Lotte Lehmann, a life in opera & song / Beaumont Glass.

Author/creator Glass, Beaumont
Format Book
Publication InfoSanta Barbara : Capra Press, 1988.
Descriptionxviii, 330 pages, xxiv pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Variant title Lotte Lehmann, a life in opera and song
Contents Introduction -- A drop of theatre blood -- A door to Wonderland -- A pair of miracles -- A chambermaid in Valhalla -- Like flying in a dream -- Raining gold -- That something extra -- Role screams for Lehmann -- She was his birthday present -- I kiss her and she thanks me -- Wild indians and other dangers -- One does see the garden -- The lioness was less dangerous -- Like a flow of lava -- Above all, a woman -- Nothing but an earthquake -- The mountains were on fire -- A look into the mirror -- She made the moon rise -- Exactly like a queen.
Abstract Lotte Lehmann was the most beloved star of the Vienna State Opera during its most resplendent years, and sang to great acclaim in Europe, Australia and the Americas. She reigned supreme as Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and she sang the greatest Sieglinde, Elisabeth, and Fidelio of her time. Then, after a thirty-six year operatic career, Lehmann opened the door to German lieder to tremendous worldwide audiences. She sang three Town Hall recitals in New York every year. Her last years were spent in Santa Barbara, where she taught master classes at the Music Academy of the West. Though her death in 1976 at eighty-eight ended a magnificent era, her voice lives on in a great musical legacy of recordings.
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteBibliography: pages 280-293.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 303-322.
LCCN 87032574
ISBN0884962776 :

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML420.L33 G6 1988 ✔ Available Place Hold