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Lilli Lehmann
German operatic soprano (–)
Lilli Lehmann | |
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| Born | Elisabeth Maria Lehmann ()24 November Würzburg, Germany |
| Died | 17 May () (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 – 17 May ) was a German operaticdramatic coloratura soprano.
Lilli lehmann biography of william
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 (–), 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 , and studies under Heinrich Laube in Leipzig,[2] Lehmann made her proper debut in in Berl