Beverly Sills (left, oops, right!) singing a blues duet with Carol Burnett
You have probably heard or read the news elsewhere that the great soprano Beverly Sills has died. As someone whose primary image of Ms. Sills outside of her recordings and her work as an arts administrator are her appearances as fill-in host for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, I can't add much to the coverage and memorials. However, I can't let the passing of someone so important go unacknowledged. Here are some links to the best of the coverage I have come across:
New York Times: Beverly Sills, All-American Diva, Is Dead at 78 (Anthony Tommasini)
New York Times: Beverly Sills, An Appraisal (Anthony Tommasini)
Baltimore Sun: Sills Opened World of Opera (Tim Smith)
Carol Burnett Remembers Friend Beverly Sills (NPR)
Ms. Sills gave three recitals for the Celebrity Series during her career: October 30, 1970; April 15, 1973; and February 24, 1976, all at Symphony Hall.
The caption text for the Burnett and Sills photo misidentifies Sills as left, when she appears to the right of Burnett in the image...
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