Beverly Sills Video Room - Opera Performances 1

video room -
opera performances

These rare video selections come from a variety of broadcasts, none of which have been issued commercially. These video recordings do not have consistent sound and/or video quality, and cannot compare to commercially-released video (for commercially-released Sills DVD performances, click here).

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Video Opera Performances Shortcut: Composer A - L • Composer M - Z

Sills, Beverly

Beverly Sills sings Portuguese Folk Song, titled Tell Me Why in Farewell Performance

Portuguese Folk Song , titled "Tell Me Why" (with special lyrics written for the Farewell Gala)
Sills talks to the audience about finishing her singing career and going on to direct the NYC Opera, then explains about the folk song before singing it as her final public vocal performance. -
Performed in New York- X-27-80
Running time = 07:19

Adam, Adolphe (1803 - 1856)

Le Toreador

Beverly Sills variations on ah vous dirai

Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, maman"
Running time = 07:26
Performed in 1976

Bellini, Vincenzo (1801 - 1835)

I Puritani

Beverly Sills as Elvira in I Puritani

"Mad Scenes" Rehearsals
Running time = 02:32
Performed in 1975

Beverly Sills as Elvira in I Puritani

"Son vergin vezzosa"
Running time = 01:26
Performed in 1973

Donizetti, Gaetano (1797 - 1848)

La Fille du Régiment

Linda Di Chamounix

Marie is Beverly Sills

"Chacun le sait"
Running time = 03:20
Performed in 1979

Beverly Sills as Linda

"O luce di quest'anima"
Running time = 05:40
Performed in 1979

Lucia di Lammermoor

Roberto Devereux

Lucia is Beverly Sills

Mad Scene: "Il dolce suono
...Spargi d'amaro pianto"
Running time = 17:44
Performed in 1971

Beverly Sills as Queen Elizabeth

"E Sara,in questi orribili momenti"
Running time = 09:52
Performed in 1971

Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685 - 1759)

Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare

Samson

Beverly Sills as Cleopatra

"Da tempeste il
legno infranto"
Running time = 04:29
Performed in 1971

Beverly Sills Let the Bright Seraphim

"Let the Bright Seraphim"
Running time = 02:53
Performed in 1977

Herbert, Victor (1859 - 1924)

Beverly Sills singing Italian Street Song

"Italian Street Song"
Running time = 01:29
Performed in 1971

Beverly Sills singing Italian Street Song

"Italian Street Song"
Running time = 01:29
Performed in 1975

Kern, Jerome (1885 - 1945)

All The Things You Are

"All The Things You Are"
Running time = 03:06
Performed in 1973

All The Things You Are

"All The Things You Are"
Running time = 03:18
Performed in 1976

Lehar, Franz (1870 - 1948)

The Merry Widow

Beverly Sills as Hanna Glawari

"Hanna Glawari's Entrance"
Running time = 03:37
Performed in 1977

Beverly Sills singing Vilja

"Vilja"
Running time = 03:56
Performed in 1973

Beverly Sills singing Vilja

"Vilja"
Running time = 03:47
Performed in 1974

Beverly Sills singing Vilja

"Vilja"
Running time = 03:47
Performed in 1974

Beverly Sills singing Vilja

"Vilja"
Running time = 09:48
Performed in 1977

Beverly Sills - Hanna's engagement

"Hanna's Engagement"
Running time = 07:07
Performed in 1977

Beverly Sills - Love Unspoken

"Love Unspoken... Finale "
Running time = 07:09
Performed in 1977

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