Beverly Sills on Maria Stuarda as singer & NYCO director

Georg Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto - "Da tempeste" Beverly  Sills
Beverly Sills surely was one of the greatest sopranos of the past century, moreover a true vocal virtuoso and, even more importantly, a very lovely person :-). Her recordings of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" & "Roberto Devereux" are hard to beat (especially if we are talking about the latter), her Lucia still brings tears to our eyes and her perky Norina & Fiorilla make us laugh. Come to think of it, Sills was a very rare kind of singer: she gave meaning to everything she sang; even the silliest aria became a small masterpiece in her hands. The present except proves these points. Cleopatra's "Da tempeste" is a quite difficult aria, technically speaking, but Sills astounds us with the easiness of her singing without any apparent effort, while managing to convey the character of Cleopatra properly.
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Katie Couric's Notebook: Beverly Sills (CBS News)

Cielo! Che Diverro...Si, ferite -- Beverly Sills

The "Son vergin vezzosa" Contest - Beverly Sills
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Beverly Sills for the March of Dimes

Adolph Adam (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - Le toreadeur - "Ah! vous
Gaetano Donizetti - Rosmonda d'Inghilterra - "Perche non ho" (Beverly  Sills
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Beverly Sills & Richard Fredricks: ROBERTO DEVEREUX - "Non venni mai si mesto
Beverly Sills, Richard Fredricks & John Alexander: ROBERTO DEVEREUX - "Terzetto"

Beverly Sills Farewell Performance.
Sills highlights her career and sings a tearful final encore of the Portuguese Folk Song: "Tell Me Why" that Estelle Liebling, her only voice teacher, gave her when she was ten. As a tribute to Liebling, Sills ended every recital with this song. Her long-time accompanist, Charles Wadsworth, plays for this final, moving performance.
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