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I think having a singing voice is a unique talent. It's kind of like a diamond. You can't manufacture a diamond - if you do it's a fake. But, it does have to be polished and put in its proper setting in order to be appreciated. - Sills interviewed in "Reverberations" by Robert Jacobson

concert performances

1960s
February 26, 1966 Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust Boston, Symphony Hall With Hermann Prey, Charles Bressler, Tatiana Troyanos Erich Leinsdorf cond.
May 26, 1966 Mendelssohn's Elijah Puebla, Mexico With Placido Domingo, Norman Treigle,Aurora Woodrow Herrera de la Fuente cond.
February 24, 1967 1. Haydn's Mass Nº 13 in B flat, "Creation Mass" (With Sills & Placido Domingo, Beverly Wolff, Ara Berberian) 2. R. Strauss: Daphne-Final scene (Sills) Boston, Symphony Hall Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf cond.
April 1967 Cologne, Germany - West German radio concert Ernst Märzendorfer cond. Aria Listings - Click here Sills had engagements in Salzburg and Vienna in April 1967 and was also asked to tape eight arias in Cologne for a German Radio broadcast (according to a New York Herald Tribune article by William Bender on January 29, 1967). There has been some confusion about the date of these recordings because the first five arias were issued on Arkadia GI 804.1, listing the date as May 1968. However, a privately issued LP from the pre-cd era (MG 101 - Beverly Sills Operatic Recital), states the date as May 1967. This is likely the month of the broadcast, after Sills taped the eight arias in April. It is possible that the tape was not broadcast until a year later, in 1968 (or repeated in 1968) thus giving rise to the date stated on the Arkadia cd.
June 17, 1967 Debussy's - L'enfant prodigue & Poulenc's Gloria Caramoor Festival, Katonah, New York Julius Rudel cond.
February 16, 1968 Haydn's The Creation (oratorio) Boston, Symphony Hall With Jon McCollum, Ara Berberian Erich Leinsdorf cond.
May 31, 1968 New York City, Avery Fisher Hall New York Philharmonic, Andre Kostelanetz, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
July 06, 1968 Tanglewood, MA Boston Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf cond. Aria Listings - Click here
Dec 26, 1968 Cleveland OH - Severance Hall - Radio broadcast Cleveland Orchestra,  Louis Lane, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
January 11, 1969 San Antonio TX With Norman Treigle San Antonio Symphony, Jussi Jalas, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
June 16, 1969 Robin Hood Dell - Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Orchestra Julius Rudel, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
August 24, 1969 Beethoven Ninth Symphony Tanglewood, Massachusett with Florence Kopleff, John Alexander, Justino Diaz Erich Leinsdorf, cond.
1970 - 74
March 17, 1970 Waco TX - Waco Hall Waco Symphony Orchestra Daniel Steinberg, conductor Aria Listings - Click here
June 30, 1970 Philadelphia PA, Temple University PIttsburgh Symphony, William Steinberg cond. excerpt from Richard Strauss: Daphne (final scene)
July 04, 1970 Rochester Hills MI - Meadow Brook Music Festival Pavilion Oakland University campus, Detroit Symphony Sixten Ehrling cond. Aria Listings - Click here
January 22, 1971 Paris, Salle Pleyel Orchestre National de France, John Pritchard cond. Aria Listings - Click here
January 22, 1972 Philadelphia PA (Academy of Music) Philadelphia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos - radio broadcast Aria Listings - Click here with James McCracken
February 25, 1972 Alice Tully Hall, New York City New York Chamber Music Society, Thomas Dunn cond. Aria Listings - Click here
July 11, 1972 Vienna VA, Wolftrap Farm Park Academy National Youth Orchestra, Izler Solomon cond. - radio broadcast Aria Listings - Click here
August 24, 1972 Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Philharmonic, Aldo Ceccato, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
April 22, 1973 New York City, Alice Tully Hall Charles Wadsworth, cond. Aria Listings - Click here with Eileen Farrell
June 29, 1973 Philadelphia PA, Temple University Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Ling Tung, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
April 6, 1974 San Francisco Symphony, War Memorial Opera House Seiji Ozawa, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
April 20, 1974 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta cond. Aria Listings - Click here
April 25, 1974 Philadelphia, PA (Academy of Music) Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy cond. Aria Listings - Click here
1975- 79
January 15, 1975 Houston, Jones Hall Houston Symphony Orchestra Sarah Caldwell, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
July 08, 1975 Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lawrence Foster, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
August 6, 1975 Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga, NY Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
October 27, 1975 Memorial Tribute to Norman Treigle New York City Opera Julius Rudel, cond. Sills sang "Depuis le jour" from "Louise" Complete recording includes many other guest performers
August 07, 1976 Cleveland, OH (Blossom Music Festival) -- radio broadcast Cleveland Orchestra, Julius Rudel cond. Aria Listings - Click here
February 15, 1977 Dayton OH - radio broadcast Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Wendelkin-Wilson, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
June 1, 1977 Bridgeport, Connecticut Greater Bridgeport Symphony - Klein Memorial Auditorium Gustav Meier, cond. Aria Listings - Click here
November 11, 1977 San Francisco Opera Fol de Rol San Francisco Opera Orchestra Kurt Herbert Adler, cond. Sills sang "Art is Calling Me" from "The Enchantress" and was joined by Luciano Pavarotti for the "Libiamo" from "La Traviata" - Sills also served as Mistress of Ceremonies Complete recording includes many other guest performers
December 10, 1978 Cleveland, OH (Severance Hall) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel cond. Aria Listings - Click here Sills sings "Happy Birthday" parody with Isaac Stern, Lorin Maazel
October 14, 1979 Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Symphony, John Nelson cond. - televison broadcast Aria Listings - Click here