Masterclasses. "Produced by KQED San Francisco for National Educational Television." Various student singers ; Beaumont Glass (v. 1, 1st work), Gwendolyn Koldofsky (v. 1, remaining works), or Irving Beckman (v. 2), piano. Filmed at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA, late July 1961. Bonus feature (volume 2): Lotte Lehman interview with Jim Bereridge. Filmed Sept. 27, 1963 for broadcast on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Program notes by Gary Hickling included with each disc. VAI: 4326--4327.
Contents:
v. 1. Lieder. O liebliche Wangen (Evangeline Noel) ; In Waldeseinsamkeit (Grace de la Cruz) / Brahms -- Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter / Wolf (Kenneth Shelton) -- Die schöne Müllerin. Die liebe Farbe (Roy Neal) ; Die Winterreise. Der Wegweiser (Daniel Taft) / Schubert-- Frühlingsnacht / Schumannn (Diane Leoncavallo) -- Da unten im Tale / Brahms (Ronald Mitchell) -- In dem Schatten meiner Locken / Wolf (Gretchen Smith) -- Frauenliebe und Leben. Ich kann's nicht fassen (Helen Bolton) ; Liederkreis. Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden (Richard Milius) ; Frauenliebe und Leben. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan (Olga Chronis) / Schumann -- Mignon / Wolf (Judith Allen) -- Gott im Frühling / Schubert (Janice Gibson) -- Das Mädchen spricht (Lenno Wells) ; Sonntag (Jeannine Wagner) / Brahms. v. 2. Opera. Der Rosenkavalier. Da geht er hin : The Marschallin's monologue (sung in English) / Richard Strauss (Kay McCracken Duke, soprano) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Dove sono i bei momenti : The Countess's aria / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Grace de la Cruz, soprano) -- Lohengrin. Ortrud! Wo bist du? / Richard Wagner (Evangeline Noel, soprano ; Olga Chronis, mezzo-soprano) -- Der Freischütz. Leise, leise / Carl Maria von Weber (Judith Allen, soprano) -- Fidelio. Dungeon scene (sung in English) / Ludwig van Beethoven (Kenneth Wohn, tenor ; Dorothy Sandlin, soprano ; A.A. Drake, bass).
Summary:
Soprano Lotte Lehman is seen in master classes, emphasizing acting and expression, filmed in 1961 at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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