Description
Lotte Lehmann Master Classes, Vol. II / Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER The Marschallin's Monologue - Mozart: FIGARO'S MARRIAGE - Wagner: LOHENGRIN Ortrud! Where are the good times - Beethoven: FIDELIO Dungeon Scene / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 114 Minutes
UPC:
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 3.52 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 54 minutes
- Release date : July 5, 2005
- Actors : Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, Le Nozze di Figaro
- Language : English (Mono)
- Studio : Video Artists Int'L
- Number of discs : 1
From the time of her operatic debut in 1910 to her farewell recital in 1951, Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) was recognized as a supreme singing actress and recitalist. One of the highlights of her After her retirement from the stage in 1951, Lehmann "retired" to an active teaching career. operas.
In 1961, KQED San Francisco filmed a series of Lehmann's master classes at the Music Academy of the West for National Educational Television (Thirteen/WNET). In the course of these classes, Lehmann offers important interpretive insights, shares some of her life story, and even performs several passages with singular expressive force, albeit in a baritone sprechtstimme (she herself candidly quips, "I
have always in my life done things very thoroughly, so I lost also my voice thoroughly"). This second volume, devoted to operatic scenes, includes Lehmann's priceless demonstration/performance of the
Marschallin's Monologue from Der Rosenkavalier.
Over the years, Lehmann's students included Rose Bampton, Eleanor Steber, Grace Bumbry,, Maralin Niska, and Benita Valente, as well as Marilyn Horne, who now heads the vocal department at the Music
Academy of the West.
REPERTOIRE:
Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER The Marschallin's Monologue (sung in English) Mozart: FIGARO'S MARRIAGE Where are the good times (The Countess's Aria)
Wagner: LOHENGRIN Ortrud! Where are you? Weber: DER FREISCHÜTZ Quietly, quietly
Beethoven: FIDELIO Dungeon Scene (sung in English)
STUDENTS:
Judith Allen. Olga Chronis Grace of the Cross
A. A. Drake. Kay McCracken Duke Evangeline Noel
Dorothy Sandlin Kenneth Residential
BONUS: Lotte Lehmann interviewed by Jim Beveridge
21 minutes, originally telecast September 27, 1963
A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Production © 1963 (All Rights Reserved)
Produced by KQED San Francisco for Thirteen/WNET
© 1961 Educational Broadcasting Corporation (All Rights Reserved)
Packaging & Design ©2005 Video Artists International, Inc.
Cover photo courtesy of the Lotte Lehmann Collection (PA Mss 02),
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections
DVD production coordination: Allan Altman
Digital photo editing: Edward Cardona Design: Raymond Edwards
Special thanks to Gary Hickling for his help with this project. His extensive Lehmann research is accessible at www.lottelehmann.org.
AUDIO: Mono. VIDEO: Black & White REGION CODE: 0 (Open All Regions)
SUBTITLES: None. RUNNING TIME: Main program: 114 minutes/Bonus: 21 minutes
