Lily Pons - The Blue Danube Waltz

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen, blauen Donau / waltzer
Lily Pons (1898 -- 1976) was a French-born American operatic soprano and actress.
That Girl from Paris (1936)

[@fespranzfespranz7185]

😲... excelente, fabulosa y maravillosa ,talentosa 🌹🙏👸🎤⭐🎶👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@steph1806able]

Une pure merveille cette femme, ultra féminine, belle comme un ange et une voix bien au dessus des autres. Bref une femme comme on en trouve plus à notre triste époque 😭

[@olegvr5499]

This is the highest soprano! She was very charming woman!

[@LikaLaruku]

Swing meets opera. It's like an early 20th century version of the space opera from the 5th Element.

[@johnderham2829]

To think she could still sing like this in her 70s watched this as a child in the 70s.

[@WrestleNiceGuy121]

I think she sang in France before she went to the U.S. Also she did another movie where she was married to Henry Fonda in France and he was writing a symphony and she was singing opera. This number was from "That Girl From Paris" with I think Spike Jones and 2 other American well known actors but I can't remember their names right now. She was a colouratura Soprano which is why she could sing those very high notes. Look in KZbin for her singing "The Bell Song" from the Opera Lakme. She really even sing higher when she sings the Bell Song.

[@garymazzeo3490]

She kept up those high notes well into her seventies.

[@julianjanusmondlicht8310]

Indeed she did!

[@user-mf3td9iw6f]

Виртуозное сочетание классики и джаза!!! Браво, браво, браво!!!

[@salimaumrogal4983]

Lili Pons my favorite soprano.

[@jimbuxton2187]

Charming and beautiful with a vocal timbre like no other!

[@WrestleNiceGuy121]

The Blue Danube is one of most beautiful of Johann Strauss's waltzes.

[@karlheinzkirchmann6469]

written in the throat. 30% technics, the rest given from heaven. Yes, she was a phaenomen

[@tpeterhern5480]

This Is "MUSIC and BEYOND" Bring Opera To The Film Crowd in the mid 30's

[@ralphlipman8544]

Lily has been one of my lifetime loves. I was Introduced to her by my father, via one her 78 rpm recordings, MANY years ago. She has remained, in my perception (auditory and otherwise), as my personal favorite Coloratura Soprano! 😊

[@HoangAnhNguyen-bl7pc]

so cool! unblievable this part since 1936...

[@existenceconstellation2288]

I love Her so much😍

[@janethu9169]

Beautiful

[@KingCorbinCosmos]

My dream queen how do I resurrect her

[@johnbest1512]

"Wunderbar"...."Tres Jolie"...oh, heck...SHE'S GREAT!!!

[@paolasalamoneoconnor]

AMO A ESTA SOPRANO!!! My grandfather loved her a lot!!! LOOOVEEE AND APPLAUSES FOR THIS SOPRANO!!!

[@yb2134]

Beautiful voice. thanks very much

[@gellabranda9287]

Lily pons torche incroyable .....

[@phodchanaboonkerd8874]

What a wonderful voice ! ......

[@mka7741]

Brawississimo ! Ich suche das viele jahren ! Wunderschone Lili !

[@theball-busterchannel7226]

Magnificently superb! Perfection personified!!👍👍👍👍😃😃

[@oscarjacobi7302]

MARAVILLOSO UNA GRANDE LILY PONS ACA LO DEMUESTRA CON CUALQUIER RITMO TODO LE VA BIEN.-

[@MoFromGat]

WOW! Amazing!

[@linnkhnataung7951]

Beautiful voice

[@gracesu-weatherby6626]

Amazing just like an angel 👏

[@oscarjacobi7302]

UNA GRANDE DE VERDAD QUE EXCELENTE VOZ IMAGINO HOY CON LOS ADELANTOS TECNICOS SERIA SENSACIONAL.-

[@johnderham2829]

Brilliant

[@franciscobejar6281]

Cómo han escrito,esa voz aparece cada cincuenta años!!!

[@rodrigofrancisco2822]

🎶🎵INCRÍVEL🎵🎶😍♥️

[@amandaabigail4726]

No hubo ni hay soprano ligera como ella

[@gracielarobles4933]

Maravillosa y virtuosa voz.

[@sylmayorga]

Cantante impresionante

[@bobantranber5210]

extraordinaire

[@WrestleNiceGuy121]

FYI: Sometimes "That Girl From Paris" (the entire movie) is shown in TCM (Turner Classic Movies). I have to look up the movie with Lily Pons and Henry Fonda which also sometimes is shown on TCM and I'll post a comment with the name after I find it.

[@jimbuxton2187]

I Dream Too Much

[@dependsonwhosasking]

that agility tho

[@Westtoledoguy]

I just love Lily Pons

[@gvbrandolini]

Bravi.

[@delfinmontoya4277]

es una preciosura

[@mka7741]

Brawississimo! Wunderschon!

[@paigestanley9003]

I am 13 and I love her and all of her music...surprising I know.

[@MsSkylerc]

Paige Stanley no one cares

[@jimbuxton2187]

Paige....you picked a fine singer to love !

[@giuseppegabriele4461]

MERAVIGLIOSA

[@BC-ru8zd]

Браво!

[@marioriospinot]

Nice.

[@delfinmontoya4277]

la plus jolie

[@lillili3528]

Ganz ganz außergewöhnlich schöne Stimme... so hoch im Ton kam nur noch die Callas, soweit ich jedenfals weiß... Top!

[@Eleanorpowellfan1912]

Solche Höhen hat die Callas zwar versucht zu erreichen, aber zeitlebens nicht geschafft! Sie war auch kein Koloratur-Sopran im Gegensatz zu Lily Pons mit einem sehr hohen Koloratur-Sopran!

[@KingCorbinCosmos]

How could anyone handle this

[@1Immortalmortal]

I didn't know there were words to this song.

[@donnrutkoff922]

It was originally a song with words and only afterwards became popular instrumental only

[@eduardobraivein8496]

Donn Rutkoff The same applies to other Strauss waltzes.

[@johnderham2829]

Deanna Durbin sings a different version in spring parade 1940

[@user-qz6bh2fd5j]

Очаровательно. Феерично!!!??

[@gvbrandolini]

Brava.

[@patriciateresitadelbuono9338]

la mejor soprano para mis amigos

[@mebell1948]

She was the best for my friends as well. I like this woman's voice and appreciate her as a performer. Mark

[@victorberistain9536]

También para mi, Gilda, Marie, Violetta, Linda, Lucia y aquella extraordinaria Rosina de “Il Barbiere Di Siviglia” fueron las grabaciones con las que me crié, la llevo muy dentro de mi corazón como ídolo de mi infancia.

[@MrSkylark1]

There are NO SINGERS TODAY who can MATCH HER TECHNIQUE

[@mariannec2322]

I bet there are, they are just not popular/not in youtube

[@davegreen6435]

With Dame Joan long pushing up daisies, a possible successor would have been June Anderson, but without a great P.R. machine a la Fleming and Netrebko, people's talent will go unnoticed. It kind of makes you believe that the people in power want us to accept mediocrity, be happy with it and keep our mouths shut. There was a possible contender, Nat Dessay before she lost the plot, I have to add ''allegedly''. Ingeborg Hallstein was awesome, but has retired now. Que sera

[@jimbuxton2187]

@@davegreen6435 Beverly Hoch was her successor! A very brilliant singer and technically perfect performer.

[@luckyfredneck]

Aida Garifullina !

[@ELENAMINDLINA]

@@mariannec2322 Lily Pons is FANTASTIC! But, you're right. Absolutely! As hard as it is to believe nowadays... all modesty aside, I'm one of them '") , thanks to the great voice teacher and the TRUE bel canto technique that now I'm sharing with the world (also as a teacher) as much as possible. Very hard without a proper P.R., indeed :( facebook.com/270042219688684/posts/5153477898011734/

[@svjatdud2876]

WUNDERBAR!!!!!

[@mabel8179]

Great soprano and I love how the band are dying to turn the music into swing lol.

[@ITMSNIPER]

she sounds so much bttr than the present auto tune singers

[@emmanuelalfredomendoza7365]

Where can one find sheet music for this

[@jesusbarios761]

FROM VENEZUELA I BLESS HER...

[@DavidSotoZambrana]

I wonder if the studio ever released the arrangement.

[@BytomGirl]

What a voice, puts crystal to shame

[@ten7192]

😂😂😂

[@jasonhurd4379]

I'll take Mesplé any day

[@jimbuxton2187]

I love Mesple also. But she didn't have the beautiful burnished round tone of Lily Pons.

[@mariannec2322]

Is there any soprano in the internet who redid this kind of version?

[@boothtarkington2681]

A SINGER TO THE CORE UNLIKE THE BELLOWING SOPRANOS TODAY

[@derekthompson9270]

AND still making a concert aged 76 wow talk about talent!

[@patriciaweiss4446]

I think her musicality, pitch, timing are perfect and she does a great job with the highest coloratura segments. However, to my ear , there are many more "beautiful" floating and resonant voices. Renee Fleming is the perfect example of that.

[@direfranchement]

Renée Fleming is an incredibly boring singer to hear. Her voice is beautiful enough, but she has no fire or spark to her delivery. Silly to compare her to Pons. Renée could never execute these coloratura passages as we see Pons do here.

[@conradtorrez9193]

Patricia Weis

[@user-me8kr6mv5l]

Great singer🎉🎉🎉🎉 amazing Voice ❤❤❤❤ utube john bavas crazy

[@dinh5532]

Are Mariah's whistle notes as high as Lily's?

[@AIWboojum]

They’re higher but most opera singers will tell you they’re not “really” part of her range since they don’t project. Look up Mado Robin for a singer with high notes as high as Mariah but legitimately produced.

[@dinh5532]

@@AIWboojum Thank you! It's all so fascinating!

[@fa_dfr9259]

was she french ?

[@zombieues]

fa_ dfr yes

[@mebell1948]

Yes she was. She was a French woman. She became a US citizen in 1940. Mark

[@eduardobraivein8496]

fa_ dfr born in Cannes (South of France).

[@christianlacheze3323]

Eduardo Braivein Actually, Draguignan, not Cannes. But she is buried in Cannes.

[@mjf1503]

Remarkable likeness to Rebecca Hall?

[@MrTrackman100]

Americans, in films like this, have been brainwashed to think that "pure" opera is boring and must be "jazzed up" to be tolerated. Stupid and sad!