Lily Pons recordings are what Beverly Sills listened to over and over when she was a child. Her voice teacher, Estelle Liebling, said to sing exactly like Lily Pons and she will be the greatest of them all - turns out Ms Liebling was right!
there were so many fine singers at that time at the Met, a shame more of them couldn't be preserved in film - Thomas, Crooks, Ponselle ( just some tests), Pinza, Melchior ( not filmed till the late 40s, etc
I wonder how any camera, especially back then, could possibly handle much less capture her vocal notes. I do NOT want to imagine this live... Like😂 Did anyone ever go deaf or requre massive hearing protection to helplessly attempt to shield the piercing soaring constant unstoppable brutal high note vocal note missile barrage super sonic attack forces out overwhelmingly sharp and fast cutting frequency waves out the one and only mouth of lily pons, the number one absolote loudest highest ear splitting glass exploding camera breaking COLORATURA voice or just voice in general. EVER IF ONLY i could've had the chance to harness its one and only now gone power ❤😢
No joke… Oh Okay… I genuinely cried!… She just sang “Una Voce Poco Fa" my favorite opera aria, with a such beautiful, talented, different, unforgettable vocalists of all time….
I've heard this many times before by others, but not like this, this gave me instant chills. Beautiful and fully in command! What an extraordinary artist!
Rossini wrote these difficult arias because he wanted to challenge sopranos and secretly wanted them to die trying. I'm joking! What a outstanding combination of composition and performance!
What on earth!? Is that really Pons? Playing a character in an old movie? Called? What amazing recording quality, as that must date from - the mid 30s?
When in doubt, Google. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Pons Amazing career - all I really knew of her was that she was musical heir to Galli-Curci and thus a high coloratura soprano… A long career, she sang with the young Domingo in her last appearance when I was already becoming an opera buff. Thanks to TH-cam my knowledge of both singers and operas has increased exponentially!
I remember two movies, Girl from Paris and I dream to much. In addition she sang in a movie or documentary about Carnegie Hall. Henry Fonda was a costar in one movie where I believe he was a composer.
Such an abusive comment. Singers are not robots. They have good and bad days. Perhaps Callas listened to Pons’s live recording when she was having a bad day, who knows, and Callas was a child so her recollection - if it exists - was maybe not accurate. Callas had bad days too and at the end was sad and bitter- what a tragedy. Pons and Callas are two wonderful and legendary performers and I find it odd to compare them, especially as they had different voices and did not sing the same repertoire (apart from Barbiere, Lucia and a few others). Pons was a high light coloratura soprano. Callas had a dramatic voice. They both deserve respect for their extraordinary accomplishments.
What a beautiful voice excellent coloratura ❤ a treasure!
Lily Pons recordings are what Beverly Sills listened to over and over when she was a child. Her voice teacher, Estelle Liebling, said to sing exactly like Lily Pons and she will be the greatest of them all - turns out Ms Liebling was right!
her voice is a musical instrument. awesome
that final note after ALL that ...
oh my- wow.
im floored
amazing
She’s a legit queen. 👑❤️
there were so many fine singers at that time at the Met, a shame more of them couldn't be
preserved in film - Thomas, Crooks, Ponselle ( just some tests), Pinza, Melchior ( not filmed till the late 40s, etc
Flagstad, Martinelli...
now they dont sing like this
Maravillosa coloratura
Шедевральная певица и её голос ПЕРВЕЙШИЙ НА ПЛАНЕТЕ ПО ЗВУЧАНИЮ И КРАСОТЕ!!!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
No one had the total evenesss of sound in every register like Lily Pons.
I wonder how any camera, especially back then, could possibly handle much less capture her vocal notes. I do NOT want to imagine this live...
Like😂
Did anyone ever go deaf or requre massive hearing protection to helplessly attempt to shield the piercing soaring constant unstoppable brutal high note vocal note missile barrage super sonic attack forces out overwhelmingly sharp and fast cutting frequency waves out the one and only mouth of lily pons, the number one absolote loudest highest ear splitting glass exploding camera breaking COLORATURA voice or just voice in general.
EVER
IF ONLY i could've had the chance to harness its one and only now gone power ❤😢
No joke… Oh Okay… I genuinely cried!… She just sang “Una Voce Poco Fa" my favorite opera aria, with a such beautiful, talented, different, unforgettable vocalists of all time….
I've heard this many times before by others, but not like this, this gave me instant chills. Beautiful and fully in command! What an extraordinary artist!
Τhe girl from Paris 🎉❤ utube Ενα χρυσόψαρο μέσα στη γυάλα john bavas
Wow que voz❤❤
Brava
Rossini: "Lovely, lovely! Now, who's the composer?"
Rossini wrote these difficult arias because he wanted to challenge sopranos and secretly wanted them to die trying. I'm joking! What a outstanding combination of composition and performance!
0:25 slay the met kids darling!
What on earth!? Is that really Pons? Playing a character in an old movie? Called? What amazing recording quality, as that must date from - the mid 30s?
When in doubt, Google. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Pons Amazing career - all I really knew of her was that she was musical heir to Galli-Curci and thus a high coloratura soprano… A long career, she sang with the young Domingo in her last appearance when I was already becoming an opera buff. Thanks to TH-cam my knowledge of both singers and operas has increased exponentially!
She made movies! There's a good one with Fred MacMurry.... can't recall the name...
@@MrEjfnyc .....I think it was I Dream A Lot.
"That girl from Paris" 1936.
I remember two movies, Girl from Paris and I dream to much. In addition she sang in a movie or documentary about Carnegie Hall. Henry Fonda was a costar in one movie where I believe he was a composer.
Also. Hitting ANew High! Lol
She really deserves the title
..Coloratura Assoluta
on s'en lasse pas
❤❤❤
To quote Maria Callas as a child, listening to Lily Pons in a Met Broadcast, "She sings flat!" Callas was right.
Are you really that old you witnessed the scene you refer to? 😱
...Art... and Callas was Sharp and wobbly and only lasted 10 or 15 years. Pons lasted 46 years .
Not only flat (at times) but also aspirated scales. However, unlike Callas, there is no wobble or shrillness in the upper register.
@@meltzerboy True. But it wasn't that way for about the first 2/3 of Callas's career. Her voice was solid.
Such an abusive comment. Singers are not robots. They have good and bad days. Perhaps Callas listened to Pons’s live recording when she was having a bad day, who knows, and Callas was a child so her recollection - if it exists - was maybe not accurate. Callas had bad days too and at the end was sad and bitter- what a tragedy. Pons and Callas are two wonderful and legendary performers and I find it odd to compare them, especially as they had different voices and did not sing the same repertoire (apart from Barbiere, Lucia and a few others). Pons was a high light coloratura soprano. Callas had a dramatic voice. They both deserve respect for their extraordinary accomplishments.
Pretty Yende sings like her....
Because Pretty Yende is the rare modern singer who embellishes at times?
No