• Lehmann was not Jewish; she left Austria in 1937 (before the Anschluss) because she’d already had trouble with Goering and knew what was coming. Also, her step-children were threatened, as they were considered Jewish in the eyes of the Nazis because of their Jewish...
Look at the smile on Mme Lehmann’s face as she demonstrates some aspect of Lieder or opera in a master class. I believe that she would have been more than satisfied to have enjoyed the one career of teaching. Further, look at the joy on Paul Ulanowsky’s face. Though...
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Gary and Dennis on the beach. Our favorite Lied below. Lehmann sings “Morgen!” with Paul Ulanowsky < Table of Contents Next >
Gary Hickling Lehmann as Agathe in Weber’s Der Freischütz Volume 2 was necessary to avoid too large a presentation in Volume 1 and to accommodate many submissions of new material, photos, video, and audio tracks. The Lehmann Chronology is especially long and...
Benita Valente Lehmann’s 1954 drawing of Valente On the long path to becoming a professional singer, I was fortunate to work with a number of exceptional musicians. My high school music teacher in Delano, California, Chester Hayden, was the first among them, and it...
