There have been questions as to what Otto did as a profession or job. The feeling was that he might just have been living off the riches of his first wife, who did come from a wealthy family, or from the income of Lehmann. At the bottom of this page you’ll see...
This writer/critic became a fan and later a friend of Lotte Lehmann. Here are pages from his book in which he frequently mentions the soprano, the dedicatee of the book. When you notice skipped pages, it’s because Lehmann wasn’t the focus. On the last...
CHAPTER 20 Exactly Like a Queen The reopening of the Vienna Opera on November 5, 1955, was one of the happiest events in Lotte’s life. She was invited to the celebrations as an honored guest. In one of the last months of World War II, on the night of March 12,...
CHAPTER 19 She Made the Moon Rise For some time Lotte had dreamed of founding an American Salzburg. Santa Barbara, with its still unspoiled natural beauty, far enough—but not too far—from metropolitan centers, seemed a perfect location. Many distinguished musicians of...
CHAPTER 18 A Look into the Mirror On May 9, 1945, Germany surrendered, unconditionally; on August 14, 1945, V-J Day, World War II was over. The devastation in much of Europe was indescribable. Block after block of what had been Berlin was nothing now but piles of...
