CHAPTER 10 The Next Great Landmark The Marschallin in London made Lotte a truly international star. From then on her career blossomed outward from its center in Vienna. Her seasons in London and Berlin became annual events. She sang in the Salzburg Festivals every...
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, who wanted something very special for that special occasion. He was a great...
CHAPTER 8 Role Screams for Lehmann The Habsburg Empire was falling apart. In April 1918 Clemenceau had revealed that Karl I had made secret negotiations for a separate peace. Germany, furious, forced him to surrender all independent power of action. The German armies...
CHAPTER 7 That Something Extra Let Lotte Lehmann herself give the prelude to her long love affair with Vienna: The year 1916 was a rather important one in my life; I left the Hamburg Municipal Theatre for what at that time still bore the proud name of “Royal and...
CHAPTER 6 Raining Gold Lotte had good luck with Gluck. Eurydice had brought her to the attention of Caruso. Now his Iphigenia in Aulis opened the new season 1913-1914, her fourth. She sang the title role, which her ancestress Sophie Arnould had created in Paris. With...
CHAPTER 4 A Chambermaid in Valhalla August 25, 1910. First rehearsal: Gerhilde in Die Walküre. Felix Landau, the coach, thundered out the “Ride of the Valkyries” at the piano and Lotte, with a quick prayer and a big breath, let loose a hearty...
