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Beverly Sills

1929 - 2007

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beverly Sills is the 1,326th most popular singer (up from 1,426th in 2019), the 7,272nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,313th in 2019) and the 365th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Beverly Sills ranks 1,326 out of 4,381. Before her are Roy Eldridge, Anna Oxa, Viktor Lazlo, BoA, André Hazes, and Juan Pons. After her are George London, Aneka, Shirley Horn, Elisabeth Andreassen, Antonina Nezhdanova, and Sheena Easton.

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Among people born in 1929, Beverly Sills ranks 365. Before her are Nusrat Bhutto, Larry Collins, John Julius Norwich, Tommy Banks, Yvette Williams, and Chi Haotian. After her are Günter Kunert, Harry Frankfurt, Lady Pamela Hicks, Marcel Amont, Kenneth MacMillan, and Ernesto Grillo. Among people deceased in 2007, Beverly Sills ranks 275. Before her are Joseph Nérette, Giorgio Anglesio, Melville Shavelson, Tetsuo Okamoto, Benito Lorenzi, and Adam Kozłowiecki. After her are Édouard Gagnon, Joey Bishop, Iwao Takamoto, Eva Crane, Atilio Cremaschi, and Kei Kumai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beverly Sills ranks 7,274 out of 20,380. Before her are Chi McBride (1961), Sandra Bem (1944), Sidney Howard (1891), Steve Aoki (1977), Earl Holliman (1928), and Armen Alchian (1914). After her are Brian Greene (1963), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Robert Preston (1918), David Spade (1964), Albert William Herre (1868), and Jack Irons (1962).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Beverly Sills ranks 365. Before her are Sheila E. (1957), Jello Biafra (1958), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Evelyn Lear (1926), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), and Roy Eldridge (1911). After her are Shirley Horn (1934), Reba McEntire (1955), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Stephen Marley (1972), and Roger McGuinn (1942).

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