A Short Biography
Born into poverty on the cultural wastelands of Iowa, Davina Pons, Dragmatic Soprano, developed her strong clear voice while singing The Judy Garland Songbook to the livestock. Refusing to be ruined by conventional vocal instruction, Miss Pons has continued the rare phenomenon of the "great" untrained voice. As a young diva, Davina was mesmerized by the recordings of the magnificent Beverly Sills and copied her effortless high notes, coloratura and hair color. Davina modeled her diction after the standard set by the superb Dame Joan Sutherland. Reminiscent of Maria Callas, Davina is equally at home in the dramatic and coloratura repertories and can rivet an audience's attention with her larger-than-life (she's almost 7 feet tall in heels) presence. Davina's phenomenal vocal range surpassed that of the legendary Yma Sumac. Incan-Virgin-Princess Sumac could sing 46 notes while the Not-So-Virgin Pons could sing 48. On the threshold of stardom, the beautiful young Pons married an old, short, fat, ugly but extremely wealthy Saudi Sheik enabling her to sing only when she felt like it. However, a bitter twist of fate was in store for her when 25 years later and in the midst of a debilitating and devastating menopause, Davina was tossed to the curb like rubbish and replaced by a younger woman. Having squandered a promising career for the man she loved, Davina moved back to the United States where she lives at Villa Hon in Hampden, a poor working-class neighborhood in Baltimore. During the resulting period of loneliness and depression, Davina's once-svelte figure ballooned into obesity. But, with the encouragement and example of her friends Liz and Liza, Davina is winning her battle with booze and pills. She is currently out of rehab and has once again regained her slender silhouette. Davina now makes a modest living as a cleaning lady, knits potholders to sell at craft fairs, and is pleased to be working as a professional singer making $25 a week in a church choir. Always the optimist, Davina refuses to dwell on what could have been and is happy to quietly live out her life surrounded by her 13 cats - all of which are named after famous opera characters. |
