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 6
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia |
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Date : June 01, 1974 - Role Debut Location : Opera Company of Boston Artists : Alan Titus, Brewer, Donald Gramm, Teschler Conductor - Sarah Caldwell |
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Date : November 03, 1976 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Henry Price, Alan Titus, Donald Gramm, Samuel Ramey Conductor - Sarah Caldwell |
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Il Turco in Italia |
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Date : September 29, 1978 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Donald Gramm, Alan Kays, Alan Titus, Susanne Marsee Conductor - Julius Rudel |
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Date : October 04, 1978 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Donald Gramm, Alan Kays, Alan Titus, Susanne Marsee Conductor - Julius Rudel |
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L'assedio di Corinto |
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Date : April 09, 1969 - dress rehearsal Location : La Scala Opera Artists : Justino Diaz, Marilyn Horne, Bonisolli, Washington Conductor - Thomas Schippers Note - recording is missing the last ten minutes of the opera, stopping after Pamira's "Giusto ciel!." |
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Date : April 11, 1969 - Sills La Scala Debut Location : La Scala Opera Artists : Justino Diaz, Marilyn Horne, Bonisolli, Washington Conductor - Thomas Schippers Please note: Some versions of this opening night broadcast have circulated with a date of April 14th. After close comparisons, those dated the 14th have all turned out to be copies of the April 11 premiere. |
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Date : April 07, 1975 - Sills official Debut at the MET Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Justino Diaz, Shirley Verrett, Harry Theyard, Betsy Norden Conductor - Thomas Schippers |
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Date : April 19, 1975 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Justino Diaz, Shirley Verrett, Harry Theyard, Betsy Norden Conductor - Thomas Schippers |
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 Date : April 28, 1975Location : Metropolitan Opera on tour to Detroit (Masonic Temple) Artists : Justino Diaz, Shirley Verrett, Harry Theyard, Betsy Norden Conductor - Thomas Schippers |
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Date : January 17, 1976 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Justino Diaz, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Richard Gill Conductor - Richard Woitach |
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Die Fledermaus |
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Date : July 23, 1967 (sung in English) Location : Cincinatti Summer Opera (Music Hall), Ohio Artists : Jon Crain, Anne Elgar, Joanna Simon, William Metcalf, Dominic Cossa,Samuel Jordan, Sylvia Cooper Conductor - N/A |
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| Date : December 1, 1977 Location : NYCO in Los Angeles Artists : Johanna Meier, Charles Roe, Henry Price, Dominic Cossa Conductor - Imre Pallo |
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| Date : February 3, 1980 Location :Opera Company of Boston Artists : Costanza Cuccaro, Alan Titus, Joseph Evans Conductor -Sarah Caldwell |
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| Date : October 05, 1980 - The two reigning divas only joint performance Location : San Diego Opera Artists : Joan Sutherland, Regina Resnik, Alan Titus, Giuseppe Campora, Joseph Frank, Spiro Malas, Jake Gardner, Leonard Frey Conductor - Richard Bonynge |
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Date : October 27, 1980 - Beverly Sills farewell performance Location : New York City Opera Artists : Rolandi, Carlisle, Titus, Richard Fredricks, Spiro Malas Conductor - Julius Rudel |
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Ariadne Auf Naxos |
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Date : January 07, 1969 - 1912 version Location : Boston, Symphony Hall Artists : Watson, Nagy, Reardon, Billings Conductor - Erich Leinsdorf |
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Aïda |
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Date : 1955 Location : Patterson NJ Artists : Irene Kramarich, Vincent Donato, Victor Mincieli, Lewis Appleton, Carlos Sherman Conductor - Walter Schoeder |
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La Traviata |
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Date : March 03, 1955 - Opera Cameos Location : Dumont TV Studios City Artists : Paul Knowles, Ettore Bastianini Conductor - Giuseppe Bamboschek |
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Date : July 15, 1967 Location : Cincinnati Summer Opera Artists : Placido Domingo, Seymour Schwartzman Conductor - Aldo Faldi |
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Date : January 17, 1970 - Sills San Carlo debut Location : Tetro San Carlo, Naples, Italy Artists : Alfredo Kraus, Zanasi Conductor - Aldo Ceccato |
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Date : August 14, 1971 Location : Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Artists : Placido Domingo, Sherill Milnes, Bonnie Hurwood Conductor - James Levine |
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Date : May 12, 1972 Location : Opera Company of Boston Artists : Burrows, Glossop Conductor - Sarah Caldwell |
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| Date : July 22, 1972 Location : Cincinnati Opera Artists : Veriano Luchetti, John Fiorito, Barabara Daniels Conductor - Anton Guadagno |
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Date : November 02, 1973 Location : San Francisco Opera (War Memorial Opera House) Artists : Wieslaw Ochman, Gian Piero Mastromei Conductor - Kurt Herbert Adler |
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Date : January 25, 1974 Location : Houston Grand Opera (Jones Hall), Texas Artists : Titus, Brewer, Gramm, Teschler Conductor - Sarah Caldwell |
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Date : March 20, 1974 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Stewart, Cossa Conductor - Julius Rudel |
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Date : July 10, 1974 Location : Ravinia Park, Highland Park, Illinois Artists : Cornell MacNeil Conductor - James Levine |
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Date : January 13, 1976 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Stuart Burrows, William Walker Conductor -Sarah Caldwell |
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Date : August 12, 1976 Location : Wolftrap Farm Park, Vienna, VA Artists : Henry Price, Richard Fredricks Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Rigoletto |
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Date : April 24, 1977 Location : Opera Company of Boston Artists : Susanne Marsee, Joseph Evans, Richard Fredricks Conductor -Sarah Caldwell |
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Six Characters in Search of an Author |
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Date : April 26, 1959 - Sills was seven months pregnant Location : New York City Opera Artists : McChesney, Williams, Timberlake, Macurdy, Voketaitis Conductor - Sylvain Levin |
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