When the Met was on tour to Boston and performed, Die Walküre for the first time uncut, not only did Erich Leinsdorf conduct, but the cast consisted of some of the greatest Wagner singers of the time: Lehmann sang Sieglinde, Melchior sang Siegmund, List sang Hunding,...
From The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp, 1949 On a memorable day in August, 1936, we were sitting together once more behind the screen of pines in our park. It was late in the afternoon, a Saturday. Everybody had stopped working and changed...
Alphabetical by Song Title >> Alphabetical by Composer >> NOTE: Song Cycles can be found in Volume 4 A Nun Takes the VeilAbsence (found in Volume 4)Adieu (found in Volume 4)AllerseelenAm Sonntag MorgenAn die GeliebteAn die MusikAn eine AeolsharfeAn...
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.
Beaumont Glass wrote this response to the Bernheimer article (in three pieces) above.
