management skill and public relations talent, appearing on popular But either the invitations conflicted with Ms. Sillss other bookings or the offered repertory did not interest her. The cause was lung cancer, said her personal manager, Edgar Vincent, who added that Ms. Sills was not a smoker. wanted his daughter to become a teacher. [12] Her farewell performance was at San Diego Opera in 1980, where she shared the stage with Joan Sutherland in a production of Die Fledermaus.[13]. The budget had grown from $9 million to $26 million, and the $3 million deficit had become a $3 million surplus. Around the same time, it was discovered the former was deaf and the latter was "significantly" mentally challenged and autistic. During her performing career, with her combination of brilliant singing, ebullience and self-deprecating humor, Ms. Sills demystified opera and the fine arts in general in a way that a general public audience responded to. national chairman of the Mothers' March on Birth Defects. Ill put my voice to bed and go quietly and with pride, she said in an interview with The New York Times. Go to heaven shouting love for thy father and the son. Muffy (died July 3, 2016) was profoundly deaf and had multiple sclerosis; Peter, Jr. is severely mentally disabled. Water: Prefers well drained good garden soil, Tolerant of dry conditions in established plants, Intolerant of swampy conditions. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on October 5, 1977. Book by John Mason, 1996. until 1975. Her plain-spoken manner and telegenic vitality made her a genuine celebrity and an invaluable advocate for the fine arts. Beyond her voice she had a sense of humor which "demystified opera" and helped her get the general public more in to the fine arts. But Ms. Sills was a product of her native country and did not even perform in Europe until she was 36. Beverly Sills Inspirational, Motivational, Positive "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Yet reviewing her as Donizettis Lucia at the City Opera in early 1970, Mr. Schonberg wrote: The amazing thing about her Lucia is not so much the way she sings it, though that has moments of incandescent beauty, but the way she manages to make a living, breathing creature of the unhappy girl. He added that Ms. Sills delivered by far the most believable mad scene I have ever seen in any opera house.. she was a regular on a children's Saturday morning radio program. She was a sweet, warm, loving, trusting soul who brought light with her where ever she was. Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Una voce poco f" (Rosina) Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Sherrill Milnes, Renato Capecchi, Ruggero Raimondi, Michael Rippon, John Alldis Choir, Joseph Galiano, London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine & Fedora Barbieri feat. the point where I should, I think would break my heart. New York: Chelsea House, 1990. She left me with many fond memories of our relationship. Skits she performed include a rendition of "When the Bloom is on the Sage" with a tapdance interlude, and the opera "Pigoletto". Guy, Nancy (2015). She was at the zenith of her success during the 1950s to the 1970s. Diana is in classes for the educable. achieved professional competence on the piano as well, studying with She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high Ds and E-flats, with seemingly effortless agility. Last night Beverly Sills lost her battle with lung cancer, she died at her home in Manhattan at the age of 78. actively performing sixty of them in one hundred opera or concert Victoria Hight. Beverly Sills, the bubbly redhead from Brooklyn who rose to iconic status as one of the most beloved and best-known American opera divas of her generation, died Monday of cancer. The opera singer and administrator Beverly Sills, who has died of lung cancer in Manhattan, aged 78, was among the most acclaimed bel canto sopranos to emerge from the . July 19, 2007. . During these years, she remained the host of choice for numerous arts programs on Live from Lincoln Center television broadcasts. In 1956 Sills married Peter Bulkeley Greenough, associate editor of the Thats horrendous. Ms. Sills's own mother told her, "You are a lucky woman. The company had a sense of mission and vitality. She toured with several different small opera companies Her acclaimed debut at Londons Covent Garden came with Donizettis Lucia di Lammermoor in December 1970. Brooklyn, New York Bellini: I Puritani / Act 1 - Son vergin vezzosa. Work kept me going., Beverly Sills, All-American Diva, Is Dead at 78, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/arts/music/03sills.html. A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down. On October 29, 1955, she first appeared with the New York City Opera as Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, which received critical praise. PH Prefers Neutral to basic solis 6.1 to 8.5, quite toleranr of more extreme conditions Fertilizer Prefers rich conditions on relatively inorganic soils. He then tried to insist that Ms. Sills had a contract to fulfill. 2004 Preview Disc 1 1 I Puritani / Act 1: Son vergin vezzosa Beverly Sills, Julius Rudel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Heather Begg, Nicolai Gedda, Paul Plishka, Richard Van Allan, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy 5:54 2 I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Act 1: Eccomi.Oh! 1961 Bucky is . Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman in Brooklyn, New York, on He was a financial columnist at The Boston Globe from 1961 to 1969. Muffy, who attends a school for the deaf, usually accompanies Miss Sills on her tours. They knew nothing about autism then, Ms. Sills later wrote. 2. She was born in 1933 as Beverly Josephine Williams in Los Angeles to actress and comedian Joan Davis and actor and writer Si Wills. Mr. Greenoughs daughter by a previous marriage, Diana, 20, has the mental age of a 12 year old. Her major overseas appearances include London's Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, La Fenice in Venice, the Vienna State Opera, the Thtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, and concerts in Paris. But Im a cheerful woman. Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, 1969 Scenes and Arias from French Opera (nomination), 1970 Mozart and Strauss Arias (nomination), 1975 Profile in Music: Beverly Sills, Festival '75 (winner), 1978 Lifestyles with Beverly Sills (winner), 1981 Great Performances: Beverly! The highlight during this time came with her role as Helen of Troy in "Mephistopheles" with the San Francisco Opera in 1953. joined a Gilbert and Sullivan touring company in 1945. She is a member of famous Actress with the age 78 years old group. When she reported for work, she felt like a totally different artist. Beverly Sills. He is also an acute epileptic and needs 24-hour-a-day servicing. The login page will open in a new tab. Critics praised her adroit handling of the musics florid fioritura, her perfect trills, her exquisite pianissimo singing and her rich sound. In snagging that role for herself, Ms. Sills demonstrated a fierce determination born of long frustration. In January 1964, she sang her first Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute for Caldwell. Instead of accepting homage, she looks for the young mothers she can warn against rubella. But in 1979 he officially left the City Opera, and Ms. Sills assumed the post. Not long after, she became a star of radio, a fixture on several programs. She had two children with Greenough, Meredith ("Muffy") in 1959 and Peter, Jr. ("Bucky") in 1961. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in operas around the world and on recordings. "I can't go on," sings Beverly Sills, "everything I have is gone." The vocal richness she brings to "Stormy Weather" contradicts . A leading Italian critic, Franco Abbiati of Milans Corriere della Serra, commented: In many ways she reminds me Callas good presence, good face and, above all, a beautiful voice. The plan was for her to ease into the general directors post, sharing it with Mr. Rudel. Sills husband, who suffered from Alzheimer's, died last year. Voices like Beverly Sills, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, David Ruffin and so many more that . But the boys problems were severe, and he was eventually placed in an institution. She sang in mid-size cities and on college concert series, bringing her art to many who might never see her on stage in a fully staged opera. Her husband Peter died in September of 2006; ten months later Beverly would follow. As a newspaper reporter in Washington, D.C., surreptitiously covered the 1970s' Women's Liberation Movement. child stars of the movies. The very next day she assumed the Manteve atividade entre as dcadas de 1950 e 1970. New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston. This recording from 1955 is among her first and one that features the soprano at the peak of her talents voice. She has not let her learn sign language yet because, I want her to communicate through verbal language as long as possible. Muffy has minimal hearing and wears a hearing aid through which she can hear distorted noises. Offstage, Beverly Sills was the mother of a daughter who was born deaf, and a son who was profoundly disabled. On June 28, 2007, the Associated Press and CNN reported that Sills was hospitalized as "gravely ill", from lung cancer. Sills made her debut with the New York City Opera on October 29, 1955, Beverly Sills. She was 78. Sills restricted her performing schedule to care for her children. Sills was a phenomenally bright child off-the-charts IQ and a natural performer. continues to be a highly visible active public figure, promoting both The problems came to a head in 1956 when the conductor Joseph Rosenstock, the companys general director, resigned. Located on the northeast end of Belle Isle in the Detroit River, this light is unique in two ways. I stopped caring what anyone else thought. But she managed to rid herself of bitterness. A solidly trained child prodigy with enduring appeal, she was endowed with a superb voice, technical facility, and lively stage presence. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Wed 4 Jul 2007 18.57 EDT. But the one company notably missing from her international schedule was the Metropolitan Opera. She studied voice degrees from Harvard University, New York University, Temple University, How could I, with all thats happened to me. She is survived by her brother Peter Jr., three sisters, Lindley, Nancy. American singer, a soaring lyric operatic soprano and later arts administrator for the City Opera and the prestigious Metropolitan Opera House in New York. She finally did so in 1967, a guest of the Vienna State At the age of four Beverly Sills sings the role of Norina in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale, " at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 1980. Then a devastating warehouse fire destroyed 10,000 costumes for 74 productions. Because Morris Silverman worked on commission, the familys income fluctuated wildly, and they moved often. In her 1987 autobiography, she credits that tour with helping to develop the comic timing she soon became famous for: "I played the title role in Patience, and I absolutely loved the character, because Patience is a very funny, flaky girl. Bowes then asked her to appear on his Capitol Family Hour, a weekly variety show. Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman to parents of Russian-Jewish descent. In October 2002, she agreed to serve as chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera, for which she had been a board member since 1991. Her debut as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus was enthusiastically received by critics. That fall Mr. Schonbergs quite negative review of Ms. Sillss singing as Queen Elizabeth I in Donizettis Roberto Devereux was strongly countered by other critics, notably Alan Rich in New York magazine. In 1955, after seven previous unsuccessful auditions over a three-year period, Ms. Sills was accepted into the New York City Opera. The diagnoses of her childrens disabilities had come within a six-week period. She is currently an editor and reporter on the NYC Accountability desk in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom. As a child, she spoke Yiddish, Russian, Romanian, French, and English. Theres nothing phony about her chairmanship, she says. Still, Ms. Sills was a prodigious fund-raiser and a tireless booster. Mr. Rudel, convinced that going back to work would help her cope, sent lighthearted letters addressed to Dear Bubbala, suggesting absurd roles for her to sing, like Boris Godunov, and sharing opera gossip. Paolucci, Bridget. At age 3 she made her debut on a kiddie show and won a Brooklyn "beautiful baby" contest as well. Suddenly Ms. Sills found herself the stepmother to three daughters and the mistress of a 23-room house in Cleveland. Asked about the ecstatic reception she received when she made a belated debut at La Scala in Milan in 1969, Ms. Sills told the press, Its probably because Italians like big women, big bosoms and big backsides.. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was known for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recor. audience. I think my voice This, the second part of the article, takes the reader/listener from Meyerbeer to Richard Strauss to Donizetti (a complete performance of Lucia di . Died (78) Add to list Won 1 Primetime Emmy 5 wins & 5 nominations total Photos Known for Live from Lincoln Center Ms. Sills was nicknamed Bubbles at birth because, her mother said, she emerged from the womb with bubbles in her mouth, and the name stuck. In 1968 she had another enormous success in the title role of Massenets Manon. When the production was revived the next year, the New Yorker critic Winthrop Sergeant wrote: If I were recommending the wonders of New York City to a tourist, I should place Beverly Sills as Manon at the top of the list way ahead of such things as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building., In April of 1969 Ms. Sills made her La Scala debut, prompting a Newsweek cover story about Americas favorite diva and her European triumph. 23 SONGS 2 HOURS AND 1 MINUTE JAN 01 2004. She sang with scrupulous musicianship, rhythmic incisiveness and a vivid sense of text. She started singing by age 3, you can see her perform at age 7 in this video and by 16 she was going on long stints with touring opera companies. Liebling had coached Galli-Curci and was Ms. Sillss only vocal teacher. She said she did not sing anymore, even in the shower, to preserve the memory of her voice. . Muffy, you were loved, but you knew. Tonight I thought about Muffy, and it is so sad to learn of her death. I taught Muffy how to dive, the summer she stayed at the Vernon Manor hotel with her mother, Beverly Sills. Soprano Beverly Sills is America`s best-known opera singer, based on her performances during the 1960s and the 1970s. Though most of her fans knew that her struggle to the top had been long and tough, few realized just how long and how tough. The review went on to praise Sills as "beautiful to look at, graceful in movement, authoritative in style." Her mother, Shirley, was born Sonia Markovna in the Russian city of Odessa. She retired successfully from that leadership post in 1989 and five years later became chairman of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She stayed long enough to supervise the appointment of Peter Gelb, formerly head of Sony Classical Records, as the Met's general manager, to succeed Joseph Volpe in August 2006. She also sang concerts with a number of symphony orchestras. Cleveland Bubbles: An Encore. Download Donizetti: Roberto Devereux - original version / Act 1 - Nunzio son del Parlamento (Cecil, Sara, Elisabetta, Paggio, Raleigh, Coro) song . She and her husband had two children. Beverly Sills. Purchase Options. Those selections focused mostly on Mozart and Handel, with small side trips into Rossini and Gounod. Nygard is accused of drugging and raping females as young as 14 to satisfy his "near-daily" appetite for sex. Her father died in 2006, her mother the following year. (1976), Beverly Sills - Dunque io son! First she was the general manager of the New York City Opera, in 1994 she became the Chairman of Lincoln Center and in 2002 of the Metropolitan Opera. Listen to Donizetti: Roberto Devereux - original version / Act 1 - Nunzio son del Parlamento (Cecil, Sara, Elisabetta, Paggio, Raleigh, Coro) MP3 Song by Ambrosian Opera Chorus from the Italian movie Beverly Sills and Friends free online on Gaana. She plans to write Gov. These are the roles that Sills performed on stage or for television or radio.[19]. The Board of Trustees of the Salzburg Festival, The Juilliard Schools Dean and Director of Music,. Peter Nygard's son persuaded model mom to expose decades of alleged abuse. We know what happens to the mothers. The New York Times reported that although the Metropolitan Opera's staging of The Siege of Corinth was impressive, "everything . Anyone can read what you share. We feel weve triumphed with her, Miss Sills says. Miss Sills has already learned sign language II only took me an hour and will teach it to Buffy some day. chairwoman of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Doctors have made a hook-up between the retardation of Diana and Bucky, however, so the Greenoughs do not trust themselves to have more children. State park & harbor situated on the Detroit River right outside the heart of downtown Detroit. Select your subscription length below and head to the checkout: Please log in again. In 2015 she won a spot in the inaugural Amtrak Residency program and traveled the nation via rail. As a newspaper reporter in Washington, D.C., surreptitiously covered the 1970s Womens Liberation Movement. New Yorker critic Winthrop Sergeant even wrote of her: If I were recommending the wonders of New York City to a tourist, I should place Beverly Sills as Manon at the top of the list way ahead of such things as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. Manon was a title role she had in 1968, just after her famous "Cleopatra". (her farewell performance), 1973 New York University and New England Conservatory of Music, 1970 Musical America Musician of the Year, 1971 Inducted as a National Patroness of, 1973 Handel Medallion from New York City for artistic achievement, 1979 Recording Industry of America Cultural Award, 1980 Golden Baton, American Symphony Orchestra League, 2005 Beverly Sills Artist Award established by the Metropolitan Opera ($50,000 annual award), 1984 Charles S. Hughes Gold Medal Award National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1985 Gold Medal from National Institute of Social Sciences. She was critically ill with cancer on June 28, 2007. television programs and in other ways representing opera to a wide (Obviously) a non-smoker all her life, Beverly nevertheless developed lung cancer. Sills used her celebrity to bring attention to and further the charity work she did for the prevention and treatment of birth defects. [1], NPR said her voice was "Capable of spinning a seemingly endless legato line, or bursting with crystalline perfection into waves of dazzling fioriture and thrilling high notes."[2]. Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera. Ms. Sillss two children, both of Manhattan, survive her, as do her stepchildren, Lindley Thomasett, of Bedford, N.Y.; Nancy Bliss, of Woodstock, N.Y.; and Diana Greenough, of Lancaster, Mass. Beyond the vocal acrobatics, she made Cleopatra a queenly, charismatic and complex character. After unproductive talks with Mr. Rudel, Ms. Sills told him that she would resign from the City Opera if he did not give her the role, and that her husband would secure Carnegie Hall for a recital in which she would sing five of Cleopatras arias. arias (solos). Product details Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Language : English Product Dimensions : 5.6 x 5 x 1.1 inches; 7.2 Ounces Manufacturer : RCA Victor Beverly Sills (singer, born May 26, 1929, Brooklyn, New York - d. July 2, 2007) The evolution of "Bubbly" Silverman, the little girl from Brooklyn who sang Rinso White radio commercials, to Beverly ("Bubbles") Sills, international coloratura soprano of the first magnitude, was a long one. She helped pull the New York City Opera out of both financial Her singing gifts were detected early on and she began to study at age 7. May she Rest In Peace. Her two children and one grandchild survive. Her loyal commitment to what at the time was an enterprising but second-tier company may have prevented her from achieving wider success earlier in her career. Drought tolerant, highly resistant to deer and rabbits, very attractive to butterflies! Gothamist is a website about New York City news, arts, events and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio. During her day, American opera singers routinely went overseas for training and professional opportunities. 2023 New York Public Radio. This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 03:03. she had memorized between fifty and sixty operas. Although Sills' voice type was characterized as a "lyric coloratura", she took a number of heavier spinto and dramatic coloratura roles more associated with heavier voices as she grew older, including Bellini's Norma, Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (with Susanne Marsee as Orsini) and the latter composer's "Three Queens", Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux (opposite Plcido Domingo in the title part). Muffy had a great summer, she learned to dive. Urbana, Chicago: University of Illinois Press. Harold C. Schonberg, then the chief music critic of The New York Times, fretted in his columns about Ms. Sillss inconsistency. You have daughter who can do everything except hear. She toured North America with the Charles Wagner Opera Company, in the fall of 1951 singing Violetta in La traviata and, in the fall of 1952, singing Micala in Carmen. Ms. Sills was correct about the effect that singing Cleopatra would have on her career. she sang her first operatic role with the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) On November 17, 1956, Sills married journalist Peter Greenough, of the Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper The Plain Dealer and moved to Cleveland. She was survived by her two children and three step-children from Peter Greenough's first marriage. Other operas she sang at the Met include La Traviata,[10] Lucia di Lammermoor, Thas, and Don Pasquale (directed by John Dexter). In the spring of 1979, she began acting as co-director of NYCO, and became its sole general director as of the fall season of that year, a post she held until 1989, although she remained on the NYCO board until 1991. Until Bucky was 7, Miss Sills and her housekeeper spelled each other taking care of him. But when she swept through the stage door at 20 minutes to curtain time and found out, she said, expansively, Come on, weve still got time, lets talk. And she leads the way down the hall, gaudily dressed in a yellow sequined gown, warming up her voice as she goes. [1], At the age of three, Sills won a "Miss Beautiful Baby" contest, in which she sang "The Wedding of Jack and Jill". La Loca was the first work written expressly as a vehicle for Sills and was her last new role, as she retired the following year. Sills began taking singing lessons with Estelle Liebling at the age of seven and a year later sang in the short film Uncle Sol Solves It (filmed August 1937, released June 1938 by Educational Pictures), by which time she had adopted her stage name, Beverly Sills. At 4 she made her debut on a Saturday morning childrens show called Rainbow House, quickly becoming a weekly fixture on the show. She starred in eight opera productions televised on PBS and several more on other public TV systems. Tangerine beard. Beverly Sills sings the role of Manon in a performance of the Jules Massenet opera "Manon" at the New York City Opera, 1969. I was privileged to have known her! In 1945, Sills made her professional stage debut with a Gilbert and Sullivan touring company produced by Jacob J. Shubert, playing twelve cities in the US and Canada, in seven different Gilbert and Sullivan operas. With support, their daughter thrived over time. Beverly Sills, 1929 525 - 2007 72 19601970 1980 . Beverly Sills was a famous American operatic soprano. On September 15, 1953, she made her debut with the San Francisco Opera as Helen of Troy in Boito's Mefistofele and also sang Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni the same season. You know, ask the guy who owns one, says Miss Sills. Still, at the time, the production and Ms. Sillss portrayal were revelations. He had invited her several times to sing with the Met, Bing later said. Buffy was born deaf and suffered from multiple sclerosis. Billed as "the youngest prima donna in captivity," Sills Along with Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland, she was an acknowledged exponent of the bel canto Italian repertory during the period of its post-World War II revival. Stardom came with the role of Cleopatra in Handel's "Julius Caesar" in 1966 at Lincoln Center, and she confirmed it with subsequent roles in "Le Coq d'Or, "Mamon", "Lucia di Lammermoor" "The Siege of Corinth" and "Il Trittico".Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she made herself available to the public in lighter forums at such open venues as the Hollywood Bowl. The Ballad of Baby Doe. Listen to The Very Best Of Beverly Sills by Beverly Sills on Apple Music. Dubbed "America's Queen of Opera" in 1971 by Time magazine, Beverly Sills, the lovely blonde with the toothy smile and fireplace-warm personality, also gained notice for her rise to stardom without benefit of European training, eventually paving the way for other American-trained singers to succeed without the accustomed "Met certification". John Constable. [1][3] Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Odessa, Ukraine, (then part of Russia) and Bucharest, Romania. Sills's now high-profile career landed her on the cover of Time in 1971, where she was described as "America's Queen of Opera". Membership benefits will include a daily digest of stories delivered to your email, and occasional exclusive offers from our partners. Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera. One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, among the longest such associations between a singer and a company in opera. She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high Ds and E-flats, with seemingly effortless agility. Soprano opera singer Beverly Sills (1929-2007) guest starred on The Muppet Show in episode 409. January 5, 1981. So does Mr. Greenough, a former newspaperman who retired recently when The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, founded by his grandfather, was sold. Beverly Sills paid me $5.00 to sit for a performance, double the going rate for a teenage sitter. Their son, Peter, was diagnosed with mental retardation, and daughter, Muffy, exhibited a severe hearing loss. In 1955 Ms. Sills joined the New York City Opera, which then performed in the City Center building on West 55th Street. On July 9, 1946, Sills appeared as a contestant on the radio show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. By Joseph McLellan. Beverly Sills, the ebullient opera star who enchanted audiences worldwide with her silvery soprano and outgoing personality before embarking on a second career as an arts administrator and. Beverly Sills, the acclaimed Brooklyn-born coloratura soprano who was more popular with the American public than any opera singer since Enrico Caruso, even among people who never set foot in an. With her daughter at her bedside, Beverly Sills succumbed to cancer on July 2, 2007, at the age of 78. As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. general directorship of the New York City Opera. Beverly Sills - Una Voce Poco Fa!! Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily. The first apartment Ms. Sills recalled living in was a one-bedroom flat where she shared the bedroom with her parents while her older brothers, Sidney and Stanley, slept on a Hide-a-Bed in the foyer. And few singers matched her deadpan comic timing and physical nimbleness in lighter roles like Rosina in Rossinis Barbiere di Siviglia, whom Ms. Sills portrayed as a ditsy yet determined young woman, and Marie, the tomboylike heroine raised by a military regiment in Donizettis Fille du Rgiment.. She was a wonderful, warm, kind, full of laughter and life, daughter of Beverly Sills. 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