Beaumont Glass writes: Lotte and Jeanette MacDonald began working together in the summer of 1944, to prepare the role of Marguerite in Faust for some performances with the Chicago Opera. After their first two-hour session, Miss MacDonald telephoned Constance and told...
Rose Bampton offered these memories of Lotte Lehmann in an interview with Beaumont Glass in January 1986: When I was asked to sing Elisabeth in Tannhäuser for the first time, I remembered Lotte in that role and longed to study it with her; but I didn’t dare to...
Here are some reviews of Die Walküre and Lehmann’s portrayal of Sieglinde in both the recorded and live performances she gave. Below, you’ll also find LL’s own description of scenes from the opera. These following excerpts are mentioned in the...
On this page I want to introduce you to Frances Holden, who was Lehmann’s companion from 1938 until her death in 1976. Below, you’ll read what Judy Sutcliffe, Beaumont Glass and even Lehmann herself had to say about this remarkable woman. Here is a page of...
Sometimes it’s easier to hear a singer in your own language, and since many visitors to this site may speak English, I offer the following Lehmann items sung in English. Several of the selections below were recorded for the Armed Forces Radio Service or...
Below, you’ll find Hilary Finch’s response to Lehmann’s recording of Winterreise from the book, Song on Record, I Lieder. And read what Lehmann herself has to say about a woman singing “men’s” songs. Ira Hirschmann was the founder...
