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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
181Deh! con te li prendi Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.04

Type: duetVoice: S S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Adalgisa
182Morta al mondo e morta Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.10

Type: quartetVoice: S Br S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria/Cecil/Elisabetta/Roberto
183Allenta il pie Regina Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.01

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Maria
184Qui te fait si severe Popularity:

Opera: ThaisComposer: MassenetAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: French

Roles: Athanaël
185Anna qui piu sommessi favellate Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.12

Type: aria,choirVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna
186Ah! non m'inganna la gioia Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.05

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria/Roberto
187Come si grave scorno soffrir Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.17

Type: recitative,quartetVoice: S B B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Selim/Don Geronio/Narciso
188Odi..qual suon si desta Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.10

Type: duet,choirVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Giorgio
189Ah! si fa core e abbracciami Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.20

Type: duetVoice: S S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Adalgisa
190In quegli sguardi impresso Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.25

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Enrico
191Lassu in cielo Popularity:

Opera: RigolettoComposer: VerdiAct: 4.08-2

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rigoletto/Gilda
192Manon sphinx étonnant Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 4.06

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Chevalier/Manon
193Dans le ciel sans voile Popularity:

Opera: Pêcheurs de perles, Les (The Pearl Fishers)Composer: BizetAct: 1.14

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Leïla
194Non abbiate paura Popularity:

Opera: Don PasqualeComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.06

Type: recitativeVoice: Br S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Dr Malatesta/Norina/Don Pasquale
195Ma bravi ma benone Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.18

Type: recitativeVoice: Br cA/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Figaro/Rosina
196Mio padre Dio mia Gilda! Popularity:

Opera: RigolettoComposer: VerdiAct: 3.05

Type: recitativeVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gilda/Rigoletto
197Via caro sposino Popularity:

Opera: Don PasqualeComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.05

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norina/Don Pasquale
198Desta si tosto Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.14-1

Type: recitativeVoice: B S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Anna/Percy
199Alfredo? per parigi or partiva Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.03-1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Violetta
200Ah! disgraziati noi Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.16-2

Type: recitativeVoice: Br T cA/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Figaro/Count/Rosina
201Fini mi lassa Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.05-1

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Arturo
202Qual mesto suon Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.19

Type: recitativeVoice: S T cA BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Hervey/Smeton/Rochefort
203Donna reale a piedi tuoi Popularity:

Opera: Roberto DevereuxComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.08

Type: recitativeVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Roberto/Elisabetta
204Voici les élégantes Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 3.07

Type: recitative,choirVoice: Br SLanguage: French

Roles: Brétigny/Manon
205Si taciturna e mesta Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.04

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giovanna
206Suon d'araldi? Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.11

Type: recitativeVoice: T S Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arturo/Elvira/Riccardo/Giorgio
207Depuis l'instant ou dans mes bras Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.10

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: French

Roles: Marie/Tonio
208Cavalier ti colse il Dio Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.09

Type: trio,choirVoice: Br B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio/Elvira
209Venite signorina Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.04

Type: recitativeVoice: B cA/Mz TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bartolo/Rosina/Count
210Che vecchio sospettoso Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.11-1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Berta
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