Lilli lehmann biography sample
She was born in in Wurzburg, Germany of musical parents.!
Lilli Lehmann war eine deutsche Opernsängerin (Sopran) und Gesangspädagogin.
Lilli Lehmann
German operatic soprano (1848–1929)
Lilli Lehmann | |
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| Born | Elisabeth Maria Lehmann (1848-11-24)24 November 1848 Würzburg, Germany |
| Died | 17 May 1929(1929-05-17) (aged 80) Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Dramatic coloratura soprano |
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Lilli Lehmann (born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, later Elisabeth Maria Lehmann-Kalisch; 24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929) was a German operaticdramatic coloratura soprano.
She was also a voice teacher and animal welfare advocate.
Biography
The future opera star's father, Karl-August Lehmann, was a singer (Heldentenor) while her mother, Maria Theresia Löw (1809–1885), was a soprano.
Her younger sister, Marie, also went on to become an operatic soprano.[1] Her first lessons were from her mother, who had been a prima donna under Spohr at the Cassel opera. After singing small parts on the stage, for example in Mozart's Magic Flute at Prague in 1866, and studies under Heinrich Laube in Le