Steichen’s 1934 portrait of Lehmann as the Marschallin Herman Klein: Writing about a Rosenkavalier performance conducted by Beecham [at Covent Garden], Klein had complaints about several singers, but then wrote that Beecham “had an even finer Marschallin than Margaret...
This page will attempt to bring together all the information that’s available on this website about Lehmann’s portrayal of the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss . Since Lehmann is best known for that role it’s interesting to see where she sang the...
My introduction commentary to this music Lehmann sings with my commentary on the monolog, words seen above. Lehmann sings “Kann mich auch…” without commentary. This is taken from the famous 1933 HMV recording of Der Rosenkavalier with Robert Heger...
Louis Barthou pins the Legion of Honor on Lehmann We know that Lehmann was proud of the honors she received in Europe and the United States. We have photos of her in her later years proudly wearing the medals. From the New York Times obituary: “…Mme. Lehmann had a...
A recent article on Lehmann’s performance of Schubert’s “Der Doppelgänger” by Alastair Macaulay, an historian and critic of the performing arts, is the focus of this page. Lehmann wrote the following about Lieder in general, which she feels:...
As the late film maker Christopher Nupen wrote: “The reopening of the Vienna State Opera…took place in November 1955. It was the biggest musical event in Europe since the start of the war in 1939.” And Lehmann was there. Below, you can read...
