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Lotte Lehmann

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.

Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Paintbox

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15 minutes

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Mon 22 Jun 1959 13:10

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von NΓΌrnberg Overture

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Gustav Mahler

    Um Mitternacht (from RΓΌckert-Lieder)

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Richard Strauss

    Freundliche Vision, Op. 48/1

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schumann, Ivor Newton

  • Hugo Wolf - Sterb' ich, so hΓΌllt in Blumen (frm Italian Songbook)

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hertha Klust

  • Henri Duparc

    SΓ©rΓ©nade florentine

    Soloist: Gerard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Franz Schalk

  • Lotte Lehmann

    Wien, du Stadt Meinen Träume

  • Richard Strauss

    Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt (Act 3 Trio) (from Der Rosenkavalier)

    Soloist: Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olszewska Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Robert Heger

  • Book Choice

    • Faust - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paintbox

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lotte Lehmann

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Jun 1959 13:10

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