Talk:Lily Pons

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Is this the same "Lily" in The Who's song- "Pictures of Lily" ? I've heard it was about an opera singer, but the song says "she's been dead since 1929". Anyone know ? Jcam 12:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That was a reference to Lillie Langtry...

Francophile Bias?
Reading this article, one would never realise that Lily Pons lived for most of her life in Palm Springs, California.

Strange bit of trivia
Probably too trival for the article, and maybe better placed at the Serge Voronoff article, but here is a bit of trivia about Madame Pons: A TIME article, from 1940, says Lily Pons: "was kissed by an ape at Dr. Voronoff's monkey farm near Menton, France". Another TIME article, this time from 1936, says "Singer Lily Pons went to see the monkeys kept by Menton's famed Rejuvenating Dr. Serge Voronoff, got too close to a cage, was soundly bussed by an ape named Rastus." Carcharoth 15:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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Small Voice
Lily Pons did not have a "small" voice. She was a lyric coloratura. Coloratura's have the beautiful, flexible, high voices. Lyric's are clear, Espinto's are silvery -- a voice's colors, or timbre. I have never come across a "dramatic" coloratura! The coloratura voice is the most easily damaged when an ignorant teacher or conductor, who does not have the connoissuership (or wishes to end a career), puts that type of voice into a role or range it is not suited for.

I studied voice with Marina Koshetz (daughter of Nina Koshetz, student of Felia Litvin, from Pauline Viardot). Unfortunately, Marina died a pauper. The last beautiful voice and great teacher. All's one hears in the opera and concert world are lousy screaming or rather loud voices. No singers today perform the older cadenza's of the famous arias requiring the voice of a light soprano or coloratura. Lily Pons did and could. But then, there are no teachers alive today who can properly train a coloratura.

Treat yourself to great and beautiful singing ... find a Koshetz album (Nina or Marina), or a Lily album pre-1946. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signawp (talk • contribs) 02:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

The "last beautiful voice"? How silly! Ephraem 18:48, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

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evidence of birthdate being 1898?
1904 in first external link —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.59.221 (talk) 00:41, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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When her first film I DREAM TOO MUCH came out, a critic gave it a one-sentence review--"They should have called it I SCREAM TOO MUCH". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.11 (talk) 20:53, 16 November 2023 (UTC)