From Beaumont Glass’ biography, Lotte Lehmann: A Life In Opera & Song, Chapter 9 She Was His Birthday Present Lotte Lehmann met Otto Krause, her handsome future husband, in a most unusual way: she was his birthday present. A present from his wealthy wife,...
This writer/critic became a fan and later a friend of Lotte Lehmann. Here are pages from his book in which he frequently mentions the soprano, the dedicatee of the book. When you notice skipped pages, it’s because Lehmann wasn’t the focus. On the last...
CHAPTER 20 Exactly Like a Queen The reopening of the Vienna Opera on November 5, 1955, was one of the happiest events in Lotte’s life. She was invited to the celebrations as an honored guest. In one of the last months of World War II, on the night of March 12,...
CHAPTER 19 She Made the Moon Rise For some time Lotte had dreamed of founding an American Salzburg. Santa Barbara, with its still unspoiled natural beauty, far enough—but not too far—from metropolitan centers, seemed a perfect location. Many distinguished musicians of...
CHAPTER 18 A Look into the Mirror On May 9, 1945, Germany surrendered, unconditionally; on August 14, 1945, V-J Day, World War II was over. The devastation in much of Europe was indescribable. Block after block of what had been Berlin was nothing now but piles of...
CHAPTER 17 The Mountains Were on Fire It was not just the glorious view from 3,000 feet above Santa Barbara. The house itself, made of redwood and stone, was something special. An eccentric millionaire, who loved to do the impossible and had the cash to do it, built...
