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"RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES," THE ADVENTURES OF SOLAR PONS - August Derleth-Mycroft & Moron ($2.50).
Lily Pons: Program (Columbia, 6 sides). The Met's little wren perches on a high E and holds it in Caro Nome from Verdi's Rigoletto. Just as showy are Heinrich Proch's Theme and Variations for Soprano Voice and David's Charmant Oiseau from La...
Paul Whiteman set the pace with his 1,500th-odd playing of the Rhapsody. All four major networks agreed to stick in Gershwin tunes on almost every musical show that comes along. Among others, Todd Duncan (the original "Porgy") and every songstress from Lily Pons to Dinah Shore will give...
Lily Pons: Bell Song from Delibes' Lakme, and Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (Columbia, 6 sides). The Met coloratura's polished style, as well as her occasional variance from pitch, heard in her two most famed roles. Performance and recording: good.
In the Tradition. First-rank coloratura sopranos seldom appear oftener than once in a generation. The nearest thing to such a voice that this generation of U.S. operagoers is familiar with is the neat, flutelike warbling of Lily Pons. She is the capable but hardly startling descendant of a great...