Lily Pons (1898-1976) was a French-American soprano, one of the most celebrated coloratura singers of the twentieth century. She became a star at the Metropolitan Opera and in film and radio.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with Eugene Ormandy, John Brownlee, Richard Tucker and Ljuba Welitsch.

Pons’s singing combined brilliance, agility and public charm, with a coloratura sparkle that made her a true transatlantic celebrity.

Her page is essential. Pons brings champagne bubbles and high notes to the operetta shelf.