Recent research reveals the payments (per opera performance) that Lehmann received at the Metropolitan Opera. You’ll see other well-known singers of the time, and the amounts they were paid. Remember that this was shortly after the Depression. Also, the dollar in 1935...
A recently discovered single page of Lehmann recalling her life, but probably written in the late 1940s
Hand-written Notes on Die schöne Müllerin • 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.
Mme Lehmann never met Judith Sutcliffe. She was friends with Frances Holden, but did so much to investigate Lehmann’s life, help publish Glass’ Lehmann bio, worked on the LLL Newletters, and reported on her Vienna visit for the Lehmann Centennial, that she...
Norwegian Distribution? In 1917 Lehmann recorded O säume nicht länger nicht (Deh vieni, non tardar) from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. It was my understanding that the records were only released in Germany/Austria, but I have found a label that seems to suggest...
These Lehmann student obituaries are offered in alphabetical order. Lois Alba Passes Lois Alba Plummer Townsend Wachter (1928-2025) fell in love with opera at an early age and began taking singing lessons when it became apparent that she had a natural talent and...
