
Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-American coloratura soprano. Born Alice Joséphine Pons in Draguignan near Cannes, Pons first studied piano at the Paris Conservatory, winning the First Prize at the age of 15. During World War I, she played piano and sang for soldiers in Paris hospitals. She also sang at receptions in Cannes. In 1925, encouraged by soprano Dyna Beumer, she started taking singing lessons from Alberti de Gorostiaga in Paris.
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Una voce poco fa
Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Extrait de l'opéra "Les contes d'Hoffmann")
Je suis Titania (Mignon)
L'air des clochettes - Où va la jeune Hindoue ? (Extrait de l'opéra "Lakmé")
Ave Maria
Air de la Reine de la nuit (Extrait de l'opéra "La flûte enchantée")
Summer Time
Lakme, Act II: Bell Song
The Bell Song
Ombre légère (Extrait de l'opéra "Dinorah")
Rimsky-Korsakov: "Song of India" from "Sadko"
Estrellita
I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Les Filles de Cadix
Offenbach: "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" from "Les Contes d'Hoffman"
Caro nome
Bell Song
Lakme: Bell Song
Mozart - La flauta mágica - Aria de la reina de la noche
Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille
Debussy: "Clair de lune" (Frank La Forge, piano)
Gershwin: "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess"
Le Rossignol et la rose
Ave Maria (columbia/ 17360-d)
Rimsky-Korsakov: "Hymne au soleil" from "Le coq d'or"
The Barber Of Seville: Una Voce Poco Fa
Clair De Lune
Vilanelle (columbia/ 39391)
Think On Me (columbia/ 17360-d)
Chacun le sait (Extrait de l'opéra "La fille du régiment")
Lakmé: Bell Song
Mignon: Atto II. Je Suis Titania
Les Roses d'Ispahan
Lucia Di Lammermoor, Act III: Ardon Gl' Incensi
Rigoletto, Act II, Tutte Le Feste
Rigoletto: Atto I. Caro Nome
Lo! Here The Gentle Lark (columbia/ 39392)
Rimsky-Korsakov: "Song of Indi
Rigoletto: Tutte Le Feste Al Tempio
Sadko
Caro nome (Extrait de l'opéra "Rigoletto")
Gretry: "La Fauvette" from "Zemire et Azor"
Gounod: "Je veux vivre" from "Romeo et Juliette"
Milhaud: "Chansons de Ronsard": "A Cupidon"
Waltz Song: O Légere Hirondelle (Mireille)
Salut à la France (Extrait de l'opéra "La fille du régiment")
Variations
Faure: "Les Roses d'Ispahan"
Verdi: "Caro nome" from "Rigoletto"
Donizetti: "Et mon coeur va changer" from "La Fille du regiment"
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