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Charlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German-American lyric soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses, on the recital stage and in teaching.
Lotte Lehmann was a German-born American lyric-dramatic soprano, particularly renowned for her performances of the songs of Robert Schumann and in the roles of Leonore in Ludwig van Beethoven’s opera Fidelio and of the Marschallin in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose).
Soprano Lotte Lehmann (born on 27 February 1888, Germany; died on 26 August 1976 USA) made her operatic debut at the Hamburg Opera in 1910 and sang her last recital in August 1951. One of the greatest singers of the 20th century, creator of roles by Strauss and Korngold, Lehmann emigrated to the United States in 1937.
Aug 27, 1976 · Lotte Lehmann, one of the most illustrious operatic sopranos and lieder singers of her day, died in her sleep yesterday at her home in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was 88 years old and had been in...
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May 21, 2018 · Lehmann, Lotte ( b Perleberg, 1888; d Santa Barbara, Calif., 1976). Ger.-born soprano (Amer. cit. 1945). Début Hamburg 1909 as 3rd Boy in Die Zauberflöte. Vienna début 1914. Joined Vienna Opera 1916, remaining until 1938, singing leading roles in Wagner, Strauss, Mozart, Puccini, and Beethoven.
Lotte Lehmann, the newest star of our Court Opera—I mean the word “star” in its purest sense, without that slightly ironical connotation which would not apply to this God-gifted artist—became a tumultuously applauded darling of our concert audience, entirely through the heartfelt, nobly natural rendition of a few songs, with which she ...
On August 26, 1976 – 43 years ago today – the German-born soprano, opera star, lieder singer, movie actress, internationally renowned teacher, music historian and author, published poet, painter and illustrator Lotte Lehmann died in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 88.
San Francisco presented Lehmann in Puccini. All of her previous operatic appearances in North and South America had been in Wagnerian music dramas. She sang Tosca (on November 16) and Madame Butterfly (on November 21), both for the first time ever in Italian. Tosca, especially, was an unqualified success.
The soprano Lotte Lehmann, who was born in Germany in 1888 and died in the United States in 1976, was profoundly admired by some of the greatest composers and performers of her day. Richard Strauss said “Her singing moved the stars,” Giacomo Puccini said she was his favourite Suor Angelica, and Arturo Toscanini called her “The greatest ...
German-born naturalized US singer, who was one of the great lyric sopranos of her era. Born into a family of musicians, she studied singing in Berlin, chiefly with Mathilde Mallinger (1847–1920), Wagner's original Eva in The Mastersingers. She made her professional debut in Hamburg in 1910 as Aennchen in Nicolai's Merry Wives of Windsor and ...
