MGM Second Takes

At the death of Lotte Lehmann in August 1976 many of her test acetates and other discs were sent to the sound archives of the University of Kansas. From that source you can now hear second takes from the MGM movie Big City in which Lehmann sang 1. The Kerry Dancers,...

Lehmann Over Time

People are often curious as to how time affects a singer and especially one like Lotte Lehmann who sang for over 40 years. You’ll find here one Lied, one of the most famous, Schubert’s Ständchen which she sang throughout her life. Because so many composers...

Lehmann Lieder Records Reviewed

These are the Lehmann-related reviews of recordings from Song on record: I Lieder, edited by Alan Blyth. It was published in 1986, so the critical comment stops several years before that, but includes references to acoustic recordings, electric 78s, as well as LPs and...

About Lotte Lehmann

Lehmann as Tosca • Lehmann in the News• Summary of this site’s offerings of Lehmann as the Marschallin• Legendary & Unknown• Afterlife• Tributes• Firsts & Honors • Misconceptions • The Lehmann I Knew • The Lehmann Others Knew • Her Private Life •...

Bericht über die 1922 Tournee

Peter Clausen, unser fabelhafter Forschungsmitarbeiter in Wien, hat uns einen wunderbaren Reisebericht zugeschickt den Lehmann über ihre wichtige Süd-Amerikanische Opern Tournee in 1922 geschrieben hatte.  Der Bericht erschien ursprünglich in...