#OTD #TDIH #July2, 2007 #DOTD: #RIP #BeverlySills. #Singers #Sopranos #ColoraturaSopranos #GreatSingers #Opera #ClassicalMusic #NewYorkCityOpera #LincolnCenter #MusicSky
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#OnThisDay in 2007, #BeverlySills [Belle Miriam Silverman], American operatic soprano, died of lung cancer at 78.
#RIP 🪦

"Manon"

Belle Miriam Silverman was born in Brooklyn #OnThisDay in 1929 the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Odessa, to achieve fame as #BeverlySills, one of the greatest #opera singers the US has ever produced; here's the Gavotte from #Manon
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Beverly Sills

Belle Miriam Silverman was born in NYC #OnThisDay in 1929, becoming one of the leading sopranos of her day; #BeverlySills then became general manager of NYC Opera; here's "O luce di quest'anima" from Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix":
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#OnThisDay in 1929, #BeverlySills [Belle Miriam Silverman], American operatic soprano, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007).
#RIP 🪽🥀

#OTD #TDIH #July2, 2007 #May 25, 1929: #BOTD: #HBD #BeverlySills! #Singers #Sopranos #ColoraturaSopranos #GreatSingers #Opera #ClassicalMusic #NewYorkCityOpera #LincolnCenter #ClassicalSky #MusicSky
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Beverly Sills

"L'Assedio di Corinto" (The Siege of Corinth) will be broadcast
@wqxr.bsky.social at 1 p.m. EDT on Saturday with #BeverlySills in her Met debut, Thomas Schippers conducting #GioachinoRossini's #opera on the 50th anniversary of Bubbles' Met debut in 1975:

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... #BeverlySills (who was revered for spending time out in the sticks, in addition to #NYCO) performed Marie in #ShreveportLA (50 mi from my little hometown) with #JohnAlexander as her Tonio. Unbelievable! So, you picked a favorite to highlight here! Thanks!

#happyfriday #begoodhumans #beverlysills

Beverly Sills

#BeverlySills was born in Brooklyn #OnThisDay in 1929, becoming one of the leading sopranos of her day & general manager of #NewYorkCity #Opera; here's "O luce di quest'anima" from Gaetano Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix" (5.4.69)":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivv...
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