User:Meltzerboy

Pons stated in an interview that since she was French, she should have sung the role of Melisande in Debussy's opera, Pelleas et Melisande, which she had studied. However, she felt that the soprano, Bidu Sayao, owned the role at the time in addition to the fact the tessitura lay primarily in the middle range of the voice; therefore, she decided not to sing the role.

Please insert this after the discussion on the roles Lily Pons sang.