Beverly Sills as Aricie and George Fourie, in Rameau's "Hippolyte et Aricie." 1966 in Boston

Beverly Sills as Aricie and Placido Domingo as Hippolyte, in Rameau's "Hippolyte et Aricie." 1966 in Boston

Beverly Sills as Queen of Shemahka , in Rimsky- Korsakov's "Le Coq D'or."

Beverly Sills as Queen of Shemahka , in Rimsky- Korsakov's "Le Coq D'or."

Beverly Sills as Queen of Shemahka , in Rimsky- Korsakov's "Le Coq D'or." 1967 NYCO

Beverly Sills as Rosina, in Rossini's "Il Barbiere Di Siviglia."

Beverly Sills as Donna Fiorilla and Donald Gramm as Pasha Selim , in Rossini's Il Turco in Italia, 1978 New York

Beverly Sills as Pamira, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1969 La Scala

Beverly Sills as Pamira and Justino Diaz as Maometto in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1969 La Scala

Beverly Sills as Pamira and Marilyn Horne as Neocle, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1969 La Scala

Beverly Sills as Pamira and Marilyn Horne as Neocle, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1969 La Scala

Backstage before her Metropolitan Debut: Beverly Sills as Pamira, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1975 New York

Beverly Sills as Pamira, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1975 New York

Beverly Sills as Pamira, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1975 New York

Beverly Sills as Pamira and Shirley Verrett as Neocle, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1975 New York

Beverly Sills as Pamira and Justino Diaz as Maometto, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1975 New York

Beverly Sills as Pamira and Harry Theyard as Cleomene, in Rossini's "L'assedio di Corinto." 1975 New York

Curtain Calls after a successful performance of Pamira in Rossini's L'assedio di Corinto

Beverly Sills as Rosalinda and Jon Crain as Alfred , in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus"

Beverly Sills as Rosalinda and Jon Crain as Alfred , in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus"

Beverly Sills as Rosalinda , in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus". Cleveland Music Carnival, 1955

Cover photo from the program for the San Diego run of Die Fledermaus with Joan Sutherland, October 1980

Beverly Sills as Rosalinda in Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus. October 1955

Beverly Sills as Philine , in Thomas's "Mignon". November 1956. NYCO

Beverly Sills as Galatea, in Von Suppe's "Schöne Galatea", at Forth Worth, Texas. January 1965

Beverly Sills as Aida, in Verdi's "Aida", at Salt Lake City, Utah. July 1954

Sills as Aida, William Olvis as Radames and Joann Grillo as Amneris in the 1960 Central City "Aida"

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1951 Wagner Tour

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata"

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata"

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1970 Naples, Italy

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1970 Naples, Italy

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1970 Naples, Italy

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1976 New York

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata"

Beverly Sills as Violetta and Brian Sullivan as Germont, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1963 Forth Worth, Texas

Beverly Sills as Violetta and Brian Sullivan as Germont, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1963 Forth Worth, Texas

Beverly Sills as Violetta and and Ryan Edwards as Germont, in Verdi's "La Traviata" 1970 Naples, Italy

Beverly Sills as Violetta, in Verdi's "La Traviata"

Beverly Sills in Weisgall's "Six Characters in Search of an Author"