This song “Aus dem hebräischen Gesängen”/From the Hebrew Melodies, was originally Byron’s, in English, and was translated into German by Theodor Körner. Mein Herz ist schwer! Auf! Von der Wand die Laute, My heart is heavy! Take up the lute from the...
Below is the second Lehmann tribute. The first one was originally available on an Arabesque records CD but is now available second hand from such places as Ebay. It includes spoken and sung tributes by Grace Bumbry, Beaumont Glass, Kurt Ollmann, Lotfi Mansouri,...
Lehmann was a busy lady; besides singing she wrote books, articles, poetry and painted and did other art work. This page will direct you to selections from her various writing, as well as articles and memories of LL written by others. Read what LL wrote about Bruno...
Lehmann called Bruno Walter her greatest teacher and one of her most valued friends. Listen to them performing together, in 1941, the second one in up-dated sound: Ich grolle nicht, Ich grolle nicht. Beaumont Glass writes that she regarded him “as one of the...
The soprano Camilla Nylund received the “Lotte Lehmann Memorial Ring” on 10 November 2022. The award was presented to her by the director of the Vienna State Opera, Bogdan Roscic, and the President of the Soloists’ Association of the State Opera, Hans Peter Kammerer,...
You may want to read about early recordings to put this famous one of Lehmann’s Der Rosenkavalier 1933 recording, in perspective. It’s also fascinating to read what Lehmann herself had to say about the opera. There are many references to LL’s performances...
