A gallery devoted to Lehmann’s obsession with animals is long over due. Her dogs were a part of her entourage in Vienna and even accompanied her on tours. The Australian tours allowed her to broaden her connection to animals to include a kangaroo, a kookaburra and, of...
In 2025 additional recital programs were discovered which allowed us to add a small number of songs to Lehmann’s repertoire. Arne: The Plague of Love John Attey: Sweet was the Song George Bagby: Barcarole; Hasard (1936) A. Becker: Mache mich selig (1915) Brahms: Muß...
Shelley’s ‘To a skylark’ might have been dedicated to Lotte Lehmann, so evocatively does the poem recall the phenomenon of her voice. Indeed the enchantment of this unique voice, a velvety, dark-hued, charismatic soprano had an almost indescribable...
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Photos from Lehmann’s experience with Hollywood can be found below. This photo is a publicity shot that MGM arranged. BIG CITY, Lotte Lehmann, 1948 You can see clips of Lehmann singing from the movie on YouTube. When I (Gary Hickling) was preparing the interview...
