Michael H. KaterNever Sang for Hitler
The Life and Times of Lotte Lehmann, 1888 1976
Michael H. Kater (b.1937) has studied history, sociology and music at the universities of Toronto, Munich and Heidelberg. Since 1967, he has taught at York University, Toronto, from 1991 to the present as Distinguished Research Professor of History. Professor Kater has served as Visiting Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine both at McMaster University in Hamilton and at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Canada Council Senior Killam Fellow, and the recipient of the Konrad Adenauer Research Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. As his main research interest is the culture, society and politics of modern Germany, he is the author of many books, several of them prize-winning. He has been a frequent guest at international conferences and lectured widely at universities and academic functions around the world.
Part I. Childhood and Apprentice Years: 1. Perleberg and Berlin
2. Coming out in Hamburg
Part II. Rise to Fame in Vienna: 3. From empire to republic
4. A prima donna in the Staatsoper
5. Private times
Part III. Climax and Crises: 6. New challenges in Vienna
7. Professional life and private affairs
8. America
Part IV. Between Third Reich Seduction and American Opportunity: 9. Lotte Lehmann, the lion, and the Third Reich
10. New York
Part V. Between Touring and Teaching, 1940-50: 11. Frances Holden, Santa Barbara and the new world
12. Professional transformations
Part VI. Triumphs and Burdens of Old Age, 1951-76: 13. The Music Academy of the West
14. Master pupils
15. At dusk
Epilogue.
Part I. Childhood and Apprentice Years: 1. Perleberg and Berlin; 2. Coming out in Hamburg; Part II. Rise to Fame in Vienna: 3. From empire to republic; 4. A prima donna in the Staatsoper; 5. Private times; Part III. Climax and Crises: 6. New challenges in Vienna; 7. Professional life and private affairs; 8. America; Part IV. Between Third Reich Seduction and American Opportunity: 9. Lotte Lehmann, the lion, and the Third Reich; 10. New York; Part V. Between Touring and Teaching, 1940-50: 11. Frances Holden, Santa Barbara and the new world; 12. Professional transformations; Part VI. Triumphs and Burdens of Old Age, 1951-76: 13. The Music Academy of the West; 14. Master pupils; 15. At dusk; Epilogue.
