CHAPTER 1 A Drop of Theatre Blood The first Lehmann tones—not bel canto but probably expressive—rang out on February 27, 1888, in Perleberg, in the northern part of Germany, a middle-sized town about halfway between Berlin and Hamburg. The new arrival received a...
CHAPTER 3 A Pair of Miracles What to do now? Lotte and Fritz searched the want ads. Perhaps she could be a companion to some older lady and sing to her now and then. At least her voice would be good enough for that. Papa enrolled Lotte in the next starting session of...
Lehmann (l), Slezak (r) Von Tenor Leo Slezaks Mein Lebensmärchen: Achtes Kapitel: Lilly und Lotte Lehmann. [Slezak schreibt ein paar Seiten über Lilly] …Mit mir sang sie Fidelio, schuf immer noch eine edle große Gestalt, war aber, was Innigkeit und Herzenswärme...
There have been questions as to what Otto did as a profession or job. The feeling was that he might just have been living off the riches of his first wife, who did come from a wealthy family, or from the income of Lehmann. At the bottom of this page you’ll see...
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,...
