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Firsts & Fans. Though Lux Theater is careful not to offend, it has its moments of daring. Lux "broke ground in the radio field" by casting such opera stars as Lawrence Tibbett, Lily Pons and Helen Jepson in acting roles. The show boldly signed Radio Comics Jack Benny and Burns & Allen...
A woman who wears her 50s with an air of long-faced gravity, Cissy learned her business the hard way: by getting trimmed the first time out. She paid $500 for a would-be Hildegarde of the pre-jazz era, only to discover, after the act had flopped, that the...
The mob that choked the Metropolitan Opera's 39th Street entrance came early, and wasn't disappointed. From glossy limousines stepped glossy fine ladies, dragging their tails behind them. The place was fuzzy with ermine, mink, diamonds and dignitaries. There was a shout, "Here comes Lily Pons!" followed...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, with Lily Pons, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Robert Merrill. Conductor: Pietro Cimara.
Season-ticket subscribers, who buy their season's supply of opera without knowing what they are getting, were beginning to wonder. The Met had stars who could both sing and act-Melchior, Tagliavini, Traubel, Albanese, Pons, Pinza. Four out of the six had yet to be heard this season...