what's new 2008
Special Announcement
November: Early 1947 audio recording of the Liebling Singers with Baritone Garfield Swift can be heard in the Rarities Music Room. Courtesy of Ted Swift/ Request Records.
September: We now have a page posted with the location of the grave site where Beverly Sills and her husband are buried. There are links to site, with photos, directions and visiting hours. Click here to view this page.
We've added a photo of the cover of the rare holiday album Sills recorded in 1955, "Beverly Sills Sings Songs for Christmas.
July: Loyal fan Edward Specht pays tribute to Sills on the first anniversary of her death at the Walk of Fame Star.
May: We recently spoke with Stanley Sills, Bubbles older brother, to shed more information on the controversy surrounding his sister's actual birthdate. More information can be read here
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 Dec. 20 - Bubbles sings Händel's festive aria from "Samson", entitled "Let the Bright Seraphim."Sept. 14 - Recently discovered appearance of Sills singing Strauss' "Voices of Spring" and Kern's "All The Things You Are" are both available for viewing in the Video Room. July 28 - Recently discovered appearance of Sills singing Ponce's "Estrellita" and Rimsky's "The Rose and the Nightingale" are both available for viewing in the Video Room. July 4 - Recently discovered television appearance of Sills in 1971 singing Herbert's "Italian Street Song" can now be viewed here June 16 - Recently discovered television appearance of Sills in late 1974 singing Lehár's "Vilja" from The Merry Widow can now be viewed here January 15 - Rare video of Bubbles rehearsing for Bellini's "l Puritani" with Robert Hale as Giorgio and Richard Fredricks as Riccardo. Excerpts: the end of "Qui la voce" and the beginning of "Vien diletto." Video clip can be viewed here |
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Sept 13 - Books: Two new entries added - John Vach's "The Music Went 'Round and Around" and John Wion's "Wood, Silver and Gold: a flutist's life." |
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| Nov. 2 - Bubbles with long-time fan Ed Specht in 1977 after a performance of "Die Fledermaus" in California. March 4 - Two rare photographs of Sills with the Liebling Singers and baritone Garfield Swift is available for viewing in the colleagues gallery. March 2 - Shirley Verrett joins Sills backstage during the Met's debut of Rossini's "The Siege of Corinth", April 9, 1975. January 16 - Two new subcategories can be viewed in the "MET Tribute Photos" collection. "The fans and the lines outside" section is courtesy of Nancy Guy and "The speakers and performers inside" section is courtesy of Caroline Digonis |
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| Nov. 1 - Four special DVD companions released by American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and Charlie Rose are now commercially available. Further information can be viewed here. July 29 - Newly discovered early recital performance of Sills at the New Orleans Muncipal Auditorium. Aria listing of this performance can be viewed here.
July 27 - A rare find! Complete production video of Sills in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviliga" from a 1980 performance in Mexico has surfaced. Further details can be viewed here. April 2 - Four previously unknown recordings of Sills in Donzietti's Lucia di Lammermoor are now in the public domain. These recordings ranges from 1969 to 1975. April 2 - Several recently discovered audio recordings of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" and "Roberto Devereux", Gounod's "Faust" and Massenet's "Manon" are listed in the Music Room.
January 21 - Newly discovered recordings from the 72 & 75 Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl performances. |
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| Sept 21 - revised edition uploaded July 29 - revised edition uploaded April 4 - revised edition uploaded January 18 - revised edition uploaded |
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