100 Singers - ELISABETH SCHUMANN

Elisabeth Schumann, Soprano (1888-1952) Schubert: “Du bist die Ruh’...“ with pianist Karl Alwin, recorded 1932 in London Schubert: “Nacht und Träume“ with pianist Gerald Moore, recorded 1937 in London My personal opinion: Decades before Lotte Lehmann called Anneliese Rothenberger “the best Sophie in the world“, conductor Bruno Walter named the German lyric soprano Elisabeth Schumann “the ideal Sophie in singing and acting“. The Lehmann statement is interesting insofar as Schumann sang Sophie in the famous