I think having a singing voice is a unique talent. It's kind of like a diamond. You can't manufacture a diamond - if you do it's a fake. But, it does have to be polished and put in its proper setting in order to be appreciated. - Sills interviewed in "Reverberations" by Robert Jacobson
non-commercial videography
These listings are the known recordings that are in public hands. They do not include those found only in TV & radio archives and museums.
Selections from some of these performances can be watched in our Video Room.
Don Pasquale |
Date : January 11, 1979 Location : Metropolitan Opera Artists : Gabriel Bacquier, Alfredo Kraus, Häkan Hagegärd, Nico Castel Conductor - Nicolo Rescigno |
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The Merry Widow |
Date : October 02, 1977 ( sung in English) Location : San Diego Opera Artists : Alan Titus, Glenys Fowles, Nolan Van Way, Jane Westbrook Conductor - Theo Alcantara |
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Le Coq D'or |
Date : November 09, 1971 ( sung in English) Location : New York City Opera Artists : Norman Treigle, Syble Young, Enrico Di Giuseppe Conductor - Julius Rudel |
Il Barbiere Di Sivilgia |
Date : May 1, 1980 Location : Teatro Juárez - Guanajuato, Mexico - Cervantes International Festival (New York City Opera on tour) Artists : Pablo Elvira, Henry Price, Justino Diaz Conductor - Imre Pallo |
Il Turco in Italia |
Date : October 04, 1978 ( sung in English) Location : New York City Opera Artists : Donald Gramm, Alan Kays, Alan Titus, Susanne Marsee Conductor - Julius Rudel |
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Sills in Concert with Indianapolis Symphony |
Date : October 14, 1979 Location : Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis, IN Conductor - John Nelson Aria Selections - Click here |
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Sills NYCO Farewell Gala |
Date : October 27, 1980 Location : New York City Opera Artists : Carol Burnett, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, Renata Scotto, Eileen Farrell, Placido Domingo, Donald Gramm, Dinah Shore, John Alexander, Cynthia Gregory, Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Dominic Cossa, Alan Titus, Gianna Rolandi, Richard Fredricks, Kitty Carlisle, James Billings Conductor - Julius Rudel |
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August 1937 (released in June 1938) "Uncle Sol Solves It" - Twentieth Century Fox short film Sills, age eight, appears as a precocious child who performs for Uncle Sol to judge where she should study singing. Sill sings Arditi's "Il bacio." (an excerpt of the Arditi is on the commercial DVD "Beverly Sills: Made in America") |
February 24, 1962 (videotaped)- telecast March 4,1962 Profile of Douglas Moore - American Musical Theater Workshop - WCBS-TV - 43 min. Earl Wrightson, host; Alfredo Antonini conducting the CBS Orchestra. Sills sings "Willow Song" from The Ballad of Baby Doe and "When all is still and fair" from Wings of a Dove ) |
May 31, 1971 (videotaped) BBC Profile in Music - Beverly Sills BBC-TV Studios, London - color, 80 mintues Sills sings (with full costuming and sets) "Una voce poco fa" (Barber of Seville), "Willow Song" (Ballad of Baby Doe), "Da tempeste" (Giulio Cesare), "Vivi, ingrato" (Roberto Devereux), "Gavotte" (Manon) and the Mad Scene (Lucia). Program includes length interviews with Bernard Levin. [This program was shown in the UK in 1972 but was not shown in the US until 1975, for which it won an Emmy Award) |
| September 23, 1971 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios - New York NY Sills sings Herbert's "Italian Street Song" and Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Rose and the Nightingale" |
| March 23, 1973 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Johann Strauss's "Voices of Spring" and Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" |
| July 19, 1973 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings "Vilia" from Lehàr's "The Merry Widow" |
| December 7, 1973 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Bellini's "Son vergin vezzosa" from I Puritani |
| December 5, 1974 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings "Vilia" from Lehàr's The Merry Widow and Ponce's "Estrellita" |
July 6, 1975 (original air date) - CBS "60 Minutes" Sills is interviewed by Mike Wallace at her Martha’s Vinyard home. Includes footage of Sills singing in rehearsal for “I Puritani” at NYCO and singing Koechlin’s “Si tu le veux” in recital at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia (Jan. 17, 1975). |
April 10-11, 1975 (matinees) MET Look In Hosted By Danny Kaye - guest Metropolitan Opera Sills sings spoof pastiche with Kaye, including Barbiere, Lakmé, Rigoletto & Traviata Telecast on CBS April 27 1975 (program made up of portions from both performances) Video is in black and white |
| July 9, 1975 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Herbert's "Italian Street Song" (different performance from 9-23-71) |
March 08-09, 1976 Sills & Burnett at the Met - CBS TV - co-host Metropolitan Opera Sills sings O luce di quest'anima, and Sills & Carol Burnett do a jazz/opera medley Telecast on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976 (program is a composite of the two performance dates) Video is in color |
| September 16, 1976 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" (different performance from 3-23-73) |
January 19, 1977 President Jimmy Carter' Inaugural Concert - Kennedy Center - CBS telecast Sills sings "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's Barber of Seville, Robert Shaw, cond. (only the aria is preserved) |
March 29, 1977 "Lifestyles with Beverly Sills" - syndicated half-hour talk show Guests: Mary Martin and Ethel Merman (no singing, just interviews) |
April 7, 1977 People's Command Performance - CBS telecast Sills sings " Je suis Titania" from Thomas's Mignon - includes comic interview with George Burns. (only the aria and the interview are preserved) |
November 16, 1977 (air date; videotaped in early October 1977) Dinah! (Dinah Shore daytime talk show) Los Angeles CA Sills sings Victor Herbert's "Italian Street Song" Video is in color |
| December 2, 1977 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Handel's "Let the Bright Seraphim" |
October 9, 1978 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Victor Herbert's "Art is Calling Me" (Sills was also guest host) (only the aria is preserved) |
| December 14, 1978 (NBC telecast) - Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall (videotaped in September 1978) 2-hour special from Radio City Music Hall - Sills and Ann-Margret sing an 11-minute medley/duet of movie songs; Sills also sings Mozart's "Alleluia" |
| June 4, 1979 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills as host (only the last 45 minutes of the 90 minute program was saved and does not include Sills singing) |
| November 30, 1979 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings Rossini's "La Pastorella delle Alpi" |
September 8-10, 1980 (telecast April 24, 1981) John Denver - ABC TV Special: “Music and the Mountains” – filmed in Aspen CO Sills sings Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim” and “Follow Me,” a duet with Denver |
| May 29, 1980 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - NBC Studios, Burbank CA Sills sings the folksong "Mother Dearest" |
October 20, 1980 Merv Griffin Show Sills sings Jerome Kern's "Why Do I Love You?" with Merv; Sills talks about her retirement and rejecting a movie on her life (only this 9-minute Sills segment is preserved) |
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