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Beverly Sills
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American operatic soprano (1929-2007)
OverviewAI-generated
Beverly Sills was an American opera singer and actor who began her work period in 1948. She performed as a coloratura soprano, utilizing her voice as her primary instrument. Her career included recordings with EMI and ABC Records. Sills was also an autobiographer and musician. She held the position of chairperson and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Born in 1929, Sills died of lung cancer in New York City in 2007. Her manner of death was natural causes. She is buried at Kensico Cemetery. Her family name was Silverman. She received several awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the National Women's Hall of Fame, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Kennedy Center Honors. She is recognized in collections for the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the American Academy Arts Sciences.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)2019
- The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center — Host2006
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream — Self1981
- John Denver: Music and the Mountains — Self1981
- Don Pasquale — Norina1979
- The Kennedy Center Honors — Self1978
- The People's Command Performance: '77 — Self1977
- Sills and Burnett at the Met — Self1976
- New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville — Rosina1976
- La Traviata — Violetta1976
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929
- Active to
- 2007
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,914
- Total plays
- 22,110
Tags
Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007), fondly known as "Bubbles" to her many fans, was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in operas around the world and on recordings. After retiring from singing in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. In 1994, she became the Chairman of Lincoln Center and then, in 2002, of the Metropolitan Opera, stepping down in 2005. <a href="htt
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1929-05-25 ) 25 May 1929, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- 2 July 2007 (2007-07-02) (aged 78), New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Opera singer ( soprano )
- Years active
- 1954–1980
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Beverly
- Family name
- Silverman
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Position held
- chairperson
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.beverlysillsonline.com
- Image
- Beverly Sills in "Manon", cropped.jpg
- Voice type
- coloratura soprano
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- Commons category
- Beverly Sills
- date of birth
- 1929-05-25
- date of death
- 2007-07-02
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- Fach vocal classification
- coloratura soprano
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- birth name
- Belle Silverman
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Encyclopedic overview
Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman; May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose career peak was between the 1950s and 1970s.
Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was especially renowned 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 Donizetti's Roberto Devereux.
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