Beverly Sills, left, the opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. (Getty ...

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 ...

When the Forward was preparing its 100th anniversary special edition in August 1997, Beverly Sills (who, at age 78, died July 2 of lung cancer) was one of several dozen New York personalities and ...

At first glance, the election of one-time operatic diva Beverly Sills as chairman of the board of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts seems to be a good thing. At a time when high culture and its ...

Renowned opera singer Beverly Sills would have celebrated her 90th birthday on May 25. She was born in New York City to Jewish Eastern European immigrants who valued hard work and appreciation of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not just because of his barechested good looks. Nathan Gunn can sing, too. The baritone, who performed half-in-the-buff for the Metropolitan Opera's recent production of "An ...

Last November, the opera world shrieked with gratitude when David Letterman put a few singers from the Metropolitan Opera on his show. It was a one-off, a novelty highbrow gesture, whereas a ...

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One of the country's great operatic voices fell silent last night. Soprano Beverly Sills died from lung cancer at her home in Manhattan. She was 78 years old. With a silvery voice that soared high and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Beverly Sills made her 1975 metropolitan Opera debut in Rossini's "The ...