12 Facts About Lilli Lehmann

Lilli Lehmann was a voice teacher and animal welfare advocate.

Lilli Lehmann subsequently became so successful that she was appointed an Imperial Chamber Singer for life in 1876.

Lilli Lehmann sang in the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876, singing in the first complete performances of The Ring Cycle as Woglinde and Helmwige.

Lilli Lehmann appeared at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1899 and sang in Paris and Vienna in 1903 and 1909 respectively.

Lilli Lehmann continued to give recitals until her retirement from the concert stage in the 1920s.

Lilli Lehmann was considered unsurpassed in the roles of Brunnhilde and Isolde but sang an astonishingly wide array of other parts.

Lilli Lehmann was noted not only for her rendering of the musical score, but as a tragic actress.

Lilli Lehmann founded the International Summer Academy at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1916.

The Lilli Lehmann Medal is awarded by the Mozarteum in her honour.

Lilli Lehmann married the tenor Paul Kalisch in New York on 24 February 1888.

Lilli Lehmann stated that it improved her career and health and she no longer suffered from fatigue or headaches.

Lilli Lehmann's diet consisted of fruit, rice, milk, eggs, cheese, vegetables and rye bread, although she admitted she ate fish twice a year.