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Special Announcement
Dec. 10: Beverly Sills was the surprise guest host of the Metropolitan Opera Quiz on Saturday Dec. 9, , during the second intermission of the first radio broadcast of the season, Mozart's Idomeneo. Although there is no schedule currently available of the upcoming quizzes and their hosts, Sills mentioned that she will be returning later in the season to host more quizzes.
Nov. 23: A special DVD companion of the PBS broadcast, "Beverly Sills: Made in America" is currently available from Deutsche Grammophon, please click here for more information.
Nov. 23: "Beverly Sills: Made in America," a 90-minute documentary on Sills's career, will be shown on WNET Channel 13 in New York City on Thanksgiving evening, November 23, . The program will then be made available to PBS stations for showing in the weeks afterward (check local listings).
The program contains many rare video clips, including TV appearances by Sills in the 1950's and 1960's, as well as a number from the 1970's that have not been made available commercially. The program is made up entirely from extant clips of performances and interviews, and does not include newly filmed interviews. There will be a companion web site launched in November based on the program. For more info and updates, click here.
Nov. 09: Beverly Sills will be making a special live guest appearance on ABC's daytime talk show "The View” opposite her longtime friend Barbara Walters. The order of guest appearances are: Marcia Gay Harden & Beverly Sills. Please check the local television schedule for the broadcast time in your area.
May 25 - Beverly Sills Greenough, celebrates her 77th birthday. (Sills put the date as May 26th in her book "Beverly: An autobiography," which was copied by several later young adult biographies. But May 25 is the date she supplies for her entry in "Who's Who.")
May 11 - Beverly Sills, former general director of the New York City Opera and chairman of Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera, received the Lewis Rudin Award for service to New York City at New York University (NYU) graduation ceremony.
Jan. 16 - Nathan Gunn has won the first Beverly Sills Artist Award, a prize established by the Metropolitan Opera in honor of the popular American soprano. The $50,000 prize, awarded annually to a singer between the ages of 25-40 who has sung at the Met, was given to Gunn by Sills backstage at the Met while he was rehearsing "The Magic Flute," an opera that also figured in Sills's career. Read More
Biographies - Sept 05 - Accolades: Revised edition has been uploaded. Aug 25 - Books: Two new entries added - Lead Time: A Journalist's Education and The Assoluta Voice in Opera, 1797-1847 July 14 - Books: One new entry: The American Opera Singer from the opinionated New York Magazine music critic, Peter Davis. June 26 - In Her Own Words: Sills first appearance on the Dick Cavett Show and sings her "Rinso White" commercial jingle. With Camera 3, she discusses the background of her triumph as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare. Go here for more: In Her Own Words June 22 - Accolades: Three new entries added June 20 - Books: Two new entries added - Strange Child of Chaos: Norman Treigle and Singular Voices: Conversations with Americans who made a difference |
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Media Articles - Aug 25 - Live Performance Reviews of Sills's appearances at the Kennedy Centre, in "The Merry Widow", "Il Turco in Italia" and "Il Barbiere Di Siviglia" July 13 - A backstage review of personalities and personas in effectively managing the Lincoln Center complex, entitled "The Metropolitan Soap Opera" by Leslie Bennetts July 11 - Sills relives her finest opera performances, by reflecting on the Three Donizetti Queens for the San Francisco Chronicle by Octavia Roco. July 09 - Thorough review of Beverly Sills Farewell Gala at the New York City Opera in this 1981 issue by Jennifer Dunning. |
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Discography & Videography -  Nov 19 - Newly discovered recording of the July 04, 1972 performance of "Lucia Di Lammermoor" in Buenos Aires with Alfredo Kraus as Edgardo and a March 09, 1969 performance of "Manon" at the New York City Opera with Michele Molese as Des Grieux.Nov 18 - A special DVD companion of the PBS program "Beverly Sills: Made in America" will be commerically available by the label Deutsche Grammophon, after the November 23 broadcast. Aug 02 - Newly discovered recording of "I Puritani" by Vincenzo Bellini. Performance date: September 22, 1974; Sills is accompanied by Pierre Duval, Pablo Elvira, Robert Hale and Julius Rudel leads the orchestra. Click here for more information Aug 01 - Created a new sub-section "Non-Commercial Videography" which includes performances and interviews not available commercially. June 12 - Added the highly awaited commercial release of the 1969 live performance of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. |
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Music Rooms - Dec 10 - After her "official retirement", Sills performed the popular holiday carol "Jingle Bells" on the request of President Ronald Reagan, at the White House; audio courtesy of Emo Furfori. Dec 01 - For the holidays, we have posted five seasonal selections that Sills recorded in 1955 at age 26. The new musicroom category is called "Holiday Songs"Oct 27 - Sills always used the Portuguese Folk Song, titled "Tell Me Why" as an encore for her recital performances. It was given to her at age 10 by her long-time and only teacher, Estelle Liebling. However, the lyrics for the folk song were rewritten for her farewell gala. Both versions can be heard in the Rarities room , accompanied by the lyrics. Sept 10 - Because the many hours of audio clips on this website might be overwhelming to the Sills newcomer, we have asked John Carroll, creator of the websites Vinyl Divas and Coloratura Sopranos, to select the "Ten Best" clips for those wanting a quick introduction to what makes Sills unique. Click here for "Ten Best Arias for Beginners". Sept 01 - Rare 1955 opera cameo performances by Sills, in Bizet's "Les Pecheurs de Perles" and Verdi's "La Traviata" can be heard in the rarities room. July 09 - Due to strong interest, additional duets/trios of Sills with various colleagues have been extended. Duets ranging from Louise, Maria Stuarda, L'assedio di Corinto, Roberto Devereux, La Traviata, La Fille Du Regiment, and the rarely performed "Scenes from Goethe's Faust" by Schumann. July 04 - Opera Room - To coincide with the release of Norman Treigle's biography, several duets of Sills and Treigle in performances ranging from Faust, Tales of Hoffmann, Don Giovanni, and Rigoletto are now available. June 26 - Rarities Room: Seven year old Sills, sings Arditi: Il bacio from the short film "Uncle Sol Solves It" June 25 - Opera Room: Added the 1916 version of Großmächtige Prinzessin from Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. The 1912 version of Großmächtige Prinzessin is also available for immediate comparisons. June 24 - Opera Room: The Judgment Scene, " In separato carcere" from Donizetti's Anna Bolena with Robert Hale as King Henry VIII is now available. April 19 - Expanded Music Room section created. |
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Photo Galleries - Nov 29 - Opera playbill booklet from the November 28, 1952 performance of Bizet's "Carmen", where Sills appeared as Micaëla, can be viewed in the memorabilia gallery. Nov 28 - New photograph of Sills as Lucia from the 1970 production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" at La Scala. Oct 21 - Several new photographs of Sills ranging from the October 1980 production of Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" with Dame Joan Sutherland, to various new Pamira photographs from Rossini's "L'Assedio di Corinto." Sept 11 - Several new photographs of Sills and her late husband, Peter can be seen in the family gallery section. Sept 10 - Two dozen photographs of Sills, including several rarities scattered throughout all seven picture categories! Special thanks go to Rachel Hall and Pete Buchanan in their enduring pursuit of new photographs with our dear Bubbles. Aug 21 - New gallery section called "Public Appearances" is now available. Aug 15 - Added numerous photographs of Beverly Sills throughout all seven gallery sections. Aug 10 - Redesigned the entire gallery section; removing the slideshow feature. Please update any bookmarks. Aug 01 - Created a new sub-section "Advertisement Collection" which includes a variety of publications involving Sills. Aug 01 - Sills has her own leaf, along the "Celebrity Path" at Brooklyn's Botanic Garden. July 14 - Created a slideshow option, to ease the navigation throughout the photo galleries. July 13 - Two rare photographs from the historic 1969 performance of L'assedio di Corinto at La Scala, with Sills, Marilyn Horne and Thomas Schippers, can be viewed here July 12 - 1979 Cancer Benefit Concert photographs with Frank Sinatra, Robert Merrill and Sills can be viewed here, courtesy of Rachel Hall. July 03 - New 1966 photo of Beverly Sills as Aricie, with Placido Domingo as Hippolyte, in Rameau's "Hippolyte et Aricie" June 12 - Several portrait photographs, courtesy of Skip Hamilton May 26 - Sills as Massenet's "Thaïs" and photographs of two Iris flowers, called "Beverly Sills" , courtesy of Bobby J. Ward. |
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Video Room - Dec 02 - Sills sings "Presto, amici" -
alternate aria from Rossini's "Il Turco in Italia",
later reused in "La Gazzetta" as "Presto, dico."Sept 02 - Sills performing her two favorite concert peices from Donizetti: "O luce di quest'anima" and "Chacun le sait" Sept 01 - Rare footage of Sills, singing Koechlin's melancholy aria of "Si tu le veux", integrated with various footage of travel woes, loneliness and separation from family, which is part of the sacrifices a Prima Donna must make throughout the course of a busy career. This video feature can be viewed here Aug 24 - There are now three different performances of Sills singing "Una Voce Poco Fa" available for comparison. This new addition of the famous aria, is taken from a 1979 concert performance in Indianapolis, which can be viewed here Aug 10 - Beverly Sills on Maria Stuarda as singer and NYCO Director; Marisa Galvany on Queen Elizabeth and the confrontation scene footage from the 1981 production of "Maria Stuarda" can be viewed here Aug 04 - Sills performing her signature role as Manon from Massenet's Manon Aug 03 - Sills shines as Hanna Glawari, the millionaire heiress, from Lehar's The Merry Widow Aug 02 - Numerous video clips of Sills as Rosina from Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Aug 01 - Sills and Danny Kaye performs a hilarious opera parody ; Sills dazzles as "The Queen of Shemakha", singing "Hymn to the Sun" June 07 - The Interviews section was created, with several new video clips of Sills June 05 - Sills sings "Una Voce Poca Fa" from Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. March 31 - Seven new video clips of our beloved soprano, in performances by various composers. March 24 - Created a New Video Room Section and uploaded "Großmächtige Prinzessin" from Ariadne Auf Naxos |
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| Performance Annals - Dec 01 - revised edition uploaded Nov 01 - revised edition uploaded Aug 05 - revised edition uploaded July 05 - revised edition uploaded June 15 - revised edition uploaded May 26 - 3 new entries May 11 - revised Annals uploaded April 04 - 2 entries February 27 - 20 entries |
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