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| Lehmann Interview Index This table lists Lehmann's interviews or speeches (all "non-commercial" recordings). They are listed in chronological order. The index number shows its place in the complete discography, however no further information is provided there. In other words, what you find in this table is the complete discographical data on the interviews. If Lehmann's TV or motion picture appearances are what you seek, click on motion pictures. They often include interview material as well. | Lehmann Interview Index | | Index reference number | Interviews or speeches (audio only) in English unless otherwise noted; when contents are known, available at UCSB. | | 431.1 | Broadcast interview (fragment): Jul '37 with a Mr. Moses in Australia; Lehmann speaks of her wonderful times there, the book she hopes to write (based on her diaries of her Australian tours) called: "Singing 'Neath the Southern Cross," Moses asks about the animals that she has met and she replies that she isn't allowed to take home any live ones but has been given many stuffed ones; she also speaks of the Salzburg Festival and the upcoming MARRIAGE OF FIGARO in which she will sing the role of the Countess with Pinza as Figaro. As it happens she didn't sing this role at Salzburg. | | 435 | Broadcast interview on "Let's Talk It Over"; 30 Dec. '37; NBC radio; Lehmann discusses her art & recent book: "Eternal Flight"; plans for the next Salzburg Festival (which were never realized); etc. LP: none; | | 437 | Broadcast (discussing the role of Marschallin); 5 Feb. '38 Met. Opera Intermission Feature; LP: none. | | 441 | Broadcast: reading excerpts from her book Eternal Flight; 13 Apr. '38; WHN. Interview of Lehmann by Dorothy Arnold as part of a literature course for N Y University; Lehmann speaks of how writing has calmed her after a performance; this novel isn’t autobiographical, the opera singer in the book wasn’t planned and Lehmann has kept her quite different from herself; some of the descriptions of locations were taken from her experiences in Austria, etc.; the dramatization which follows the interview does not include Lehmann, although she narrates a portion of the story. | | 449 | Broadcast interview; 18 Jan. '41; Metropolitan Opera Intermission Feature; LP: none; LOC. | | 458 | Broadcast interview; 18 Jan. '41; Metropolitan Opera Intermission Feature; LP: none; LOC. | | 465 | Interview (including E. Schumann) by James Fassett; 5 Feb. '50; N. Y. Philharmonic Intermission Feature; on B. Walter & his importance in their careers; anecdotes. | | 466 | Interview by M. Mc Bride; 13 Feb. '51; ABC's Mary Margaret Mc Bride Show; LP: none; LOC. | | 475 | TV Interview by Dr. Jan Popper on "Spotlight on Opera"; discusses career; includes master-class, 1954 or 3 Sep. '61? | | 477 | Interview by Louis Palmer; 30 Sep. '55; on her life, career, MAW, opera in U.S., requirements for singers, about DER ROSENKAVALIER, accompanists, translating opera. | | 477.2 | Speech by Lehmann at MAW after her return from the re-opening of the Vienna Opera in November 1955. The exact date of this talk is not given. Includes: extensive remembrances of her trip including many comic details; her favorite painting in Florence; the receptions & the many special events to which she was invited; memories of the past and her emotional response to them. LP: original lp acetates. | | 478 | Interview by Walter Todds for BBC; 20 Oct. '56; on her first visit to London in 19 years, impressions of recent trip to Vienna, her shock on seeing the modern opera house in Hamburg, recalls first visit to Covent Garden which she finds unchanged, describes recording DER ROSENKAVALIER with anecdote of E. Schumann singing last two notes, memories of working with Strauss & his consideration for singers, her role as Composer in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, favorite roles, present life teaching in Calif., forthcoming master-classes at Wigmore Hall, modern Bayreuth productions, anecdote about Tauber & a bar of chocolate; BBC. | | 480 | Interview by John Gutman; 22 Feb. '58; Met. Opera Intermission Feature on her interpretation of the role of the Marschallin in DER ROSENKAVALIER, Strauss, teaching. | | 483 | Interview by Roy Plomley for BBC; 14 May '59; from series called "Desert Island Discs", where he introduces his cast-away who queries anyone's ability to swim ashore carrying 8 records. Lehmann's first choice is the Prelude to DIE MEISTERSINGER which reminds her of singing Eva at Salzburg with Toscanini; next Mahler's Um Mitternach, for the artistry of Kathleen Ferrier & Walter; recalls singing as a child, earliest professional experience, admiration for E. Schumann, experience with Vienna Opera, London, first big roles, what opera and Lieder have meant to her, her "14 day retirement", then teaching, of young singers today; chooses a recording of Gerard Souzay, then one conducted by Franz Schalk which reminds her of his kindness, then the trio from DER ROSENKAVALIER to remind her of Vienna; a luxury (on the desert island) would be a box of paints and a book...Goethe's Faust; BBC. | | 484 | Interview by Irene Slade on BBC program in a series called "People Today"; 26 Jul. '59; compares London of 1914 with that of today, tribute to London audiences, on early studies, career at Hamburg, Freia under Nikisch, Elsa under Klemperer, necessity of losing oneself in a role, Vienna in 1916, its claques, role of Composer, memories of first visit to US, Lieder singing & its technique, teaching, impressions of Toscanini, preferences for Romantic composers & her feeling that she lacked the control for Mozart, tribute to Melchior & E. Schumann, her tastes in dress & food, hobbies; BBC dates this (possibly of actual broadcast) 23 Aug. ’59; with the following information also included in the interview: Lehmann talks of singing Sophie, the Covent Garden contract, first solo role was as Anna in the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; Hamburg’s regard for her when she decided to leave Hamburg for Vienna; her life in the US after leaving Vienna after the Anschluss; mentions singing with Chaliapin in FAUST; BBC: 2 LP's 24810 | | 485 | Interview by Studs Terkel; 18 Apr. '60; on Lieder, master-class series at Northwestern University, career, what she learned from the Marschallin, retirement, goal as a singer, today's singers, MAW, Grace Bumbry, modern opera productions, opera in translation, advice to young singers. | | 487 | Interview by Peter Jacobi; WRMQ; 1 May '60; on retirement, teaching (interpretation not imitation); her career, Bumbry, Vienna, technique, many other roles besides the Marschallin. | | 488 | Interview by Dick Johnson; KDB; 14 Jun. '60; on MAW, teaching in Europe in 1959, plans for production of ARABELLA at MAW. | | 489 | Interview by John Gutman; WOR; 21 Jan. '61; for Met. Opera Intermission on ARABELLA, its similarities to DER ROSENKAVALIER, reason for not creating title role, MAW performance, its English translation (by Gutman.) | | 491 | Interview for KPFK; 6 Oct. '62; on Bruno Walter. | | 493 | Interview by John Gutman; WQXR; Jan. 1963; Met. Opera Intermission Feature; on her stage direction of DER ROSENKAVALIER. | | 494 | Interview with Lehmann & Maria Jeritza by Gutman; aired: 2 Feb. '63; taped Nov. 1962; for Met. Opera Intermission Feature of ARIADNE AUF NAXOS; about this opera's premiere, Strauss & his other operas, technique, singers in jet age, MAW; LP: 75. (and CD) | | 498 | Interview by Joan Cross & John Amis; BBC; 29 Mar '64; on master classes, her early studies, talent; used as the introduction to the broadcast of the master classes listed as 496 & 497. | | 499 | Presentation of Honorary Ring of Vienna by Franz Jonas, Mayor; 10 Jun. '64; (Ger.); in short speech Lehmann accepts, happiest years of her life as woman & artist were in Vienna. | | 500 | Speech (short); 10 Jun. '64; feels at home in US, loves Austria, thinks of Vienna with the longing of youth; (German.) | | 501 | Interview (Ger.) on the centennial of R. Strauss' birth; 1964; his demands as conductor of his own works, on Schalk, B. Walter, Toscanini, why the latter liked her in spite of musical errors, Hoffmansthal, DER ROSENKAVALIER as both comic and tragic, Marschallin as a worldly wise person, sees stylized FIDELIO as robbing it of its living drama, Strauss probably wouldn't mind modern interpretations, her discussion with Desmond Shawe-Taylor on the state of technique, on value of ensemble such as Vienna was, singing/acting should come from inside a person, Hermann Prey as example of one who sings from his soul, how one controls the emotions when singing (horse riding given as an example). | | 502 | Interview by Malloch; KPFK; aired 16 Jan. '65; recorded in her home; on state of opera & lieder singing past & present. | | 503 | Reading from her book, Five Operas and Richard Strauss at Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara; KPFK; aired 16 Jan '65. | | 504 | Interview by Robert Chesterman; "Music Diary"; CBC; 30 May '65.; on her "retirement", teaching, today's singers, state support for arts, Bumbry, modern opera productions, secret of her success. | | 505 | Interview: 11 Nov. '65; on Bruno Walter. | | 506 | Interview: April 1966; Met. Opera's "Singers Roundtable"; Bidu Sayao, Richard Crooks, Giovanni Martinelli, Lily Pons & Lehmann reminisce, tell anecdotes, Lehmann on new roles, acting, modern Wagnerian productions, jet age singers, MAW, advice to students, early studies, Old Met. | | 507 | Interview by Peter Lehmann (stage director of 1967 Met. production of Wagner's LOHENGRIN) for WQXR; 21 Jan. '67; contents unknown; Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives. | | 508 | Interview by Olin Downes; 1967; for Met. Opera Int. Feature; on Toscanini, their performances, anecdotes, fear & fondness for him. | | 509 | Interview by Calhoun; Feb. '67; for "Hall of Song"; on first appearances in US, Met., early career, Vienna, Strauss as a person, acting, Wagnerian roles, Covent Garden roles, B. Walter, anecdotes at Met., Melchior, other greats, her work on Met. production of DER ROSENKAVALIER, present activities | | 516 | Interview (Ger.) by Marcel Prawy; 1960's; on Vienna, jet set vs. ensemble, Schalk, Jeritza, farewell recital, books, MAW, her vocal technique, interpretation, "retirement". | | 517 | Speaking (Ger.); 1960's; 2 bands of LP: 42; original source (?); on early studies & career, Vienna, the Marschallin, US & the Met., Lieder, farewell recital, Walter, Schalk, Toscanini, favorite role (Sieglinde), other roles in Vienna, ensemble missing today, modern "stylised" productions. | | 521.1 | Interview by Maurice Faulkner; Feb. ’68; for 80th birthday; childhood memories; early studies; early career; Vienna; Strauss; rehearsals in Vienna with solo rehearsals, with conductor & piano, then “Sitzproben”; weeks of rehearsal for FIDELIO, which was one of the high points of her life; Toscanini & Schalk approached it from a musical point of view, Bruno Walter from a psychological conception; interview continued later (28 Apr. ’68 see 521.3) | | 531.3 | Interview by Faulkner in Santa Barbara; 28 Apr. ’68; Lehmann talks of Wagner’s Ring; Anna Russell; sang Freia because someone ill; kindness of Nikisch; sang Orlofsky in FLEDERMAUS with Nikisch; reminisces about singing Sieglinde with Melchior under B. Walter; some conversation about present-day productions; preferred conducting of Schalk & Walter to that of Strauss; recalls Strauss complementing her on an “A#” in DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, thereafter she never sang it so well; tells stories of reprimands for jokes with Slezak when she sang Gutrune & Eva; mentions that Toscanini forgave her errors because her singing came from her emotion; talks of how the Marschallin grew over the years and when asked if she’d do it differently now, she replies, yes, that she didn’t always do it the same & now she’d do it differently & better! | | 522 | Interview by a Vienna radio station; 25 Jun. '68; mc sent questions which Lehmann answered in her hotel at Bad Gastein (German); on early career, Vienna, roles, teaching, writing. | | 527 | Interview by Gutman; 8 Feb. '69; Met. Intermission Feature; dub of earlier interview; 3 different sopranos who sang the Marschallin. | | 528 | Interview by Hans Fischer Karwin; Summer (?) '69; on Wessling's Lehmann biography, Mehr als eine Sängerin; great names associated with her, technique vs. personality, early Lieder attempts probably too "operatic", early period in Vienna as a "wild Prussian"; then became more at home and finally "Viennese"; (German). | | 533 | Interview for "Singer not the Song"; BBC; 1969; on early career when everything slower than for today's "stars", giving all until end, farewell recital when public still wanted more. | | 534 | Interview for BBC; 1969; recollections of Strauss; he not bothered by her vocal & musical imperfections; Dresden premiere of INTERMEZZO; his wife & the story of their engagement, preparation for FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, singing Strauss' Lieder for him. | | 535 | Interview by Richard Calhoun WBUR's "Hall of Song" story of Met.; for NPR; aired Jan. '71; prog. #22=1933 season; she talks of her early efforts at the Met; may be duplication of entry #509. | | 537 | Interview by Sylvia Vickers from Hyde Park Hotel, London; BBC; 3 Aug. '71; Vickers makes many embarrassing errors; on early career, INTERMEZZO, working with a composer, how she brought a role to life, relinquishing teaching, how to recognize talent, intelligence vs. voice, jet-set stars of today, technique, Toscanini, teaching interpretation, Bumbry, critics from country to country, future of opera. | | 538 | Interview: aired 16 Sept. '71; contents unknown. | | 539 | Interview by Gary Hickling for 85th birthday tribute; WBAI; taped 18 Dec. '72; on favorite roles & recordings, students. | | 539.1 | Interview by Frank Malloch; 28 Feb '73; CD | | 540 | Interview by Hickling for Melchior memorial program; WBAI; 15 Aug. '73; on singing with Melchior, his Siegmund, anecdotes. | | 541 | Interview (Ger.) by Frieda Jahre for "Kultur Interview"; 22 Aug. '73; on Vienna in 1914, 1916, first roles there, at first not fitting in, Strauss, Puccini, Toscanini, Lieder as another world, third career as teacher, Vienna as "home", no "stars" then, writing a book on Lied interpretation. | | | | | |
