Wir von der Oper (We from the Opera)

In a small book called Wir von der Oper, which appeared in 1932, Lehmann writes: "I often long to know the concentration of the stage actor who doesn't experience the obstacle of the musical phrase... But then when I myself stand on the stage singing, acting, completely realizing the character which I've become, then I feel that I wouldn't do anything else but that what I do... Music allows me to forget the everyday..."