Lotte Lehmann: "Morgen!" (R. Strauss)

The great German soprano Lotte Lehmann sings Richard Strauss' "Morgen!"... The Strauss' words in the clip, about Lehmann, mean "She has sung that even the stars cried" (thank you, GaetanoMejorano, for translation)... and you can find it at her grave at Wiener Zentralfriedhof.

MORGEN! (Op. 27, No. 4)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Lyrics by John Henry Mckay (1864-1933)

"Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen,
Und auf dem Wege, den ich gehen werde,
Wird uns, die Glücklichen, sie wieder einen
Inmitten dieser sonnenatmenden Erde...

Und zu dem Strand, dem weiten, wogenblauen,
Werden wir still und langsam niedersteigen,
Stumm werden wir uns in die Augen schauen,
Und auf uns sinkt des Glückes stummes Schweigen..."

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• Lotte
• Lehmann
• Richard
• Strauss
• Lieder
• Morgen
• German
• dramatic
• soprano

[GaetanoMajorano]

Hi :-) thanks for the video but the words at the end mean more something like that: "She has sung that even the stars cried." :-)))

[ceph77]

Thank you! And I'm sorry for my poor German. ;)

[klmnumbers]

such a beautiful rendition. Who is accompanying her here? The playing is equally beautiful.

[ceph77]

Yes. Absolutely! The pianist is Paul Ulanowsky, and it was made between 1941 and 1942 in Los Angeles.

[bonnies1234567]

@MrSkylark1 -- Yes. I'm sure that her's is the interpretation that Richard Strauss intended. We become part of the spell.

[MrSkylark1]

Lotte Lehmann is SUPERIOR to ALL the SOPRANOS who occupy the professional operatic stage today, indeed for quite awhile.

[bonnies1234567]

@sfkcbf -- Her's is most beautiful. Jessye Norman also gives a spiritual interpretation and her vocal ability is forgotten as one is lost in the experience of "Morgen."

[paulostroff99]

Magnificent singing.TY ceph77 for posting.

[Deinous7]

Thank you for this wonderful piece.

The words at the end actually describe poetically

a high artistic experience as it is like being moved by something pure and divine.

As word 'rühren' means moving and stars in poetry are often symbols for eternal, divine and especially unmoving or unchanging things to say that a singer can move even stars is to say thathere we have a great artist indeed, one of the immortals.

[albafango]

Simply divine, singing like this takes us beyond human experience...

[sfkcbf]

@MrSkylark1 You are so right. Most sopranos today warble, slip and slide, shout with harsh tones. And, why is that? Even the Vienna Boys Choir has changed. Today's performances are faster and without feeling, whereas earlier recordings showed phrasing, feeling, musical understanding. My father spoke with Lotte and always thought very highly of her.

[MrSkylark1]

Exquisite, beautifully produced tone and phrasing, that is non-existent on the opera and concert stage today

[preruminator]

Her singing even touched the stars.

[cuoylyf]

Thank you very much James, i enjoyed it so much!!

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