Mme. Lotte Lehmann : the master classes in opera and lieder / produced by KQED San Francisco for National Educational Television ; director, Richard Moore.
Publisher:
Video Artists International,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Accompanist, Irving Beckmann. Filmed at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, Calif., July 1961. Originally produced by KQED San Francisco for Thirteen/WNET, 1961.
Contents:
Da geht er hin = The Marschallin's monologue (from Der Rosenkavalier) / Richard Strauss (Kay McCracken Duke, soprano; Irving Beckman, accompanist) -- Dove sono i bei momenti = The countess's aria (from Le nozze di Figaro) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Grace de la Cruz, soprano; Irving Beckman, accompanist) -- Ich kann's nicht fassen : Frauenliebe und -leben, no. 3 / Robert Schumann (Helen Bolton, soprano; Gwendolyn Koldofsky, accompanist) -- Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden : Liederkreis, no. 5 / Robert Schumann (Richard Milius, baritone; Gwendolyn Koldofsky, accompanist) -- Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan : Fraudenliebe und -leben, no. 8 / Robert Schumann (Olga Chronis, soprano; Gwendolyn Koldofsky, accompanist).
Summary:
A legendary performer and teacher, Lehmann is seen in a series of master classes. In this first volume, Lehmann coaches students in scenes from Der Rosenkavalier and Le nozze di Figaro, and songs of Robert Schumann. In the case of the Marschallin's monologue from Der Rosenkavalier, Lehmann herself enacts the scene by way of demonstration.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50551814
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.