Never sang for Hitler
Subtitle: the life and times of Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976
By: Michael H. Kater.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521873925
Subjects: Lehmann, Lotte; Sopranos (Singers) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood and apprentice years. Perleberg and Berlin ; Coming out in Hamburg; title: Rise to fame in Vienna. From empire to republic ; A prima donna in the Staatsoper ; Private times; title: Climax and crises. New challenges in Vienna ; Professional life and private affairs ; America; title: Between Third Reich seduction and American opportunity. Lotte Lehmann, the lion, and the Third Reich ; New York; title: Between touring and teaching, 1940-1950. Frances Holden, Santa Barbara, and the New World ; Professional tranformations; title: Triumphs and burdens of old age, 1951-1976. The Music Academy of the West ; Master pupils ; At dusk ; Epilogue.