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Беверли Силс (25 мамыр 1929 – 2 шілде 2007) – американдық опералық сопрано және импресарио. Оның мансабының шары 1950-1970 жылдар аралығында болды. Ол Гендель мен Моцарттан бастап Пуччини, Массене және Вердидің репертуарын орындағанымен, операдағы және жазбалардағы колоратуралық сопрано рөлдеріндегі өнерімен ерекше танымал болды. Силс көбінесе Доницетти операларымен байланысты болды, оның көптеген рөлдерін орындап, жазды. Оның есімді рөлдеріне Доницеттидің «Люсия ди Ламмермур» операсындағы басты рөл, Массенедің «Манон» операсындағы басты рөл, Доницеттидің «Регимент қызы» операсындағы Мари, Оффенбахтың «Хоффманның әңгімелері» операсындағы үш қаһарман, Россинидің «Севильский шаштараз» операсындағы Розина, Вердидің «Травиата» операсындағы Виолетта және ең бастысы Доницеттидің «Роберто Деверо» операсындағы Элизабетта кіреді. «Нью-Йорк Таймс» газеті оның техникасы үлгілі екенін атап өтті: «Ол колоратуралық роляларды және әшекейлерді, жарқын жоғары D және E ноталарын, көрінетіндей, оңай икемділікпен орындай алатын. Ол тамаша музыкалық біліммен, ырғақтық нақтылықпен және мәтінге терең сезіммен ән айтты». 1980 жылы әншіліктен зейнетке шыққаннан кейін ол Нью-Йорк операсының бас директоры болды. 1994 жылы Линкольн орталығының, ал 2002 жылы Метрополитен операсының төрағасы болды және 2005 жылы қызметтен кетті. Силс өзінің танымал атын туа біткен кемістіктердің алдын алу және емдеу жөніндегі қайырымдылық жұмысына арнады.
American operatic soprano and impresario (1929–2007)
Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career 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. The New York Times noted,
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In her prime her technique was exemplary. She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high Ds and E flats, with seemingly effortless agility. She sang with scrupulous musicianship, rhythmic incisiveness and a vivid sense of text. After retiring from singing in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. In 1994, she became the chairwoman of Lincoln Center and then, in 2002, of the Metropolitan Opera, stepping down in 2005. Sills lent her celebrity to further her charity work for the prevention and treatment of birth defects.
Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career 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. The New York Times noted,
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In her prime her technique was exemplary. She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high Ds and E flats, with seemingly effortless agility. She sang with scrupulous musicianship, rhythmic incisiveness and a vivid sense of text. After retiring from singing in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. In 1994, she became the chairwoman of Lincoln Center and then, in 2002, of the Metropolitan Opera, stepping down in 2005. Sills lent her celebrity to further her charity work for the prevention and treatment of birth defects.
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Беверли Силлс Бруклиннің Краун-Хайтс ауданында, Нью-Йорк қаласында, Шерли Банн (туған жері Соня Марковна), музыкант, және Моррис Сильвермен, сақтандыру брокері отбасында дүниеге келді. Оның ата-анасы Украинаның Одесса қаласынан (сол кезде Ресейдің бір бөлігі) және Румынияның Бухарест қаласынан келген еврей иммигранттары еді. Ол Бруклинде өсті, онда достары арасында "Баблз" Сильвермен деп аталды. Бала кезінде ол идиш, орыс, румын, француз және ағылшын тілдерін білді. 1945 жылы Силлс Джейкоб Дж. Шуберт қойған Гилберт және Салливанның гастрольдік труппасымен кәсіби сахнада тұңғыш рет өнер көрсетті, АҚШ және Канаданың он екі қаласында жеті түрлі Гилберт және Салливан операларын орындады. 1987 жылғы автобиографиясында ол бұл гастрольдің оның тез арада танымал болған комедиялық уақытын дамытуға көмектескенін айтады: "Мен Patience операсындағы атау рөлін ойнадым – өте күлкілі, шалақы қыз. Мен оны ақымақ Дора ретінде ойнадым, менде шалақылыққа қабілеттілік бар екенін білдім, және сахнада оны көрсету қызықты болды". Силлс тағы бірнеше жыл оперетталарда ән шырқады. 1946 жылдың 9 шілдесінде Силлс Артур Годфридің "Талантты іздеушілер" радиошоуында қатысушы ретінде пайда болды. Ол Шубертпен келісімшартта болғандықтан "Вики Линн" псевдонімімен ән айтты. Шуберт Годфридің егер ол байқауда жеңіске жетсе, "Беверли Силлсті" өзі тапқандығын айтқанын қаламады (бірақ ол ақыры жеңіске жетпеді). Силлс Виктор Герберттің "Фортунашы" операсынан "Ром өмірі" әнін орындады. Силлс 1951 жылдың 14 ақпанында Филадельфия Граждандық Гранд Опера Компаниясымен Бизенің "Кармен" операсында Фраскита рөлінде опералық сахнада тұңғыш рет өнер көрсетті (көптеген сілтемелерде қате түрде 1947 жыл деп көрсетілген). 1951 жылдың күзінде ол Чарльз Вагнер Опера Компаниясымен Солтүстік Америкада гастрольдік сапарда болды, "La traviata" операсында Виолетта рөлін, ал 1952 жылдың күзінде "Кармен" операсында Микаэла рөлін орындады. 1953 жылдың 15 қыркүйегінде ол Сан-Франциско операсында Бойтоның "Мефистофель" операсында Троялық Елена рөлінде дебют жасады және сол маусымда "Дон Джованни" операсында Донна Эльвира рөлін орындады. Ол әдетте орындайтын репертуардан тыс қадам ретінде, Силлс 1954 жылдың шілдесінде Солт-Лейк-Ситиде Аиданың басты рөлін төрт рет орындады. 1955 жылдың 29 қазанында ол алғаш рет Нью-Йорк опера театрында Иоганн Штраустың "Жарқанат" операсында Розалинда рөлінде өнер көрсетті, бұл өте мақтауға ие болды. 1956 жылы ол Левисон стадионында 13000-нан астам көрермен алдында белгілі опералық дирижер Альфредо Антонинимен бірге Беллинидің "I puritani" операсынан ария орындады. Оның беделі 1958 жылы Дуглас Мурдың "Бейби Доу балладасы" операсының Нью-Йорк премьерасында басты рөлді ойнауымен кеңейді. 1956 жылдың 17 қарашасында Силлс Кливлендтегі "The Plain Dealer" газетінің журналисі Питер Грингоға үйленді және Кливлендке көшіп барды. Грингомен 1959 жылы Мередит ("Маффи") және 1961 жылы Питер, Ж. ("Бакки") атты екі баласы болды. Мюффи (2016 жылдың 3 шілдесінде қайтыс болды) толық саңырау және көп қабатты склерозбен ауырған; Питер, Ж. ауыр психикалық мүгелектікке ұшыраған. Силлс балаларына күтім жасау үшін өнер көрсету кестесін шектеді. 1960 жылы Силлс отбасымен Бостонға жақын Милтон қаласына (Массачусетс штаты) көшіп барды. 1962 жылы Силлс Бостон опера компаниясымен Массенедің "Манон" операсында басты рөлді орындады, бұл опера режиссері Сара Колдуэллдің көптеген рөлдерінің алғашқысы болды. Манон өзінің мансабының басым бөлігінде Силлстің таңбаланған рөлдерінің бірі болды. 1964 жылдың қаңтар айында ол өзінің алғашқы Түннің патшайымын Моцарттың "Солдат флейтасы" операсында Колдуэлл үшін орындады. Силлс өзінің колоратура техникасы мен орындаушылығы үшін сыншылардың мақтауына ие болса да, ол соңғы рөлді ұнатпады; ол екі ария мен финал арасындағы уақытты мерекелік хаттарды толтырумен өткізетінін байқады.
Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, to Shirley Bahn (née Sonia Markovna), a musician, and Morris Silverman, an insurance broker. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Odesa, Ukraine, (then part of Russia) and Bucharest, Romania. She was raised in Brooklyn, where she was known, among friends, as "Bubbles" Silverman. As a child, she spoke Yiddish, Russian, Romanian, French, and English. In 1945, Sills made her professional stage debut with a Gilbert and Sullivan touring company produced by Jacob J. Shubert, playing twelve cities in the US and Canada, in seven different Gilbert and Sullivan operas. In her 1987 autobiography, she credits that tour with helping to develop the comic timing she soon became famous for: "I played the title role in Patience a very funny, flaky girl. I played her as a dumb Dora all the way through I found that I had a gift for slapstick humor, and it was fun to exercise it onstage." Sills sang in operettas for several more years. On July 9, 1946, Sills appeared as a contestant on the radio show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. She sang under the pseudonym of "Vicki Lynn", as she was under contract to Shubert. Shubert did not want Godfrey to be able to say he had discovered "Beverly Sills" if she won the contest (although she did not ultimately win). Sills sang "Romany Life" from Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller. Sills made her operatic stage debut as Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen with the Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company on February 14, 1951 (erroneously listed in most references as 1947). She toured North America with the Charles Wagner Opera Company, in the fall of 1951, singing Violetta in La traviata and, in the fall of 1952, singing Micaëla in Carmen. On September 15, 1953, she made her debut with the San Francisco Opera as Helen of Troy in Boito's Mefistofele and also sang Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni the same season. In a step outside of the repertoire she is commonly associated with, Sills gave four performances of the title role of Aida in July 1954 in Salt Lake City. On October 29, 1955, she first appeared with the New York City Opera as Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, which received critical praise. As early as 1956 she performed before an audience of over 13,000 at the Lewisohn Stadium with the noted operatic conductor Alfredo Antonini in an aria from Bellini's I puritani. Her reputation expanded with her performance of the title role in the New York premiere of Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe in 1958. On November 17, 1956, Sills married journalist Peter Greenough, of the Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper The Plain Dealer and moved to Cleveland. She had two children with Greenough, Meredith ("Muffy") in 1959 and Peter, Jr. ("Bucky") in 1961. Muffy (died July 3, 2016) was profoundly deaf and had multiple sclerosis; Peter, Jr. is severely mentally disabled. Sills restricted her performing schedule to care for her children. In 1960, Sills and her family moved to Milton, Massachusetts, near Boston. In 1962, Sills sang the title role in Massenet's Manon with the Opera Company of Boston, the first of many roles for opera director Sarah Caldwell. Manon continued to be one of Sills' signature roles throughout most of her career. In January 1964, she sang her first Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute for Caldwell. Although Sills drew critical praise for her coloratura technique and for her performance, she was not fond of the latter role; she observed that she often passed the time between the two arias and the finale addressing holiday cards.
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1966 жылы Нью-Йорк опера театры Генделдің сол кездегі көбіне танылмаған операсы «Джулио Чезарьді» (Норман Трейглмен бірге Чезарь рөлінде) қайта қойды, ал Силлстің Клеопатра рөліндегі орындалуы оны халықаралық опера жұлдызына айналдырды. Силлс сондай-ақ Льюисон стадионындағы жазғы концерттік қойылымда Донна Анна рөлімен «ресми емес» Мет дебютін жасады, бірақ одан әрі ештеңе болмады, тек Рудольф Бингтің Флотовтың «Марта» сияқты рөлдерге жасаған ұсыныстары болды. NYCO-дағы келесі маусымдарда Силс Римский-Корсаковтың «Алтын әтешіндегі» Шемаха патшайымы, Манонның атау ролі, Доницеттидің «Лючия ди Ламмермур» операларында, сондай-ақ Пуччинидің «Трилогия» трилогиясындағы үш әйел рөлі – Сур Анжелика, Джорджетта және Лореттада үлкен жетістіктерге қол жеткізді. 1969 жылы Силс Бостон симфониясымен бірге Рихард Штраустың 1912 жылғы «Ариадна на Наксос» операсының американдық премьерасында (концерттік нұсқада) Зербинетта ролін орындады. Оның рөлді орындауы, әсіресе Зербинеттаның «Großmächtige Prinzessin» ариясы, ол бастапқы жоғары тонда орындады, оған үлкен мақтау әкелді. Үйдегі бейнежазбалар коллекционерлер арасында жылдар бойы тарады және интернет-аукциондарында жоғары бағаға сатылды (қойылым 2006 жылы коммерциялық түрде шығарылды, жоғары бағаланды). Жылдың екінші маңызды оқиғасы – Ла Скаладағы Россинидің «Коринф қоршауындағы» Памира рөліндегі дебюті болды, бұл оның Newsweek журналының мұқабасына түсуіне әкелді. Силлстің қазіргі кездегі жоғары беделі оны 1971 жылы Time журналының мұқабасына шығарды, онда ол «Американың опера королевасы» деп сипатталды. Бұл атау орынды болды, өйткені Силлс отбасының қадір-қасиеті үшін шетелдегі өнер көрсетулерін әдейі шектеді. Оның шетелдегі маңызды өнер көрсетулеріне Лондонның Ковент-Гарден, Миланның Ла Скала, Венецияның Ла Фениче, Вена мемлекеттік операсы, Швейцарияның Лозаннадағы Театр де Болье және Париж концерттері кірді. Оңтүстік Америкада ол Буэнос-Айрес пен Сантьяго опера үйлерінде, Перудың Лима қаласында концерттерде ән шырқады және Мексика қаласында бірнеше қойылымдарда, соның ішінде Лучано Павароттимен бірге «Лючия ди Ламмермур» операсында өнер көрсетті. 1971 жылдың 9 қарашасында Нью-Йорк операсының «Алтын әтеш» қойылымы кабельдік теледидар абоненттеріне тікелей эфирде көрсетілді. Осы кезеңде ол 1968 жылдың мамырында Вирджиния Грэмнің «Girl Talk» ток-шоуында (ABC Films тарапынан таратылатын апталық серия) алғаш рет теледидарда пайда болды. Сериалдың таланттарды іздеушісі болған опера жанкүйері продюсерді оны эфирге шығаруға көндірді және ол үлкен сәттілікке ие болды. Мансабының қалған бөлігінде ол ток-шоу қонағы ретінде жарқырады, кейде қонақ жүргізуші ретінде де жұмыс істеді. 1974 жылдың қазан айының соңында Силлс жұмыртқа безінің қатерлі ісігіне (кейде бұл ауруды сүт безінің қатерлі ісігі деп қате айтады) операция жасады. Оның жазылуы өте жылдам және толық болды, ол бір айдан кейін Сан-Франциско операсында «Регимент қызы» ролімен қайтадан сахнаға шықты. Сэр Рудольф Бингтің режиссерлік қызметтен кеткеннен кейін, Силлс ақыры 1975 жылдың 7 сәуірінде «Корф қоршауында» Метрополитен операсында дебют жасады, пердесі түскенде он сегіз минут бойы аплодисменттерге ие болды. Метте орындаған басқа операларға «Ла Травиата», «Лючия ди Ламмермур», «Таис» және Джон Декстер қойған «Дон Паскуале» кірді. Зейнеткерлікке шыққаннан кейін берген сұхбатында Бинг Силлсті пайдаланудан бас тартуының және Рената Тебалди сияқты итальяндық жұлдыздарды тартуға басымдық беруінің, өйткені американдық көрермендер итальяндық жұлдыздарды көруді күтеді деп ойлағандығының өзінің мансабындағы ең ірі қателік болғанын айтты. Силлс әнші болған кезінде және тіпті екі автобиографиясында Бингке деген жеккөрушілігін азайтуға тырысты. Бірақ 1997 жылғы сұхбатында Силлс ашық айтты: «О, мырза Бинг – есек. Бәрінің оны қаншалықты ұлы администратор және т.б. деп айтқанына қарамастан, мырза Бинг Метрополитен операсының мүмкін емес, мүмкін емес бас директоры болды. Оның мақтанышпен толғандығы шексіз». Силлс, әсіресе мансабының соңғы онжылдығында, концерттік әнші болды. Ол орташа қалаларда және колледждердегі концерттерде ән айтып, өзінің өнерін толық сахналанған опера сахнасында ешқашан көрмейтін көптеген адамдарға жеткізді. Ол сондай-ақ бірнеше симфониялық оркестрлермен концерттерде ән шырқады. Силлс Нью-Йорк опера театрында, өзінің туған үйінде, зейнеткерлікке шыққанға дейін жаңа рөлдерді ойнауға тырысты, оның ішінде Россинидің «Иль Турко в Италия» операсының рөлі, Франц Лехардың «Шат жесір» және Джан Карло Меноттидің «Ла Лока» операсы. «Ла Лока» операсы Силлс үшін арнайы жазылған алғашқы жұмыс және келесі жылы зейнеткерлікке шыққаннан кейін оның соңғы жаңа рөлі болды. Оның қоштасу қойылымы 1980 жылы Сан-Диего операсында өтті, онда ол «Die Fledermaus» операсында Джоан Сазерлендпен бірге сахнада болды. Силлстің дауысы «лирикалық колоратура» деп сипатталғанмен, ол өсіп келе жатқанда ауыр «спинто» және «драмалық колоратура» рөлдерін, олар көбінесе ауыр дауыстармен байланыстырылады, орындады, соның ішінде Беллинидің «Норма» операсы, Доницеттидің «Лукреция Борджиа» (Сузанна Марсе Орсини рөлінде) және соңғы композитордың «Үш патшайым» опералары – Анна Болейн, Мария Стюарт және Роберто Деверукстегі Элизабет (атау ролінде Пласидо Домингомен бірге). Ол осы рөлдерде дауысының жеңілдігінен асып түсетін драматикалық интерпретациясы үшін құрметке ие болды, бірақ бұл оның мансабын кемінде төрт жылға қысқартқан болуы мүмкін екенін Силлс кейін мойындады. Силлс ток-шоулардағы өнер көрсетулері арқылы операны насихаттады, соның ішінде Джонни Карсон, Дик Каветт, Дэвид Фрост, Майк Дуглас, Мерв Гриффин және Дина Шор. Силлс 1970 жылдардың соңында NBC телеарнасында жексенбі күндері көрсетілетін «Lifestyles with Beverly Sills» ток-шоуының жүргізушісі болды, ол Emmy жүлдесіне ие болды. 1979 жылы ол «The Muppet Show» бағдарламасында пайда болды, онда ол Miss Piggy-мен «жоғары ноталар» бәйқауына қатысты. Жайлы және жақымды Силлс темпераментті опера дивасы туралы дәстүрлі көзқарасты жоюға көмектесті.
In 1966, the New York City Opera revived Handel's then virtually unknown opera seria Giulio Cesare (with Norman Treigle as Caesar), and Sills' performance as Cleopatra made her an international opera star. Sills also made her "unofficial" Met debut at a Lewisohn Stadium summer concert performance as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, though nothing further came of this other than offers from Rudolf Bing for roles such as Flotow's Martha. In subsequent seasons at the NYCO, Sills had great successes in the roles of the Queen of Shemakha in Rimsky Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel, the title role in Manon, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and the three female leads Suor Angelica, Giorgetta, and Lauretta in Puccini's trilogy Il trittico. In 1969, Sills sang Zerbinetta in the American premiere (in a concert version) of the 1912 version of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos with the Boston Symphony. Her performance of the role, especially Zerbinetta's aria, "Großmächtige Prinzessin", which she sang in the original higher key, won her acclaim. Home video taped copies circulated among collectors for years afterwards, often commanding large sums on Internet auction sites (the performance was released commercially in 2006, garnering high praise). The second major event of the year was her debut as Pamira in Rossini's The Siege of Corinth at La Scala, a success that put her on the cover of Newsweek. Sills's now high profile career landed her on the cover of Time in 1971, where she was described as "America's Queen of Opera". The title was appropriate because Sills had purposely limited her overseas engagements because of her family. Her major overseas appearances include London's Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, La Fenice in Venice, the Vienna State Opera, the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, and concerts in Paris. In South America, she sang in the opera houses of Buenos Aires and Santiago, a concert in Lima, Peru, and appeared in several productions in Mexico City, including Lucia di Lammermoor with Luciano Pavarotti. On November 9, 1971, her performance in the New York City Opera's production of The Golden Cockerel was telecast live to cable TV subscribers. During this period, she made her first television appearance as a talk show personality in May 1968 on Virginia Graham's Girl Talk, a weekday series syndicated by ABC Films. An opera fan who was Talent Coordinator for the series persuaded the producer to put her on the air and she was a huge hit. Throughout the rest of her career she shone as a talk show guest, sometimes also functioning as a guest host. Sills underwent successful surgery for ovarian cancer in late October 1974 (sometimes misreported as breast cancer). Her recovery was so rapid and complete that she opened in The Daughter of the Regiment at the San Francisco Opera a month later. Following Sir Rudolf Bing's departure as director, Sills finally made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera on April 7, 1975 in The Siege of Corinth, receiving an eighteen minute ovation at her curtain call. Other operas she sang at the Met include La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Thaïs, and Don Pasquale (directed by John Dexter). In an interview after his retirement, Bing stated that his refusal to use Sills – as well as his preference for engaging, almost exclusively, Italian stars such as Renata Tebaldi due to his notion that American audiences expected to see Italian stars – was the single biggest mistake of his career. Sills attempted to downplay her animosity towards Bing while she was still singing, and even in her two autobiographies. But in a 1997 interview, Sills spoke her mind plainly, "Oh, Mr. Bing is an ass. [W]hile everybody said what a great administrator he was and a great this, Mr. Bing was just an improbable, impossible General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera The arrogance of that man." Sills was a recitalist, especially in the final decade of her career. She sang in mid size cities and on college concert series, bringing her art to many who might never see her on stage in a fully staged opera. She also sang concerts with a number of symphony orchestras. Sills continued to perform for New York City Opera, her home opera house, essaying new roles right up to her retirement, including the leading roles in Rossini's Il Turco in Italia, Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow and Gian Carlo Menotti's La Loca, an opera commissioned in honor of her 50th birthday. La Loca was the first work written expressly as a vehicle for Sills and was her last new role, as she retired the following year. Her farewell performance was at San Diego Opera in 1980, where she shared the stage with Joan Sutherland in a production of Die Fledermaus. Although Sills' voice type was characterized as a "lyric coloratura", she took a number of heavier spinto and dramatic coloratura roles more associated with heavier voices as she grew older, including Bellini's Norma, Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (with Susanne Marsee as Orsini) and the latter composer's "Three Queens", Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux (opposite Plácido Domingo in the title part). She was admired in those roles for transcending the lightness of her voice with dramatic interpretation, although it may have come at a cost: Sills later commented that Roberto Devereux shortened her career by at least four years. Sills popularized opera through her talk show appearances, including Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, David Frost, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore. Sills hosted her own talk show, Lifestyles with Beverly Sills, which ran on Sunday mornings on NBC for two years in the late 1970s; it won an Emmy Award. In 1979 she appeared on The Muppet Show, where she famously went into a "high note contest" with Miss Piggy. Down to earth and approachable, Sills helped dispel the traditional image of the temperamental opera diva.
Кейінгі жылдар және өлім
1978 жылы Силлс Нью-Йорк операсында (NYCO) өткен қоштасу гала-кешінде 1980 жылғы 27 қазанда зейнетке шығатынын жариялады. 1979 жылдың көктемінде ол NYCO-ның тең директоры болып жұмыс істеуге кірісті, ал сол жылдың күзінен бастап операның жалғыз бас директоры атанды. Ол 1989 жылға дейін бұл қызметте болды, бірақ 1991 жылға дейін NYCO кеңесінің мүшесі ретінде қалды. Бас директор ретінде Силлс сол кезде қаржылық қиындыққа тап болған опера труппасын табысты кәсіпорынға айналдыруға көмектесті. Ол өзін түрлі өнер салаларына және «March of Dimes» сияқты қайырымдылық қорына арнады, сондай-ақ университеттерде лекция оқуға және ақша жинау шараларына шақырылды. 1994 жылдан 2002 жылға дейін Силлс Линкольн орталығының төрағасы болды. 2002 жылдың қазанында ол 1991 жылдан бері кеңес мүшесі болып табылатын Метрополитен операсының төрағасы болуға келісті. 2005 жылдың қаңтарында ол отбасылық жағдайға байланысты Мет төрағасы қызметінен кетті (ол күйеуін, күтімімен сегіз жылдан астам уақыт айналысқан адамды, қарттар үйіне орналастыруға мәжбүр болды). Ол 2006 жылдың тамызында Джозеф Волппен алмастыру үшін бұрын «Sony Classical Records» компаниясының бас директоры болған Питер Гелбтің тағайындалуын қадағалады. Силлстің күйеуі Питер Гринго 2006 жылдың 6 қыркүйегінде 89 жасында қайтыс болды, олардың некелеріне толуға бірнеше күн қалғанда (17 қарашада 50 жыл толуға тиес еді). Ол 2006 жылдың 9 қарашасында Барбара Уолтерстің жақын досы ретінде «The View for Best Friends Week» бағдарламасын жүргізді. Ол тіпті душ қабылдағанда да ән салмайтынын, өйткені дауысының естелігін сақтағысы келетінін айтты. Ол Меттен тікелей эфирде көрсетілген HD трансляциялар кезінде экранда пайда болды, 2007 жылдың 6 қаңтарында («I puritani» трансляциясы) алып барушы Маргарет Джунтвейттің сұхбатын алды, 2007 жылдың 24 ақпанында («Eugene Onegin» трансляциясы) сахна артындағы тілші ретінде жұмыс істеді, содан кейін 2007 жылдың 28 сәуірінде («Il trittico» трансляциясы) қысқаша сұхбат алды. 2007 жылдың 28 маусымында Associated Press және CNN агенттіктері Силлстің өкпе қатерлі ісігінен ауыр халде ауруханаға түскенін хабарлады. 2007 жылдың 2 шілдесінде Беверли Силлс 78 жасында қатерлі ісіктен көз жұмды. Ол Нью-Йорк штатының Вальхалла қаласындағы Кенсико зиратындағы еврейлер бөліміндегі Шарон Гарденс зиратына жерленді. Оның екі баласы және Питер Грингоның бірінші некесінен туған үш баласы қалды. Оның қызы Мередит («Маффи») Гринё 2016 жылдың 3 шілдесінде Нью-Йорк қаласында қайтыс болды.
In 1978, Sills announced she would retire on October 27, 1980, in a farewell gala at the New York City Opera (NYCO). In the spring of 1979, she began acting as co director of NYCO, and became its sole general director as of the fall season of that year, a post she held until 1989, although she remained on the NYCO board until 1991. During her time as general director, Sills helped turn what was then a financially struggling opera company into a viable enterprise. She also devoted herself to various arts causes and such charities as March of Dimes and was sought after for speaking engagements on college campuses and for fund raisers. From 1994 to 2002, Sills was chairwoman of Lincoln Center. In October 2002, she agreed to serve as chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera, for which she had been a board member since 1991. She resigned as Met chairwoman in January 2005, citing family as the main reason (she had to place her husband, whom she had cared for over eight years, in a nursing home). She stayed long enough to supervise the appointment of Peter Gelb, formerly head of Sony Classical Records, as the Met's general manager, to succeed Joseph Volpe in August 2006. Peter Greenough, Sills's husband, died on September 6, 2006, at the age of 89, shortly before what would have been their 50th wedding anniversary on November 17, 2006. She co hosted The View for Best Friends Week on November 9, 2006, as Barbara Walters' best friend. She said she did not sing anymore, even in the shower, to preserve the memory of her voice. She appeared on screen in movie theaters during HD transmissions live from the Met, interviewed during intermissions by the host Margaret Juntwait on January 6, 2007 (I puritani simulcast), as a backstage interviewer on February 24, 2007 (Eugene Onegin simulcast), and then, briefly, on April 28, 2007 (Il trittico simulcast). On June 28, 2007, the Associated Press and CNN reported that Sills was hospitalized as "gravely ill", from lung cancer. With her daughter at her bedside, Beverly Sills succumbed to cancer on July 2, 2007, at the age of 78. She is buried in Sharon Gardens, the Jewish division of Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. She was survived by her two children and three step children from Peter Greenough's first marriage. Her daughter Meredith ("Muffy") Greenough died on July 3, 2016, in New York City.
Дауыс
Силлздің дауысы әртүрлі сипатталған: "бай, икемді", "күміс", "нақты, аздап жеңіл", "көп түсті", "құшақтайтын, күшті", "ең үлкен оркестр мен хорды тесіп өте алатын өткір жиек", жоғары C-ден оңай көтерілетін. Оның техникасы мен музыкалық шеберлігі жоғары бағаланған. Дирижер Томас Шипперс 1971 жылы Time журналына берген сұхбатында оның "тірідегі ең жылдам дауысы" бар екенін айтқан.
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
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Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi – Джульетта (1975, Boston Opera Company)
I puritani – Эльвира (1972–1978, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa Opera)
Norma – Норма (1972–1978, Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Bizet
Carmen – Фраскита (1951, Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company)
Carmen – Микаэла (1952–1958, Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan Opera)
Carmen – Кармен (1956, Musicarnival)
Les pêcheurs de perles – Лейла (1956, DuMont Television Network)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Boito
Mefistofele – Елена Троянская (1953, San Francisco Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Charpentier
Louise – Луиза (1962–1977, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Donizetti
Anna Bolena – Анна (1973–1975, New York City Opera)
Don Pasquale – Норина (1978–1980, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego Opera)
La fille du régiment – Мари (1970–1977, Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera)
L'elisir d'amore – Адина (1964, Opera Company of Boston)
Lucia di Lammermoor – Лучия (1968–1977, Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera)
Lucrezia Borgia – Лукреция Борджиа (1975–1976, New York City Opera)
Maria Stuarda – Мария Стюарт (1972–1974, New York City Opera)
Roberto Devereux – Елизавета I (1970–1975, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Gounod
Faust – Маргарита (1963–1970, Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony Orchestra)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Handel
Ariodante – Джиневра (1971, Kennedy Center)
Giulio Cesare – Клеопатра (1966–1971, New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival)
Semele – Семела (1967–1969, Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Hanson
Merry Mount – Леди Маргарет Сэндс (1964, San Antonio Symphony)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Hindemith
Hin und zurück – Хелене (1965, WGBH TV)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Kálmán
Countess Maritza – Графиня Марица (1946, Hartman Theatre in Columbus, Ohio)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Lehár
The Merry Widow – Соня (1956–1965, Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood Dell)
The Merry Widow – Ханна Главари (1977–1979, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci – Недда (1965, Fort Worth Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Massenet
Manon – Манон (1953–1978, Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia)
Thaïs – Таис (1954–1978, DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Menotti
La Loca – Хуана Ла Лока (1979, San Diego Opera, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Meyerbeer
Les Huguenots – Маргарита (1969, Carnegie Hall)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Montemezzi
L'amore dei tre re – Фиора (1956, Philadelphia Grand Opera Company)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Moore
The Ballad of Baby Doe – Бэби Доу (1958–1969, New York City Opera, Musicarnival)
The Wings of the Dove – Милли Тиле (1962, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Mozart
Der Schauspieldirektor – Мадам Гольдентрилль (1956, New York City Opera)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Констанца (1965–1975, Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia Festival)
Die Zauberflöte – Царица ночи (1964–1967, Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC Radio)
Don Giovanni – Донна Эльвира (1953–1955, San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera Association)
Don Giovanni – Донна Анна (1963–1967, New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company)
Le nozze di Figaro – Графиня (1965, Miami Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Nono
Intolleranza 1960 – The Companion (1965, Opera Company of Boston)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Offenbach
Les contes d'Hoffmann – Үш қаһарман (1964–1973, New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Puccini
La bohème – Музетта (1958–1963, Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City Opera)
La bohème – Мими (1965, Seattle Opera)
Gianni Schicchi – Лауретта (1967, New York City Opera)
Suor Angelica – Сестра Анджелика (1967, New York City Opera)
Il tabarro – Джоржетта (1967, New York City Opera)
Tosca – Тоска (1957–1960, Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie – Арисия (1966, Opera Company of Boston)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Rimsky Korsakov
Le Coq d'Or – Шемаха патшайымы (1967–1971, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Romberg
The Student Prince – Кэти (1954, Chicago Theater of the Air)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Rossini
The Barber of Seville – Розина (1974–1980, Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell)
Il turco in Italia – Фиорелла (1978–1979, New York City Opera)
The Siege of Corinth – Памира (1969–1976, La Scala, Metropolitan Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus – Розалинда (1955–1980, Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of Boston)
Die Fledermaus – Адель (1977–1980, New York City Opera, San Diego Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos (original version) – Цербинетта (1969, Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Elektra – Бесінші қызметші (1953, San Francisco Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Sullivan
H. M. S. Pinafore – Жозефин (1945, Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium)
The Pirates of Penzance – Мейбел (1945, Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Suppé
Die schöne Galathée – Галатея (1965, Fort Worth Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Tchaikovsky
Cherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper) – Оксана (1955, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Thomas
Mignon – Филина (1956, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Verdi
Aida – Аида (1954–1960, University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera)
La traviata – Виолетта (1951–1977, Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera)
Rigoletto – Гилда (1957–1977, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Wagner
Die Walküre – Герхильда (1953, San Francisco Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
Weisgall
Six Characters in Search of an Author – Колоратура (1959–1960, New York City Opera)
Sills's voice has been variously described as "rich, supple", "silvery", "precise, a little light", "multicolored", "robust and enveloping", with "a cutting edge that can slice through the largest orchestra and chorus", soaring easily above high C. Her technique and musicianship have been much praised. Conductor Thomas Schippers said in a 1971 interview with Time that she had "the fastest voice alive". ComposerOperaRoleIn repertoirePerformed withRecordedBelliniI Capuleti e i MontecchiGiulietta1975Opera Company of BostonYesBelliniI puritaniElvira1972–1978Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa OperaYesBelliniNormaNorma1972–1978Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio OperaYesBizetCarmenFrasquita1951Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyNoBizetCarmenMicaela1952–1958Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan OperaNoBizetCarmenCarmen1956MusicarnivalNoBizetLes pêcheurs de perlesLeila1956DuMont Television NetworkYesBoitoMefistofeleHelen of Troy1953San Francisco OperaNoCharpentierLouiseLouise1962–1977New York City OperaYesDonizettiAnna BolenaAnna 1973–1975New York City OperaYesDonizettiDon PasqualeNorina1978–1980Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego OperaYesDonizettiLa fille du régimentMarie1970–1977Opera Company of Boston, Carnegie Hall, San Antonio Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Palm Beach Opera YesDonizettiL'elisir d'amoreAdina1964Opera Company of BostonNoDonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia1968–1977Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Company of Boston, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Scala, San Antonio Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, Covent Garden, Tulsa Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Mississippi Opera Association, Zoo Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, New Orleans Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, San Antonio Symphony, Florentine Opera, Opera Omaha, Metropolitan Opera YesDonizettiLucrezia BorgiaLucrezia Borgia1975–1976New York City Opera YesDonizettiMaria StuardaMaria Stuarda1972–1974New York City Opera YesDonizettiRoberto DevereuxElizabeth I1970–1975New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera YesGounodFaustMarguerite1963–1970Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony OrchestraYesHandelAriodanteGinevra1971Kennedy CenterYesHandelGiulio CesareCleopatra1966–1971New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival YesHandelSemeleSemele1967–1969Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival YesHansonMerry MountLady Marigold Sandys1964San Antonio SymphonyNoHindemithHin und zurückHelene1965WGBH TVYesKálmánCountess MaritzaCountess Mariza1946Hartman Theatre in Columbus, OhioNoLehárThe Merry WidowSonia1956–1965Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood DellNoLehárThe Merry WidowHanna Glawari1977–1979San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City OperaYesLeoncavalloPagliacciNedda1965Fort Worth OperaNoMassenetManonManon1953–1978Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of PhiladelphiaYesMassenetThaïsThaïs1954–1978DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan OperaYesMenottiLa LocaJuana La Loca1979San Diego Opera, New York City OperaYesMeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite1969Carnegie HallYesMontemezziL'amore dei tre reFiora1956Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyNoMooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby Doe1958–1969New York City Opera, MusicarnivalYesMooreThe Wings of the DoveMilly Theale1962New York City OperaNoMozartDer SchauspieldirektorMadame Goldentrill1956New York City OperaNoMozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze1965–1975Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia FestivalYesMozartDie ZauberflöteQueen of the Night 1964–1967Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC RadioYesMozartDon GiovanniDonna Elvira1953–1955San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera AssociationNoMozartDon GiovanniDonna Anna1963–1967New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company YesMozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess1965Miami OperaNoNonoIntolleranza 1960The Companion1965Opera Company of BostonYesOffenbachLes contes d'HoffmannThree Heroines1964–1973New Orleans Opera, Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Baltimore Opera Company, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Municipal Theatre of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony YesPucciniLa bohèmeMusetta1958–1963Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City OperaNoPucciniLa bohèmeMimi1965Seattle OperaNoPucciniGianni SchicchiLauretta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica1967New York City OperaYesPucciniIl tabarroGiorgetta1967New York City OperaYesPucciniToscaTosca1957–1960Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival NoRameauHippolyte et AricieAricie1966Opera Company of BostonYesRimsky KorsakovLe Coq d'OrQueen Shemakha1967–1971New York City OperaYesRombergThe Student PrinceKathie1954Chicago Theater of the AirYesRossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina1974–1980Opera Company of Boston, San Antonio Symphony, New York City Opera, Kennedy Center, Fort Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Robin Hood Dell YesRossiniIl turco in ItaliaFiorilla1978–1979New York City OperaYesRossiniThe Siege of CorinthPamira1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan OperaYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinda1955–1980Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of BostonYesJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausAdele1977–1980New York City Opera, San Diego OperaYesRichard StraussAriadne auf Naxos (original version)Zerbinetta1969Boston Symphony OrchestraYesRichard StraussElektraFifth Maidservant1953San Francisco Opera NoSullivanH. M. S. PinaforeJosephine1945Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSullivanThe Pirates of PenzanceMabel1945Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial AuditoriumNoSuppéDie schöne GalathéeGalatea1965Fort Worth OperaNoTchaikovskyCherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper)Oxana1955New York City OperaNoThomasMignonPhiline1956New York City OperaNoVerdiAidaAida1954–1960University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera YesVerdiLa traviataVioletta1951–1977Kingston High School, Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Municipal Auditorium, Saenger Theatre, Duke University, Academy of Music, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Civic Opera Association, DuMont Television Network, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Tulsa Opera, Cincinnati Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Grant Park, Teatro di San Carlo, Connecticut Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Company of Boston, La Fenice, San Antonio Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Ravinia Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, San Diego Opera YesVerdiRigolettoGilda1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston YesWagnerDie WalküreGerhilde1953San Francisco OperaNoWeisgallSix Characters in Search of an AuthorColoratura1959–1960New York City OperaYes
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Силлс, Беверли (1976). Bubbles: Өзінің портреті. Нью-Йорк: Бобс Мерилл. 1981 жылы қайта жаңартылған басылымы Bubbles: An Encore атымен шықты. Силс, Беверли (Лоуренс Линдермен бірге) (1987). Беверли: Өмірбаян. Нью-Йорк: Bantam Books. Силс, Беверли (1987). Беверли Силлс: Өзімнің жолымда. Беверли: Өмірбаян кітабына қосымша ретінде жазылған аудиокітап, онда Силлс өмірі туралы сұхбатта айтады, сонымен қатар әңгімелеу және тікелей музыкалық үзінділер кездеседі. Бұл аудиокітапта баспадан шыққан өмірбаяннан тікелей мәтін жоқ. Паолуччи, Бриджит (1990). Беверли Силлс. Нью-Йорк: Chelsea House Publishers баспасы. Жасөспірімдерге арналған өмірбаян. Сержант, Уитроп (1973). Дивалар. Нью-Йорк: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Беверли Силлс: Америкада жасалған (2006). Deutsche Grammophon B0007999 09. Силлстің әншілік карьерасына арналған 90 минуттық деректі фильм, онда көптеген сирек бейнежазбалар мен сұхбат үзінділері бар. Гай, Нэнси (2015). "Беверли Силлстің сиқыры". Урбана, Чикаго: Иллинойс университетінің баспасы. Уэльсон, Хайди (2018). "Ессіз сахналар" және "Ариядан кету". Нью-Йорк: Henry Holt and Company. Нью-Йорк операсының тарихы, Силлстің туған үйі, оның әншілік мансабы мен директорлық қызметін қамтиды.
Sills, Beverly (1976). Bubbles: A Self Portrait. New York: Bobbs Merrill. A revised edition was issued in 1981 as Bubbles: An Encore. Sills, Beverly (with Lawrence Linderman) (1987). Beverly: An Autobiography. New York: Bantam Books. Sills, Beverly (1987). Beverly Sills: On My Own. An audio book designated as a companion to Beverly: An Autobiography, with Sills speaking in interview about her life, interspersed with narration and live musical excerpts. There is no direct text from the printed autobiography. Paolucci, Bridget (1990). Beverly Sills. New York: Chelsea House Publishers. A biography for young adults. Sargeant, Withrop (1973). Divas. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Beverly Sills: Made in America (2006). Deutsche Grammophon B0007999 09. A 90 minute documentary on Sills's singing career with many rare video performance and interview clips. Guy, Nancy (2015). "The Magic of Beverly Sills". Urbana, Chicago: University of Illinois Press. Waleson, Heidi (2018). Mad Scenes and Exit Arias. New York: Henry Holt and Company. A history of New York City Opera, Sills' home company, covering her singing career and directorship there.