2009: $1,000+ Anonymous Foundation $250+ Dalton Baldwin, Daron Hagen & Gilda Lyons $100+ Albert Schutz, Larry Alan Smith, Pierre Vallet under $100 Carole & Thomas Geballe, Kay Griffel, William Van Hunter, Gilda M. Lyons, Russell Platt, David Zirlin With...
Lotte Lehmann was an avid writer of letters. You may read some of them elsewhere on this site, especially when they’re to famous people or to her companion, Frances. You can view a PDF from one of my Lotte Lehmann & Her Legacy iBooks that contains many of...
One tends to forget that Lehmann sang and taught in many places. Obituaries are written in these cities, and although in the following one they call her Lottie, it’s otherwise accurate.
Over the a two and a half year period I worked with the late Fred Maroth, the man who founded the Music and Arts label. This California non-profit produces recordings from the past. Since I wanted to see some rare Lehmann (often “live”) recordings in...
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, born 28 May 1925; died 18 May 2012 With the passing of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, we note with sadness the end of an era of excellent art song performance. You can sample some of DFD’s fine contemporaries on another page, but...
This is a list of the famous conductors under whom Lotte Lehmann sang. The word “famous” is relative. In their time, and sometimes their city, they were famous. As time moves on, their fame diminishes. So I’ll try to write a mini-bio on the...
