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
live operas 2
Anna Bolena |
Date : October 03, 1973 - Role Debut Location : New York City Opera Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Robert Hale Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Location : New York City Opera Artists : Sylvia Anderson , Enrico Di Giuseppe, Robert Hale Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Date : October 10, 1973 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Sylvia Anderson , Enrico Di Giuseppe, Robert Hale Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Date : October 18, 1973 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Olivia Stapp, Terranova, Robert Hale Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Date : March 03, 1974 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Robert Hale Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Date : March 10, 1974 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Robert Hale Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Date : March 07, 1975 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Susanne Marsee, Samuel Ramey, Robert Fisher, John Lankston, Roger Patterson, Jeanne Piland Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Don Pasquale |
Date : December 12, 1978 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Nicolai Gedda, Häkan Hagegärd, Gabriel Bacquier Conductor - Nicola Rescigno |
Date : January 11, 1979 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Gabriel Bacquier, Alfredo Kraus, Hakan Hagegard, Nico Castel Conductor - Nicola Rescigno |
Date : January 20, 1979 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Gabriel Bacquier, Alfredo Kraus, Hakan Hagegard, Nico Castel Conductor - Nicola Rescigno |
Date : February 22, 1980 Location : Houston Grand Opera Artists : Donald Gramm, Alan Titus, David Kuebler, Van B. Russell, III Conductor - Sarah Caldwell |
La Fille Du Régiment |
Date : February 13, 1970 Location : Carnegie Hall Artists : Grayson Hirst, Fernando Corena, Muriel Greenspon Conductor - Roland Gagnon |
Date : January 14, 1973 (sung in english) Location :Houston Grand Opera Artists : Spiro Malas, Grayson Hirst, Val Patacchi, Beverly Evans, Travis Franklin, Robert Raimondo, June Carter Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
Date : February 06, 1973 Location : Philadelphia Opera Artists : Enrico Di Giuseppe, Fernando Corena, Muriel Greenspon Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
Date : July 28, 1973 Location : Cinncinatti Opera Artists : Andrew Foldi, Ronald Combs, Stanley Kolk, Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
Date : April 30, 1974 Location : Hartford, Connecticut (Bushnell Memorial Hall) Artists : Muriel Greenspon, Spiro Malas, Pierre Duval Conductor - Carl Suppa |
Date : July 02, 1974 ( sung in English) Location : Wolf Trap Park Farm, Vienna, Virigina Artists : Beverly Sills, William McDonald, Spiro Malas, Costa-Greenspon Conductor - Charles Wendelken-Wilson |
Date : November 26, 1974 ( sung in English) Location : San Francisco Opera (War Memorial Opera House) Artists : Claramae Turner, Spiro Malas, Hermione Gingold Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
Date :September 17, 1975 ( sung in English) Location : New York City Opera Artists : Enrico Di Giuseppe, Spiro Malas, Murial Costa-Greenspon, William Ledbetter Conductor - Judith Somogi |
Date : February 12, 1977 ( sung in English) Location : Opera Memphis Artists : William Harness, Spiro Malas Conductor - Bob Griffith |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Date : April 05, 1968 - Role Debut Location : Fort Worth Opera Will Rogers Auditorium, Texas Artists : Craig, Baird, Webb, Dominic Cossa Conductor - Rudolf Kruger |
Date : July 17, 1968 Location : Cincinatti Summer Opera (Music Hall), Ohio Artists : John Alexander, Dominic Cossa, Nico Castel Conductor - Charles Wendelken Wilson |
Date : October 09, 1969 - Sills sang with an 103 degree Fever Location : New York City Opera Artists : Michele Molese, Dominic Cossa, Robert Hale Conductor - Charles Wendelken-Wilson |
Location : New York City Opera Artists : Michele Molese, Dominic Cossa, Robert Hale Conductor - Charles Wendelken-Wilson |
Date : October 28, 1969 Location : Teatro de Bellas Artes, Mexico City Artists : Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Banuelas, Hecht Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
Date : February 19, 1970 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Michele Molese, Richard Fredricks, Robert Hale Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson |
Date : November 03, 1970 Location : Philadelphia Lyric Opera, Pennsylvania Artists : Alfredo Kraus, Sardinero, Robert Hale, Henry Price, Bustos Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
Date : December 28, 1970 (second performance) Location : Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Artists : Ermanno Mauro, Forbes Robinson, Heather Begg Conductor - Sir John Pritchard |
Date : January 25, 1971 Location : Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Artists : Giacomo Aragall, Delme Bryn-Jones, Heather Begg Conductor - Sir John Pritchard |
Date : April 02, 1971 Location : Houston Grand Opera (Jones Hall), Texas Artists : John Alexander, Richard Fredricks, Perry Price, Harold Enns Conductor - Charles Rosenkrans |
Date : July 25, 1971 Location : Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, VA Artists : Michele Molese, Castel, Richard Fredricks, Robert Hale Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson |
(Act III from Mad Scene to end -only section saved from malfunctioning taping) Location : Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Opera) Artists : Pierre Duval Conductor - Richard Karp |
Date : June 25, 1972 Location : Teatro Colon Buenos Aires Artists : Alfredo Kraus, Gianpiero Mastromei, Victor de Narke Conductor - Juan Emilio Martini |
Date : July 4, 1972 Location : Teatro Colon Buenos Aires Artists : Alfredo Kraus, Gianpiero Mastromei, Victor de Narke Conductor - Juan Emilio Martini |
Location : New York City Opera Artists : Michele Molese, Richard Fredricks, Michael Devlin Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson |
Date : November 11, 1972 Location : San Francisco Opera Artists : Luciano Pavarotti, Clifford Grant, Raymond Wolansky Conductor - Jesus Lopez-Cobos |
Date : November 17, 1972 Location : San Francisco Opera Artists : Luciano Pavarotti, Simon Estes, Raymond Wolansky Conductor - Jesus Lopez-Cobos |
Date : August 28, 1974 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Jose Carreras, Pablo Elvira, Mazzieri Conductor - Luigi Martelli |
Date : August 31, 1974 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Jose Carreras, Pablo Elvira, Mazzieri Conductor - Luigi Martelli |
Location : Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Florentine Opera Co. Artists : Pierre Duval, Richard Fredricks, Samuel Ramey Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson |
Location : Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Florentine Opera Co. Artists : Pierre Duval, Richard Fredricks, Samuel Ramey Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson |
Date : January 15, 1977 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Nicolai Gedda, Ryan Edwards, Ezio Flagello Conductor - Richard Woitach |
