
• Chapter 9: Arias & Lieder II: With interleaved commentary
• Chapter 10: Comparisons II: Singers of her time (especially Maria Jeritza)
• Chapter 11: Rare & Well Done II: Test pressings and rarities
• Chapter 12: What Critics Wrote: Her reviews, both positive and negative
• Chapter 12.1: Lehmann’s Reviews
• Chapter 13: Tributes: Recorded tributes and a list of accolades that followed her death
• Chapter 14: Exclusive Lehmann Photos II: Seldom seen photos, Dr. Schornstein’s collection, and her art
• Chapter 15: Her Words II: Lehmann’s prose and poetry
• Chapter 16: Music Academy of the West: Its history and my memories there
• Chapter 17: Frances Holden: Who she was and what she meant in Lehmann’s life
• Chapter 18: Enduring Fame: How Lehmann’s name has endured
• Chapter 19: Chronology: A list of Lehmann’s performances
• Chapter 20: Lehmann Meets Goering: Her story and Dr. Michael Kater’s differing perspective
• About the Author