Angel Peña playing in the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra 1983 This page is devoted to the Filipino composer and bassist, Angel Peña. He passed away 22 December 2014. You will find a bio on Mr. Peña at the bottom of this page. Angel’s daughter, Irma sent the...
This is the somewhat incomplete listing of Lehmann’s opera appearances that the Vienna Opera archives offers.
In 1910, Enrico Caruso was so captivated by a twenty-two-year-old German soprano singing her first season at the Hamburg State Opera that he cried, “She has the voice of an Italian!” Lotte Lehmann also enchanted the likes of Puccini, Klemperer, and even...
“It was difficult” Lehmann said “To control myself when Jon Vickers sang “Winterstürme” from Walküre. The moment he stopped was where I had come in as Sieglinde.” Review of Irving Kolodin in the April 30, 1966 issue...
I was too young to have heard Lehmann live in either opera or recital modes, but have always heard the same admonition: “The recordings, no matter how good, are nothing compared to experiencing Lehmann live!” Here’s what her friend, colleague, and later, biographer...
The brick stairs were built by Frances Holden. Swimming pool half-way down the property, showing a bit of the house above. Holden loved books and built her own bookshelves throughout the house. Though I saw Lehmann teach in the living room (downstairs), later they...
