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(1) Soprano Lydia Lipkowska (1880-1955) studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory before making her debut (1907) at the Mariinsky Theatre as Gilda (Rigoletto). The majority of her career was spent outside of Russia. In addition to her appearances in St. Petersburg and Moscow, she displayed her brilliant coloratura voice in Paris, Monte Carlo, London, Vienna, New York, Boston and Chicago. In 1909, to satisfy an agreement between the Boston Opera and Metropolitan Opera to exchange singers, she made the first of her thirteen appearances at the Metropolitan Opera as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She was also seen there as Violetta (Traviata) and Gilda (Rigoletto).

(2) Lydia Lipkowska and son.

(3) Renowned Russian soprano Felia Litvinne (1860-1936). This remarkable woman was completely devoted to her craft from a very early age. She made her debut (1877) as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra. Possessed with a remarkable memory, she switched languages freely throughout a performance depending on the tongue of the colleague with whom she was singing. Litvinne's father was Russian and her mother French-Canadian. Playing no favorites she was equally fond of and proficient in the French and Russian repertories.

(4) Felia Litvinne in Gluck's Armide.

(5) Edmond Louis as Escamillo in Carmen.

(6) English tenor Edward Lloyd (1845-1927) had a tremendous concert and oratorio career that lasted over thirty years. He sang in the world premiere of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius in 1900, the year he retired.

(7) Adolf Löltgen as Lohengrin.

(8) Adolf Löltgen in Parsifal.

(9) Peter Lordmann as Falstaff in Nicolai's Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor.

 

 

 

(10) Russian bass Vladimir Lossky as Méphistophélès. He had a successful singing career and was noted for his fine acting, especially in the role of Don Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro. However, he is most appreciated for the time and effort he spent training young singers. He was also a producer at Savva Mamontov's Moscow Private Opera during the 1890s.

(11) French tenor Léon Laffitte (Saint-Geniès: 1875 - Paris: 1938) in Le Troyens. He made his debut (1898) at the Paris Opéra as David in Die Meistersinger. He sang for fifteen seasons at the Monnaie in Brussels where he was a great favorite. In 1904, with piano accompaniment, Lafitte sang excerpts from Sylvio Lazzari's opera-in-progress, Armor, for Prince Albert. The Prince, who was not at all pleased at what he heard, promptly dismissed the opera. Laffitte was not a top-tier tenor, showing, at times, unevenness in his singing.

(12) Léon Laffitte in Armide.

(13) English mezzo-soprano, Louise Kirkby Lunn (Manchester: 8 Nov 1873 - London: 17 Feb 1930).

OBITUARY

London, Feb . 17. -- Mme. Louise Kirkby-Lunn, famous English contralto, who made several operatic tours in the United States, died here tonight at the age of 57 after five months' illness.... Mme. Kirkby-Lunn had sung in Covent Garden Opera House in London, at the Metropolitan in New York and in Budapest and Germany. She toured America, Australia and New Zealand in concert, and in 1909 created the role of Dalilah in French at Covent Garden. [She] was born in Manchester, England, and received her musical training at the Royal College of Music, where she held an open scholarship for singing. After study in violin with Visetti, she made her operatic debut in Schumann's Genoveva and in Delibes's Le Roi l'a dit at the Royal Academy of Music. Her professional debut was made later as Nora in Shamus O'Brien with the Opéra-Comique in London.

In 1896 Mme. Kirkby-Lunn was on tour in grand opera with Augustus Harris. From 1896 to 1899 she was with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and in 1902 sang the part of Kundry in the English performance of Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera.... She had sung at many festivals in Great Britain and Ireland, and had been a regular performer at the Royal opera, Covent Garden, in London. New York Times - 18 Feb 1930.

(14) German bass-baritone Theodor Lattermann (Frankfurt: 29 Jul 1886 - Seechof: 4 Mar 1926) in Martha. He studied in Frankfurt and made his stage debut in Barmen (1907). Shortly thereafter he joined the Hamburg Opera and remained there until his death. He was married to contralto, Ottilie Metzger, who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp around 1943.

"Theodor Lattermann, who has done some good things in the last two weeks’ performances, did by no means a good thing with his impersonation of the Wandered; chiefly because he sang persistently flat almost from the beginning to the end. Hopes that he might wander back to the pitch as a part of his adventures were continually dashed. He looked as the Wanderer should look, not in itself difficult, and impressively filled the eye in his several appearances."  New York Times: 27 Feb 1923. Review of Siegfried by Richard Aldrich.

 

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