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The popular opera star Lily Pons (1898-1976) was the reigning coloratura at the Metropolitan Opera from 1931 to 1959, and her career included several Hollywood films. She was as beautiful and charming as she was talented - a combination that made her a true celebrity. This collection brings together the impressions of colleagues, critics and scholars about this much-beloved diva, with more than 100 rare photographs from Lily Pons own archives, largely owned by Ludecke and her family. HARDCOVER.
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Lily Pons at the peak of her popularity in the 1940s, proudly displaying the medals she received for her musical artistry and wartime service. (De Bellis Studios, New York. Ludecke-Pons Collection.)
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Lily Pons
A Centennial Portrait
Edited by James A. Drake and Kristin Beall Ludecke
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To Dorothy Coley Johnson and Ruth Riley Drake
Copyright 1999 by James A. Drake and Kristin Beall Ludecke. All rights reserved.
ISBN 1-57467-047-6
Printed in Hong Kong
Published in 1999 by Amadeus Press, an imprint of Timber Press, Inc. The Haseltine Building 133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450 Portland, Oregon 97204, U.S.A.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lily Pons : a centennial portrait / edited by James A. Drake and Kristin Beall Ludecke. p. cm.(Opera biography series; no. 11) Discography: p. **** Includes bibliographical references (p. ****) and index. ISBN 1-57467-047-6 1. Pons, Lily, 18981976. 2. Sopranos (Singers)Biography. I. Drake, James A. II. Ludecke, Kristin Beall. III. Series. ML420.P8L5 1999 782.1'092dc21 [B] 98-30582 CIP MN
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CONTENTS
Foreword by Beverly Sills
9
Preface
11
Introduction by James A. Drake and Kristin Beall Ludecke
13
Part One: Beginnings
1. My Early Life
by Lily Pons
19
2. Lily Pons in France
by Andrew Farkas
25
3. Coloraturas at the Metropolitan
by Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
38
4. The Arrival of Lily Pons
by Nina Morgana Zirato
46
Part Two: Stardom
5. Lily Pons Cheered at Metropolitan Debut
Musical Courier
57
6. Lakm Returns to the Metropolitan with Pons as Star
by Oscar Thompson
60
7. Miracles Do Happen, Says Lily Pons
by Rose Heylbut
63
8. Lily Pons and Adelina Patti
by W. J. Henderson
70
9. A Lady Who Can Scrimshaw a Melody
by P. K. Thomajan
75
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Part Three: The Voice
10. Fame Overnight!
by Lily Pons
83
11. The Girl Who Wants to Sing
by Lily Pons
91
12. Profitable Vocal Study
by Rose Heylbut
97
13. Glamour, Glitter, and Grit
by Lily Pons
102
Part Four: Radio and Film
14. Lily Pons and the Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts
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