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Beverly Sills

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1929
Year of Death: 2007

About Beverly Sills:

Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s.

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 recordings. Sills was largely associated with the operas of Donizetti, of which she performed and recorded many roles. Her signature roles include the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, the title role in Massenet's Manon, Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment, the three heroines in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, and most notably Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux.

The New York Times noted, "In her prime her technique was exemplary. She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high Ds and E-flats, with seemingly effortless agility. She sang with scrupulous musicianship, rhythmic incisiveness and a vivid sense of text." NPR commented, her voice was "Capable of spinning a seemingly endless legato line, or bursting with crystalline perfection into waves of dazzling fiorature and thrilling high notes."

After retiring from singing in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. In 1994, she became the chairwoman of Lincoln Center and then, in 2002, of the Metropolitan Opera, stepping down in 2005. Sills lent her celebrity to further her charity work for the prevention and treatment of birth defects.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
61Chacun le sait Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marie
62Giovanna ho dei rimorsi Popularity:

Opera: RigolettoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.05-2

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gilda/Duke
63Tornami a dir che m'ami Popularity:

Opera: Don PasqualeComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.13

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norina/Ernesto
64Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande Popularity:

Opera: Fledermaus, DieComposer: Strauss jrAct: 3.04

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Adele
65Alfredo Alfredo di questo core Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.21

Type: quartetVoice: T Br S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alfredo/Giorgio/Violetta/Barone
66Toi! Vous! Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 3.26

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: French

Roles: Manon/Chevalier
67Pura siccome un angelo Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Violetta
68Come per me sereno Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.04

Type: aria,choirVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina
69A vos jeux mes amis Popularity:

Opera: HamletComposer: ThomasAct:

Type: Voice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles:
70Svegliatevi nel core Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.06

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
71Allons il le faut! Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 2.09

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Manon
72Convien partir Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles:
73Contro un cor che accende amore Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.05-1

Type: duetVoice: cA/Mz TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rosina/Count
74Quando rapito in estasi Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lucia
75Oh! rimembranza Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.19-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Adalgisa
76Deh! tu di un umile preghiera Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.14

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria/Anna
77Sombre forêt Popularity:

Opera: Guillaume TellComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Mathilde
78Non si da follia maggiore Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.08

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla
79Piangete voi? Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.17

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna
80Einer wird kommen Popularity:

Opera: Zarewitsch, DerComposer: LéharAct:

Type: Voice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles:
81Oh! di qual sei tu vittima Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.23

Type: trioVoice: S T S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Pollione/Adalgisa
82Sulla tomba che rinserra Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.10

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Edgardo/Lucia
83Robert toi que j'aime Popularity:

Opera: Robert le DiableComposer: MeyerbeerAct: 4

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Isabelle
84Il vecchiotto cerca moglie Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.12

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Berta
85Nella pace del mesto riposo Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.04

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria
86Sgombra e la sacra selva Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.12

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Adalgisa
87O beau pays de la Touraine Popularity:

Opera: Hugenots, LesComposer: MeyerbeerAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marguerite
88Grossmachtige Prinzessin Popularity:

Opera: Ariadne auf NaxosComposer: StraussAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Zerbinetta
89Willow Song Popularity:

Opera: Ballad of Baby Doe, TheComposer: MooreAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles:
90Ah! ritorna qual ti spero Popularity:

Opera: Roberto DevereuxComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.07

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elisabetta
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