Beverly Sills - From First note to last

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

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Live Discography: Composer A - HComposer L - OComposer P - ZConcerts & RecitalsMisc. Items

Donizetti, Gaetano (1797 - 1848)

Lucrezia Borgia

Date : March 18, 1976
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Scano, Richard Fredricks
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : March 31, 1976
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Henry Price, Fazah
Conductor - Julius Rudel
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Maria Stuarda

Date : March 07, 1972 - Role Debut
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Pauline Tinsley, Richard Fredricks, Devlin, Stewart
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : March 14, 1972
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Pauline Tinsley, Richard Fredricks, Michael Devlin, Kieffer
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : March 16, 1972
Location : New York City Opera in Los Angeles
Artists : Marisa Galvany, Richard Fredricks, Devlin, Rampasso
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date :March 21, 1972
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Pauline Tinsley, John Darrenkamp, Luciano Rampaso
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : August 30, 1972
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Pauline Tinsley, Richard Fredricks, Enrico Di Giuseppe
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

NewDate : September 05, 1972
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Pauline Tinsley, Enrico di Giuseppe, Richard Fredricks
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : September 17, 1972
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Marisa Galvany, Richard Fredricks, J.B. Davis, Riegel
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : September 19, 1972
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Marisa Galvany, John Darrenkamp, Enrico Di Giuseppe
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : November 21, 1972
Location : New York City Opera in Los Angeles
Artists : Marisa Galvany, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Richard Fredricks, Devlin
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : November 30, 1972
Location : New York City Opera in Los Angeles
Artists : Marisa Galvany, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Darrenkamp, Davis
Conductor - Charles Wendelken- Wilson

Date : September 11, 1974
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Marisa Galvany, John Darrenkamp, Irwin Densen, Tullio Pane
Conductor - Luigi Martelli
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Roberto Devereux

Date : October 15, 1970 - Role Debut
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Beverly Wolff, Placido Domingo, Louis Quilico
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : October 24, 1970
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Placido Domingo, Louis Quilico
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : November 8, 1970
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Herman Malamood, Louis Quilico
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : November 20, 1970
Location : New York City Opera in Los Angeles
Artists : Beverly Wolff, Placido Domingo, Louis Quilico
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : April 11, 1971
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Carmen Gonzalez, Nicholas Di Virgilio (Act I), Sergio Di Amorin (Acts II & III)
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : October 15, 1971
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Richard Fredricks
Conductor - Julius Rudel

NewDate : November 11, 1971
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Richard Fredricks
Conductor - Julius Rudel
Date : August 29, 1973
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Richard Fredricks
Conductor - Julius Rudel

NewDate : September 29, 1974
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Susanne Marsee, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Richard Fredricks
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : July 27, 1975
Location : Wolf Trap Farm Park, Viennna, Virginia
Artists : John Alexander, Richard Fredricks, Susanne Marsee
Conductor - Julius Rudel
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Gounod, Charles (1818 - 1893)

Faust

Date : October 17, 1968
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Michele Molese, Norman Treigle, Dominic Cossa
Conductor - Julius Rudel

NewDate : October 20, 1968
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Michele Molese, Norman Treigle, Dominic Cossa
Conductor - Julius Rudel
Date : October 26, 1968
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Michele Molese, Norman Treigle, Dominic Cossa
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : September 11, 1969
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Enrico Di Giuseppe, Norman Treigle, Dominic Cossa
Conductor - Gustav Meier
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Handel, George Frederic (1685 - 1759)

Ariodante

Date : September 14, 1971- Sills fainted during intermission
Location : Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Artists : Tatiana Troyanos, Booth, Donald Gramm, Tyler
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : September 16, 1971
Location : Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Artists : Tatiana Troyanos, Donald Gramm, Tyler
Conductor - Julius Rudel
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Giulio Ceasare

Date : September 27, 1966 - role that launched Sills into superstardom
Location : New York City Opera
Artists : Norman Treigle, Dominic Cossa, Beverly Wolff, Spiro Malas
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : September 21, 1968
Location : Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
Artists : Norman Treigle, Forrester, Schrier, Gallardo, Crass, Yost
Conductor - Karl Richter
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Semele

Date : December 28, 1967
Location : Severance Hall, Cleveland
Artists : Bonazzi, Paul, McCoy, M. Deller, Helen Vanni, Ara Berberian
Conductor - Robert Shaw

Date : June 21, 1969
Location : Caramoor Festival, Katonah, NY
Artists : Léopold Simoneau, Elaine Bonazzi, Michael Devlin, John Ferrante, Ara Berberian
Conductor -Julius Rudel
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Hindemith, Paul (1895 - 1963)

Hin und zurück 

NewDate : July 12, 1965 - (part of program "Music of the 20's - new movements in opera" hosted by Aaron Copland)
Location : Boston, WGBH studios
Artists : Davis Cunningham, Chester Ludgin, Raymond Michalski
Conductor - Sarah Caldwell

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Lehar, Franz (1870 - 1948)

The Merry Widow

Date : October 02, 1977 ( sung in English)
Location : San Diego Opera
Artists : Alan Titus, Glenys Fowles, Nolan Van Way, Jane Westbrook
Conductor - Theo Alcantara

Date : April 2, 1978
Location : New York City Opera
Artists :Glenys Fowles, Bruce Reed, Alan Titus
Conductor - Julius Rudel

Date : November 29, 1979 (Sills's LA farewell)
Location : San Diego Opera
Artists : Diane Soviero, Henry Price, Alan Titus
Conductor - Judith Somogi
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