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I feel certain that there was a Golden Age of Singing, for I lived it. Frieda Hempel (18851955) Photo by J. Abresch. Courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives.
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My Golden Age of Singing
by Frieda Hempel
Annotated by William R. Moran
With a Prologue and Epilogue by Elizabeth Johnston
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For Elizabeth Johnston in appreciation of her courage and perseverance. As she said, "I did know greatness when I encountered it and took hold of the light it cast, come what may. "
An autobiography in German by Frieda Hempel entitled Mein Leben dem Gesang was published in 1955 by Argon Verlag, GmbH, in Berlin. It was dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. George T. Keating. The present volume was prepared by Mme Hempel and Ms. Johnston in English.
Copyright 1998 by Amadeus Press (an imprint of Timber Press, Inc.)
"The Recorded Legacy of Frieda Hempel" copyright 1998 by William R. Moran
All rights reserved
Printed in Hong Kong
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hempel, Frieda, 18851955. My golden age of singing / by Frieda Hempel; annotated by William R. Moran; with a prologue and epilogue by Elizabeth Johnston. p. cm.(Opera biography series; no. 10) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-57467-036-0 1. Hempel, Frieda, 18851955. 2. SingersBiography. I. Moran, William R. II. Johnston, Elizabeth, 1913 . III. Title. IV. Series. ML420.H367A3 1998 782.1'092dc21 [B] 97-35976 CIP MN
AMADEUS PRESS 133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450 Portland, Oregon 97204 U.S.A.
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Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgments
by William R. Moran
7
Prologue
by Elizabeth Johnston
13
Preface
One My Youth
23
Two Student Years in Berlin
31
Three My First Year in Schwerin
45
Four Bayreuth
51
Five A Busy Year of Singing
57
Six The Royal Opera in Berlin
63
Seven The Emperor's Skylark
69
Eight King Leopold of Belgium
81
Nine The Great Epoch in Berlin
89
Ten Richard Strauss
97
Eleven America
109
Twelve Der Rosenkavalier
117
Thirteen Giulio Gatti-Casazza and the Years 191416
127
Fourteen A Summer during the War
162
Fifteen New York in War Time
167
Sixteen A Question of Loyalty
181
Seventeen With the Chicago Opera Association
211
Eighteen The Jenny Lind Story
229
Nineteen Remembering the Twenties
251
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Twenty Great Britain
257
Twenty-One Washington, D.C.
264
Twenty-Two Luisa Tetrazzini
271
Twenty-Three Jekyll and Hyde
279
Twenty-Four Then and Now: Reflections on the Golden Age
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