Paul Ulanowsky was Lehmann’s principal accompanist from 1938 until 1951, performing with her over 50 times in New York alone. She called him “the ideal accompanist for me. We understood each other musically in perfect time.” He had the ability to...
Arturo Toscanini was an important person in Lehmann’s life both as a conductor and as a lover [see below]. Lotte Lehmann & Eleanor Steber discuss Toscanini Here is what Beaumont Glass wrote of Lehmann’s first appearance with Toscanini: “February...
Many people who worked with and knew Lehmann were glad to provide their memories and these were often heard on the radio for occasions such as Lotte Lehmann’s birthday etc. This page will provide you with access to the wide variety of such programs. You may read...
Kurt Ollmann, baritone, has a broad-ranging career and is heard regularly with opera companies, orchestras, chamber music groups and on many recordings, but he has always been especially devoted to the song repertoire. Ollmann has sung recitals in all the major New...
Mr. Johnson is the recipient of the Lehmann Foundation’s 2004 World of Song Award.After arriving in Britain from his native Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Graham Johnson studied at London’s Royal Academy of Music and subsequently with the late Geoffrey Parsons....
In 1993, he was engaged by the Opera de Paris-Bastille to sing in a new production of Benvenuto Cellini by Berlioz. In 2000, he performed in Heloise and Abelard by Australian composer Peter Tahourdin, toured France and Poland with Mozart’s Requiem, sung at the...
