The Lotte Lehmann Collection contains letters, scrapbooks, manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, artwork and other material relating to the life and career of internationally-renowned Austrian soprano Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), famous for her interpretations of Fidelio, Der Rosenkavalier and German lieder who spent the last thirty-six years of her life in Santa Barbara.
For a description of processed portions of the collection, consult the preliminary finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
Copies of the Lotte Lehmann Centennial Album (three LP set) with forty-four previously unreleased songs taken from 1941 Columbia radio transcriptions are available through Special Research Collections for $15. For more information on the collection or assistance in using the materials, please contact Special Research Collections staff at special@library.ucsb.edu.
