The Liebling Singers, 1947 (Bevery Sills, lower left)

The Liebling Singers, 1947. (Beverly Sills, center). Estelle Liebling is above Sills in the feathered hat. Baritone Garfield Swift (far right), another Liebling pupil, frequently sang with the group.

The Liebling Singers (Beverly Sills, center), with Estelle Liebling at the piano in her studio, rehearsing for the 1947 mid-West tour.

February 1949 ad for the Liebling Singers, now with only four female singers (Sills upper right) and baritone Garfield Swift (who had been singing with them from the first concerts in 1947)

The Merry Widow 1947 Cast Photograph

Beverly Sills on tour with the Wagner Company in 1951. Front: Charles Wagner, Beverly Sills. Back: John Alexander and Ed Dunning (L to R)

Beverly Sills with Central City, Colorado colleagues. 1960

Beverly Sills and conductor, Lenny Bernstein, relaxing during a rehearsal of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. 1956

Beverly Sills and Rudolph Bing, Metropolitan Opera General Manager (1950 - 1972).

Beverly Sills and conductor, Erich Leinsdorf

Beverly Sills and Eugene Ormandy

Beverly Sills and conductor, Eugene Ormandy

Beverly Sills and Sarah Caldwell, during Verdi's "La Traviata" rehearsal. January 1976

Beverly Sills and Sarah Caldwell. 1965

Lily Pons congratulates Beverly Sills, on a wonderful "Marie" in Donizetti's "La Fille Du Regiment" at the San Diego Opera. March 1973

Rosa Ponselle joins Beverly Sills, in celebrating her successful debut as Massenet's Manon at the post-opera party, in Baltimore, Maryland. April 18, 1953.

Beverly Sills and Placido Domingo

Beverly Sills and Norman Treigle

Beverly Sills, Tito Capobianco and Norman Treigle

Beverly Sills, Thomas Schippers and Marilyn Horne Rehersal of Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto" 1969 La Scala

Beverly Sills and Shirley Verrett backstage on the Opera debut at NY's Metropolitan Opera House in Rossini's "The Siege of Corinth", April 9, 1975.

1970 Sillsiana Concert at NYCO

Beverly Sills Concert with Zubin Metha. April 20, 1974 in Los Angeles, California

Early photograph of two great friends, singers and actresses: Beverly Sills and Carol Burnett

Mary Martin, Beverly Sills and Ethel Merman on a 1976 episode of "Lifestyles with Beverly Sills" (NBC-TV)"

Carol Burnett & Beverly Sills performing one of their famous pastiche of opera and comedic roles. November 1976. of opera and comedic roles

Carol Burnett & Beverly Sills performing one of their famous pastiche of opera and comedic roles. November 1976.

Carol Burnett & Beverly Sills performing one of their famous pastiche of opera and comedic roles. November 1976.

Carol Burnett & Beverly Sills performing one of their famous pastiche of opera and comedic roles. November 1976.

Carol Burnett & Beverly Sills performing one of their famous pastiche of opera and comedic roles. November 1976.

Carol Burnett & Beverly Sills performing one of their famous pastiche of opera and comedic roles during Sills Farewell Gala. October 1980

Beverly Sills Concert with Lorin Maazel. December 10, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio

Lorin Maazel plays all the violin solos in the new recording of Thais with Beverly Sills in the title role

Benefit for Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Concert October 28, 1979 From Left to Right: Frank Sinatra, Beverly Sills and Robert Merrill

Benefit for Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Concert October 28, 1979 From Left to Right: Frank Sinatra, Beverly Sills and Robert Merrill

"The Three Sopranos" From Left to Right: Sydelle Kessler, Beverly Sills & Susanne Marsee

In this 1981 photograph, Beverly Sills and John Denver ride horses together.

Warming up between rehersals of Massenet's Thais.

Danny Kaye, Beverly Sills and Robert Merrill together in this undated photograph.