One can find a great many birthdates given for Lotte Lehmann. I always assumed that vanity led her to change the date, and since 27 February was Caruso’s birthday, this seemed an intriguing coincidence. Some of the dates I have encountered are 2 July 1888, 1885 or...
• Though missing its first page and the ending, here’s a recent discovery, in Lehmann’s handwriting, of her thoughts on Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin.
