Beverly Sills as Ginevra, in Handel's "Ariodante"

Beverly Sills as Ginevra, in Handel's "Ariodante"

Beverly Sills as Ginevra, in Handel's "Ariodante"

Beverly Sills as Queen Cleopatra, in Handel's "Giulio Cesare". 1966 NYCO

Beverly Sills as Queen Cleopatra, in Handel's "Giulio Cesare". 1966 NYCO

Sills as Handel's Cleopatra in the BBC program "Profiles in Music," videotaped in May 1971. The program was shown in 1972 in the UK; 1975 in the US. The costume is not the one she wore in the New York City Opera, but an attempt at recreating the costuming of the opera's premiere

Beverly Sills as Cleopatra & Norman Treigle as Caesar, in Handel's "Giulio Cesare".

Beverly Sills as Cleopatra & Norman Treigle as Caesar, in Handel's "Giulio Cesare".

Beverly Sills as Hanna Glawari, in Lehar's "The Merry Widow". 1978 NYCO

Beverly Sills as Nedda, in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci." 1965 Forth Worth, Texas

Beverly Sills as Manon, in Massenet's "Manon."

Beverly Sills as Manon, in Massenet's "Manon." 1969 NYCO

Beverly Sills as Manon and Nicolai Gedda as Des Grieux, in Massenet's "Manon." 1971 San Francisco

Beverly Sills as Manon and Nicolai Gedda as Des Grieux, in Massenet's "Manon." 1971 San Francisco

Beverly Sills as Manon, in Massenet's "Manon."

Beverly Sills as Thais, in Massenet's Thais. 1954 New York

Beverly Sills as Thais, in Massenet's Thais

Beverly Sills as Fiora, in Montemezzi's "L'Amore dei Tre Re" at the Philadelphia Grand Opera. January 09, 1956

John Alexander and Sills in a publicity photo for the January 1966 production of "Die Entführung aus dem Serail " in Ft. Worth, Texas

Beverly Sills as Olympia, in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann." 1965 Cincinnati, Ohio

Beverly Sills as Giulietta, in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann." 1965 Cincinnati, Ohio

Beverly Sills as Giulietta, in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann." 1965 Cincinnati, Ohio

Beverly Sills as Antonia and Norman Treigle as Dr. Miracle , in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann." 1965 Cincinnati, Ohio

Beverly Sills as Mimi and Luciano Saldari as Rodolfo, in Puccini's La Boheme, performed at the Seattle Opera Company. Sepetember 1965

Beverly Sills as Tosca and William Chapman as Scarpia, in Puccini's "Tosca". Cleveland Music Carnival, June 1957

Beverly Sills as Tosca and Thomas Glennon as Scarpia, in Puccini's "Tosca". Jackson, Mississipi 1960

Beverly Sills as Tosca and Jon Crain as MarioLauretta , in Puccini's "Tosca".