One of this country's great operatic voices has fallen silent: Soprano Beverly Sills, with her soaring, silvery voice and irrepressible personality, died of cancer this evening. She was 78. She was ...

Beverly Sills, whose sparkling coloratura soprano and warm, spunky personality made her an international opera celebrity and whose experience as a mother made her a passionate advocate for children ...

An auction of the late soprano Beverly Sills’ estate fetched more than a half-million dollars Wednesday – far more than expected for the costume designs, art and other personal items. Sills died in ...

(Reuters) - Following are some facts about world-renowned soprano Beverly Sills, who died on Monday evening in New York from inoperable lung cancer aged 78. * Sills went from stardom on the opera ...

She presented musicians, opera singers and dancers. “I don’t think of Judy as” an impresario, Itzhak Perlman said. “I think of her as a friend.” By Daniel E. Slotnik Mr. Capobianco created major ...

"Beverly Sills: Made in America," to be aired Monday night on KCTS/9, is a valentine to the former soprano and arts executive. Even though she did not leave public life upon her retirement from the ...

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