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...
Dieses Zitat stammt vom großen Komponisten Richard Strauss, und ziert den Grabstein Lotte Lehmanns auf dem Wiener Zentralfriedhof. Wer die Stimme Lehmanns von den erfreulich vielen existierenden Tonaufnahmen kennt, kann sich dem Reiz ihres leuchtenden Timbres nicht...
