Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com NANCY GUY THE MAGIC OF Beverly Sills www.Ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com The Magic of Beverly Sills www.Ebook777.com music in american life A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book The Magic of Beverly Sills nancy guy university of illinois press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com Publication of this book was supported by a grant from the Henry and Edna Binkele Classical Music Fund © 2015 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America c54321 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Guy, Nancy, 1960The magic of Beverly Sills / Nancy Guy pages cm — (Music in American life) Includes bibliographical references and index isbn 978-0-252-03973-7 (hardcover : alk paper) isbn 978-0-252-09783-6 (e-book) Sills, Beverly Sills, Beverly—Performances Operas—Performances Opera audiences Music fans Sopranos (Singers)—United States—Biography I Title ml420.s562g89 2015 782.1092—dc23 [B] 2015014470 www.Ebook777.com Beverly Sills, the acclaimed Brooklyn-born coloratura soprano who was more popular with the American public than any opera singer since Enrico Caruso, even among people who never set foot in an opera house, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan —Anthony Tommasini, New York Times Times, July 4, 2007 Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Writing about Beverly Sills The Beverly Sills Phenomenon 11 From Early Life to Breakthrough 18 From Breakthrough to Stardom From Stardom to Retirement Loving Sills 43 55 81 Sills in the Lives of Her Fans Experiencing Magic 105 125 Listening for After-Vibrations 151 Engaging with Sills’s Artistry 182 Afterword: Discovering Sills’s Influence Notes 191 References Index 211 221 Illustrations follow page 80 188 Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com Acknowledgments The years I spent researching and writing this book have been among the most joyful of my career due in no small part to the shared enthusiasm of many people for my subject, Beverly Sills Roy C Dicks has spent more than four decades meticulously documenting Sills’s career, including collecting “private” recordings and programs Throughout my research and writing process, Roy has shared these materials and his thoughts with profound generosity Charles Freeman Stamper, who owns what surely must be the largest collection of items related to Sills on the planet, has also been enormously generous Whenever I had trouble locating an obscure news article or performance program, if one of them had it in his possession, he would scan and e-mail me the materials, frequently within minutes of my sending a query I often had the feeling that Roy and Freeman were just down the hall, and that we were all in this together They were not alone in providing me with companionship on this journey Pete Buchanan came into my life shortly after Sills’s death He has been a constant source of love, encouragement, and unbridled enthusiasm Many other Sills fans, whom I now consider friends, also provided positive energy as they shared their personal experiences Among those with whom I have had the pleasure of spending a good deal of time (either in person or through social media) are Pirooz Aghssa, Katrine “Cage” Ames, Richard Anderson, Jim Barnett, Thom Billadeau, Bill Bond, Taylor Cornish, Joe Malloy, Brian Morgan, Antonio Martinazzo, A Robert Nelson, Dan Patterson, David Ponder, Ron Runyon, Kathyrn Ryder, David Tidyman, and David Wylie www.Ebook777.com Index Bender, William, 167 Benzecry, Claudio, 7, 82–83, 91, 103, 182, 188, 200n3, 202n2 Bergman, Beth, xi, 134, 142, 161, 164, 207n14 Bernheimer, Martin, 11, 67–68, 75, 196n1 Bernstein, Leonard, 70–71, 108, 136, 202n3 Bible, Francis, 51 Bigham, Joe, xi Billadeau, Thom, ix, 161, 177–78 Bing, Rudolf, 13–15, 73 Bjarkman, Kim, 120 Blom, Philipp, 203n7 bobrauschenbergamerica (play, Charles L Mee), 128 body/ies, opera singers’, 194n20, 206n6 See also Sills, Beverly: body, use of Bogart, Anne, 128 Bohème, La (Puccini), 27, 154 Bok, Sissela, 2–3 Bond, Bill, ix, 87 Boone, Charles, 38 Boston Opera Group, 35, 38 Boston Symphony, 71, 158 Bourdieu, Pierre, 7, 82 breath and breathlesness, 46, 48, 56, 72, 91, 128, 131–35, 138, 142–43, 153, 155, 158, 159, 163, 170, 181, 189, 198n14, 199n20, 201n13 See also silence Brennan, Jay, 92–93 bridge (card game), 204n6 Broadway, 22 Brooklyn See Sills, Beverly Browne, Gary, 91 Bruni, Frank, 205n19 Brunston, Bill, 94 Buchanan, Pete, ix, 84–85, 120–23 Buckley, Emerson, 32 Buenos Aires, 7, 63, 65, 82, 91, 202n2 Burnett, Carol, 78–79, 85, 100, 145–46 Caballé, Montserrat, 14, 69, 197n9, 204n11 cadenzas, 44, 61–62, 156, 158, 166, 196n3 Caldwell, Sarah, 35, 38, 39, 56, 76, 141, 156, 158 Callas, Maria, 42, 61, 63, 67, 91, 109, 144, 193n6, 197n8 Canadian Opera Company, 199n21 Canessa, Francesco, 59 Capobianco, Dan, x Capobianco, Elena Denda (Gigi), x, 9, 19, 39–42, 45, 47, 56, 61–62, 71, 79, 139, 141–42, 145, 150, 155, 178, 187, 207n16 Capobianco, Tito, x, 9, 13, 19, 22, 39–43, 45, 47, 56, 57, 61–62, 65, 69, 79, 132, 135, 139, 141–42, 145, 147, 155–57, 162–63, 164, 167, 168, 178, 207n16 Capuleti e I Montecchi, I (Bellini), 101 Caramoor Festival, 54 Carlisle, Kitty, 78 Carlisle, Tom, 204n6 Carmen (Bizet), 26, 27, 28, 193n9 Carnegie Hall, 70–71, 155 Carroll, John, 94, 119, 124 Cassel, Walter, 33 Castle, Terry, 3, castrati, 48 Cavacchi, Daniel, 83, 84 Cavett, Dick, xii Ceccato, Aldo, 71 celebrities, 12, 79 Cenerentola, La (Rossini), 66 Central City Opera, 27, 32 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, 204n11 charisma, 145–49 Chicago, 54 Chicago Symphony, 71, 107 Christian Science, 112, 184 Cincinnati Opera, 30, 39, 54 cinema broadcasts of opera, 79–80, 154 Ciro in Babilonia (Rossini), 60 Citarella, Joseph, x City Center (New York), 43 Claremont Colleges, 111 class, social, 8, 14–15, 30, 82, 88, 99–102, 201n9 Collins, Jean, xii communication, 144, 149–50, 195n20, 200n6 communitas, 6, 127, 131–40, 143, 204n9 concertizing, 27, 37, 34, 29, 49, 53, 54, 64, 69, 70–71, 77 Consul, The (Menotti), 43 Converse, Tony, xii Coote, Alice, 194n20 copresence and covibration, 152, 160, 181 Coq d’Or (Rimsky-Korsakov), 15, 55–56, 154 Cornish, Taylor, ix, 84–85, 88, 90, 98, 114, 142–43, 205n13 Corsaro, Frank, x, 39, 42, 50, 57, 135, 141, 189 Cossa, Dominic, x, 45, 46, 79, 134–36, 196n2 costume, 12, 26, 40, 46, 56, 78, 127, 137, 157, 183, 194n20, 197n10, 202n4, 204n7 Countess Maritza (Kalman), 22 Covent Garden (London), 61–65, 106 “cream puff ” roles, 31, 77, 78, 158, 185 cross-dressing, 108–11 222 Index Csikszentmihalyi, Mihalyi, 37, 133 culture, “sacralization” of, 102–3 See also audience; class, social Curtin, Phyllis, 44 Curtis Institute of Music, 96 Dallas Opera, 71 dance, 4, 40, 45, 56, 115, 130, 142, 157, 206n6, 208n26 Daughter of the Regiment Regiment, The See Fille du Régiment Davis, Anthony, xiii Davis, Cynthia Aaronson, x, xii Davis, Miles, 189 Davis, Peter, 57, 67, 101–2, 185–86 Dawson, Amy, xii Dayton Philharmonic, 77 Dean, Winton, 48 deep listeners, 90 de Forest, Anthea, x, 51 Defrère, Désiré, 25 DeHart, Dedra Kaye, 100 Denver Symphony, 71 Depresson, Great, 21 de Rieux, Max, 24 Dessay, Natalie, 153 Deutsche Oper, 64 Diamond, Catherine, xii Diaz, Justino, 74 Dicks, Roy C., ix, 114, 116, 123–24, 201n9, 206n3 Di Giuseppe, Enrico, 166 direction, 135, 141, 145, 158, 162–64, 167, 196n2 Diva (film, Jean-Jacques Beineix), 81 Dolan, Jill, 127–30, 132, 160, 188, 190 Domingo, Plácido, 19, 43, 79, 126, 198n20, 203n1 Domínguez, Virginia, Don Giovanni (Mozart), 26, 31, 38, 49, 54 Don Pasquale (Donizetti), 31, 76, 78, 86, 157, 185 Don Rodrigo (Ginastera), 43 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles), 68, 72 Doss, Erika, 200n9 Douglas, Kirk, 12 Duffett, Mark, 83, 200n4, 201n8 Dwight, John Sullivan, 102–3 Eder, Shirley, 76 Edwards, Cynthia, 205n13 Elektra (Strauss), 26 Elijah (Mendelssohn), 54 elitism See audience(s) for opera Elwell, Herbert, 29 Emerson Quartet, 108 emotion: in music, 2–3, 33–34, 36, 50–54, 58, 62, 64, 68, 82, 85, 87, 89, 93–95, 138–40, 152, 155, 163, 183–84, 187; and scholarship, 2–5 energy, 95, 128, 132, 135–36, 140, 145–49, 151, 159, 170, 177, 197n12, 205n14 Erbe, Tom, xi, 166 Erraught, Tara, 194n20 ethnicity, 2, 32, 88, 191n3 ethnography, 7, 10, 82, 89, 200n4 Europe, as training ground for American performers, 14, 20, 23–24 Evans, Joseph, x Fach (voice and role category), 27–28, 44, 49–50, 65–66, 90, 197n9 fans and fandom, 6–8, 80–104; and consumerism, 200n4; conversion experiences, 84–87; “deep listeners,” 90; ecstatic experiences, 90; as “escape,” 110; fiction about, 81–82; and identity, 82; and the Internet, 84–85, 86–87, 88, 94, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 118, 119–24; and joy, 93–95; and love, 82–84, 103–4, 150; as pathological, 3, 89; and performers (vs work of art), 103; pilgrimages, 7, 126; and race, 88; and rebellion, 89; scholarship on, 82–83; and sexuality/ies, 3–4, 7, 83, 88–89, 90, 108–11, 115, 120–23; subjectivity and taste, 89–90 See also class, social; emotion: in music; ethnography Farrell, Eileen, 19, 79 Faust (Gounod), 31, 37, 38, 39, 57–58, 134–35, 153, 180, 189 Feldman, Martha, 102 Fennelly, Deborah, 95 fil di voce, 46, 195n4 Fille du Régiment, La (Donizetti), 12, 70, 71–72, 73, 77, 114, 154, 185, 204n6 film, 20 Finlandia (Sibelius), 132 Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 204n11 Fischer-Lichte, Erika, 127, 128 Fledermaus (Strauss), 27, 28, 30, 31, 54, 78–79 Fleming, Renée, xii, 157, 201n13 flow (psychological state), 37, 133–40 Fordyce and Hamby, 194n17 Foresti, Nina (stage name, Maria Callas), 193n6 223 Index Forrester, Maureen, 15 Forster, E M., 180 Friends of Music of Northwest Ohio, 183 fund-raising, 78–80, 146 Furfori, Emo, 118 Gagnon, Roland, 45, 61–62, 69, 70, 130, 131, 170, 206n7 Galvany, Marissa, 197n12 Garden, Mary, 23–24, 55–56 Gelb, Peter, 80 Gencer, Leyla, 209n4 gender, 48, 194n20 Gentele, Goeran, 73 Gianni Schicchi (Puccini), 51 Ginevra di Scozia (Mayr), 139 Giulio Cesare (Handel), 13, 18, 33, 36, 37, 43– 49, 55, 60, 67, 106, 117, 127, 132–33, 139, 147, 152, 158, 180, 186, 204n5, 206n9 Goehr, Lydia, 144 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 204n2 Goodall, Jane, 8–9, 127, 128, 131, 140, 144, 145, 204n8 Gossett, Philip, 4, 60, 207n10 Gottlieb, Robert, 130 Gramm, Donald, 79 Green, London, 156 Greenough, Meredith Holden, xiii, 15, 34, 112, 116, 121, 203n8 Greenough, Peter B., 31, 34, 51, 64, 80 Greenstein, Rita, 126 Gregory, Cynthia, 79 Grotowski, Jerzy, 148 Guanajuato, Mexico, 157 Guidry, Frederick H., 38 Guss, Jonathan, 189 Guy, Nancy, 1–3, 5, 98–99, 123, 126, 130, 182– 83, 187–90, 209n2 (Afterword) hairstyle, 33 Hale, Robert, x, 134–36, 141, 162, 166–68, 204n8 Hall, Patricia, xiii Hall-Witt, Jennifer, 102 Hamilton, Frank, 193n9 Handel, Georg Friedrich, 48 See also Giulio Cesare Hart, Beth, 146, 149 Hawker, Joey, 92 Helm, Everett, 59 Henahan, Donal, 147–49, 207n11 Henderson, W J., 102 Herbert, Victor, 17, 77, 152 Hin und Zurück (Hindemith), 158 Hirschfeld, Al, 195n7 Hoffer, Peter, 58 Hollywood Walk of Fame, 112, 113 Horne, Marilyn, 59, 60, 74, 114 Horowitz, Vladimir, 192n5 Houston Grand Opera, 49, 70 Hubbs, Nadine, xiii Hume, Paul, 94 Indianapolis Symphony, 158 Internet, See also fans: and the Internet intersubjectivity, 128, 132–33, 140, 148, 152, 156, 162, 164, 197n12 See also energy; light Jenkins, Henry, 201n8 Jensen, Joli, Jeritza, Maria, 12 Juana la Loca (Menotti), 77 Kaiser, Jeff, xi Kam, L K., xii Kaye, Danny, 12, 75 Kean, Edmund, 148 Kee, Tim, 99–100 Kennedy Center, 5, 114 Kershaw, Baz, 148 Khalil, Alexander, 98 Kirschenbaum, Lois, 192n3 Koestenbaum, Wayne, 7, 82–84 Kolodin, Irving, 67 Kosovsky, Robert, xii, 207n13 Kostelanetz, André, 19, 71 Kraus, Alfredo, 63, 205n1 Kriegsman, Alan M., 103 Ladd B (pseudonym), 96 Lam, Joseph S C., xiii La Scala (Milan), 16, 24, 58–60, 74 Latouche, John, 32 Lawton, David, 65 Lee, Ming Cho, 45, 56 Leinsdorf, Erich, 19, 71, 158 Lerer, Seth, xi Lesenger, Jay, 207n11 Levine, James, 75, 107 Levine, Rhoda, x Liebling, Estelle, 21–24, 26, 27, 31, 37, 56, 61, 69, 72, 77, 79, 108, 156, 186, 193n12, 199n20 light (performance quality), 95, 127, 139, 145–49, 156, 186 224 Index Lima, Ohio, 182 Lima, Peru, 54 Lincoln Center, Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti), 77 Lisbon Traviata (play, Terrence McNally), 81 live performance, vs recording or memory, 159–62, 164, 170 Los Angeles, 62, 67–68, 71–72, 196n1 Los Angeles Philharmonic, 71 Louise (Charpentier), 24, 36–37, 77 Lucia de Lammermoor (Donizetti), 12, 61–65, 73, 76, 86, 90, 103, 114, 121, 136, 143, 153, 158, 180, 184, 185 Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti), 71, 139, 153 Maazel, Loren, 64 MacLeod, Kirsten, 3, 202n6 Madison, William V., 97, 129–30 madness and mad scenes, 62, 79, 92, 97, 138, 142–43, 158, 163, 167–68, 184–85, 194n18 Madonna (stage name, Madonna Ciccone), 191n1 magic, 8–9, 34, 46, 47, 83, 125–50, 190 Magic Flute, The (Mozart), 49, 54, 55 Mahler, Gustav, Second Symphony, 189 makeup, 40, 68 See also hairstyle Malas, Marlena Kleinman, x, 132 Malas, Spiro, x, 46, 132 Malibran, Maria, 66 Malloy, Joseph, ix, 97–98, 129–30, 143 Manon (Massenet), 24, 35, 56–57, 67, 126, 139, 156, 158, 185–86, 192n3, 206n9 Mansouri, Lotfi, x, 53, 70, 199n21 Marchesi, Mathilde, 199n20 March of Dimes, 112, 116 Maria Stuarda (Donizetti), 12, 14, 65, 69, 71, 78 See also “Three Queens” operas Marsee, Susanne, x, 71, 77–78, 166, 198n14 Martin, Mary, 79 Martinazzo, Antonio, ix Martins, Peter, 79 Mastroianni, Jack, 74, 75 Matheson, Laurie, xi Mauro, Ermanno, 197n5 Mawrdew Czgowchwz (novel, James McCourt), 81 McCollum, John, 38 McCourt, Elizabeth “Baby Doe,” 33, 34 McCulloh, Judy, xi McDermott, William F., 28–29 McMullen, Tracy, xii Mefistofele (Boito), 26, 196n2 Mehta, Zubin, 71, 79 memory, 160, 177–81, 190 See also “aftervibrations”; live performance Mercado, Eric, xii Merman, Ethel, 79 Merola, Gaetano, 26 Merrill, Robert, 12, 75, 182 Merry Widow, The (Lehár), 28, 72, 76, 157, 185 mesmerism, 8, 53, 86–87, 127–29, 131, 133, 140–44, 204n8 methodology, 1–10, 88–90, 125–27, 159–62, 166–67, 200n4, 200n6, 201n9 See also ethnography Metropolitan Opera, 11–15, 56, 179–80, 182; and New York City Opera (see under latter) Michelmore, Peter, 14 Mickelson, Randolph, 60, 74 Mignon (Thomas), 31, 44 Milwaukee Symphony, 71 modernism (critical school), 48 Moffo, Anna, 19, 83–84 Moist, Kevin, 115 Moody, Jacquelynne, 30, 194n15 Moore, Douglas, 30–32 Moore, Gerald Martin, x, 46, 65, 152, 185, 195n4, 198n20, 205n1 Moran, Mike, 179–80 Morel, Jean, 36–37 Morris, Francis, 115 Morse, Kenny, xiii Mr Tape (byname), 207n11 Murjani, Mohan, 78 Murray, William, 62 museum of Sills documents and memorabilia See Stamper, Freeman Musicarnival, 27–30, 32, 115 Narucki, Susan, xiii National Academy of Chinese Theatrical Arts, 209 nationalism See patriotism Nelson, A Robert, ix, 91–92, 147, 177, 180 Netrebko, Anna, 56, 179 New Orleans Opera, 54 New York City Opera, 5, 32, 43–49, 96, 107, 162, 189–90; and Metropolitan Opera, 13– 15, 39, 43, 49; production style, 37, 41–42, 45–46, 49, 57, 64, 161; Sills and (see under Sills, Beverly) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 34 New York State Theater, 5, 13, 43, 78, 96, 103, 126, 154, 156, 180, 182 225 Index Nilsson, Birgit, 72, 199n1, 205n1 Norma (Bellini), 65, 102, 107, 139, 152 Norman, Jessye, 12 Nozze di Figaro, Le (Mozart), 66 Of Lena Geyer (novel, Marcia Davenport), 81 opera: Chinese (see Peking opera); and politics (see politics and opera) Ormandy, Eugene, 71 ornamentation, 44–45, 48, 61–62 Osborne, Conrad, 152 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), 196n2 Palm Beach Opera, 204n6 Paris Opéra, 24 Pasi, Mario, 59 Pasta, Giuditta, 65–66, 197n8 Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan), 22 patriotism, 5, 14, 15, 16, 32, 89 Patterson, Dan, ix Patti, Adelina, 66 Pavarotti, Luciano, 63, 73, 103, 136, 154 Pearl Fishers (Bizet), 27 Peerce, Jan, 26 Peking opera, 98, 199n21, 206n6, 209n2 (Afterword) Pelly, Laurent, 56 performance mishaps, 26, 29–30, 71, 117, 198n12, 204n7 performance studies, 127–50 Perlman, Itzhak, 182 Philadelphia Lyric Opera, 73 Philadelphia Opera Company, 193n9 Philadelphia Orchestra, 71 Phillips, Harvey E., 19 Piaf, Edith, 144 piano, 21–23, 70, 79, 84, 108, 109, 111, 202n5 pilgrimages, Piper, Jonathan, xi Plantamura, Carol, x, xii Plishka, Paul, 73 Poizat, Michel, 89 politics and opera, 1–2, 12, 17, 32, 128–29, 209n2 (Afterword) Polk, Lee, 184, 186, 209n1 Ponder, David, ix, 108–11, 123 Pons, Davina (stage name, David Ponder), 109 Pons, Lily, 19 Ponselle, Rosa, 24, 56 Porter, Andrew, 58–59, 76, 103 postmodernism, 129 Potter, Jane, xii Power, Ben, xi presence, 140–45 See also copresence; magic Presley, Elvis, 83, 200n4, 201n9 Preston, Katherine, 202n16 Previn, André, 108 Price, Diana, xii, 115, 193n13 Price, John L., 27–28, 30, 115 Price, Leontyne, 58, 79, 91, 206n8 Priestman, Brian, 71 Pritchard, John, 63 psychoanalytic theory, 89 Puckette, Miller, xii Puebla, Mexico, 54 Puritani, I (Bellini), 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 114, 132, 139, 141, 147–48, 152, 184, 185, 205n13 Qi Rushan, 206n6 radio, 20–22, 58, 76, 117, 152 Ramey, Samuel, x-xi, 19, 25, 42, 166, 207n11 reception, 7, 159 recordings, 33, 87, 92, 101, 102, 108, 109, 114, 116, 117–18, 121, 149, 151–53; absence of, 9, 75, 158, 159, 188, 194n16; bootleg (“private”), 9, 51, 58, 61, 63, 66, 75, 116, 118, 119, 123, 124, 137, 152–54, 156–58, 160–62, 184, 207n11; industry, 105, 108; process, 152, 155, 166; video, 154–61 record stores, 121–22, 124 Rees, Helen, xii religion, 84–87, 90, 131–32, 201n9, 202n6, 204n9 See also ritual Rich, Alan, 206n5 Rigoletto (Verdi), 84 Risi, Clemens, 4, 153, 159 ritual, 90, 131–32, 192n3 See also religion Rivera, Chita, Roberto Devereux (Donizetti), 14, 25, 65–70, 71, 78, 114, 126, 134, 137, 143, 152, 154, 155, 166, 180, 184, 203n1, 204n7, 206n9 See also “Three Queens” operas Rockwell, John, 19, 128 Rodger, Gillian, xiii Rokem, Freddie, 148 Rolandi, Gianna, xi, 96 Román, David, Rosen, Ed, 53, 124 Rosenkavalier, Der (Strauss), 71, 96 Rosenstock, Joseph, 27 Rosenwald, Peter, 156 Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola, 26 226 Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com Index Rudel, Julius, xi, 32, 37–38, 39, 41–43, 44, 47–48, 56, 57, 69, 164, 196n3, 208n17 Runyon, Ron, ix, 85–87, 124, 157 Ryder, Kathryn, ix Saal, Hubert, 12, 16, 35, 47, 56, 106, 107, 133 Sadie, Stanley, 64 Salk, Jonas, 130 Salk, Peter, xii Salle Pleyel (Paris), 64 Sanders, Samuel, 70, 144 San Diego Opera, 70, 77, 111, 114, 130, 157 San Francisco, 73 San Francisco Opera, 26–27, 63, 71–72, 117 Sapho (Massenet), 186 Sargeant, Winthrop, 13, 36, 39, 41, 42, 46, 48, 49, 56–57, 62, 67–68, 193n9 Sayou, Bidu, 12 Schermerhorn, Kenneth, 71 Schippers, Thomas, 59, 60, 73–75, 133 Schneider, Rebecca, 160 Schonberg, Harold C., 13, 41, 47–48, 57, 58, 66–67, 75, 76, 91, 195n3, 196n1 Schubin, Mark, 206n4 Schulze, Laurie, 191n1 Scotto, Renata, 58, 79, 154, 205n1 Scovell, Jane, 25 Serafin, Tulio, 26 Shane, Rita, 196n1 Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, 167 Shigo, Daniel, xi, 145 Shirley, George, x Shore, Dinah, 79 Short, Bobby, 79 Shubert, Jacob J., 22–23, 186 Siege of Corinth (Rossini), 11, 58, 73–76, 85, 96, 195n4 Siff, Ira, 101 silence, 12, 38, 46, 131–33, 149 See also breath and breathlessness Sills, Beverly: acting, 23, 25, 29–30, 33–34, 37–39, 41–42, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 65, 67–69, 74, 93, 126, 134–38, 141–42, 144, 155, 162, 168, 183, 204n7, 207n14; body, use of, 20–21, 28, 32, 35, 38, 40, 45, 64, 68, 92, 93, 137, 142, 155–57, 163–64, 167, 168, 178, 180, 207n14; Boston area, life in, 34, 44; and Brooklyn, 14–15, 20, 191n3; charitable work, 112, 116; children, 15–16, 34–36, 50– 54, 64, 97, 116, 121, 139–40, 187; Cleveland, life in, 31–34; coloratura, 31, 41, 47, 56, 59, 65, 66–67, 68, 74, 77, 96, 188; death, 1–2, 80, 188; early career, 22–26; emotion (see emotion: in music); “escape,” performing as, 35, 72, 138–40, 184; family life, 15–16, 31–32, 64, 183–84 (see also children under this heading); and fan mail, 111, 112, 117, 121, 124, 205n12; illness, 25, 71–73, 75, 152, 155, 157, 196n4; Jewish identity, 32, 191n3; later career, 31, 55–80; as Lincoln Center chairman, 205n19; Metropolitan Opera debut, 5, 11–13, 17, 73–76, 91, 133; as Metropolitan Opera performer, 73–77, 97, 157; miscasting of, 27–28; names, 18, 20; New York City Opera (NYCO) audition and debut, 27, 30; as NYCO director, 19, 78–80, 96; as NYCO performer, 31–39, 43–49, 55–58, 65–73, 77, 157, 186, 196n1; performance style, 61, 125–50, 152, 177–81 (see also total performance; and under this heading acting; body); personality, 89, 145–49; and piano, 21; retirement, 78–80; threats against, 203n9; touring, 22–30, 31, 38, 39, 64, 71–72, 97, 106, 111, 157, 186, 196n1; training, 20–26; trill, 39, 41, 47, 66, 67, 143, 147; voice (in general), 44, 46, 58, 59–60, 64, 67, 74–80, 87, 89–91, 180, 182 (see also Fach); voice, damage to, 68–69, 72–73, 74–80, 102, 152, 155, 158, 182 185–87; voice, range, 30, 59–60, 90, 158; voice, “size,” 5, 29, 41, 58, 65, 69; voice, timbre, 5, 58, 65, 92, 93; weight, 112; work discipline, 16, 23, 25, 33, 54, 92, 100–101, 103, 141–42, 155; youth, 20–22 Sills, Stanley, 18 Silverman, Morris, 20 Silverman, Shirley, 22 Silverman, Sydney, 71 Six Characters in Search of an Author (Weisgall), 31, 34 Smith, Patrick J., 56 Smith, Tim, 143 Solti, Georg, 19 Sonnambula, La (Bellini), 65 South Africa, 120–23 Specht, Edward, 111–14, 116, 123 Springsteen, Bruce, 83, 84 Stamper, Charles Freeman, ix, xii, 85, 90, 111, 113–17, 119, 123 Stapp, Olivia, 207n11 Steiger, Rand, xi Stevens, Risë, 12 St George, Paul, 38 Strachan, Larry, 118, 123 227 www.Ebook777.com Index Street Scene (Weill), 43 strike, musicians’, 162 Suor Angelica (Puccini), 49–54, 184 See also Trittico supertitles and subtitles, 79–80, 86, 180, 199n21 Sutherland, Joan, 58, 63, 73, 91, 120, 126, 136, 206n5 Swed, Mark, 79 Symphony of the Air Orchestra, 70–71 Sze, Yi-Kwei, 30 Trovatore, Il (Verdi), 201n13 Troyanos, Tatiana, 107, 114 Tulsa Opera, 53, 77, 185 Turk in Italy, The (Rossini), 76, 157, 185 Turner, Edith, 204n9 Turner, Victor, 131, 140, 143 Taiwan, 1–2, 190, 209n2 (Afterword) See also opera, Chinese; politics and opera Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach), 37, 39–41, 49, 54, 65, 121 Taruskin, Richard, 48 Taubman, Howard, 33 Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), 65, 82 Teatro La Fenice (Venice), 64 television, 7, 16–17, 22, 26–27, 31, 54, 70, 72– 73, 75, 79, 85, 86, 87, 93, 96, 99–100, 109, 116, 126, 145–46, 154, 157, 158, 195n20 Thaïs (Massenet), 27, 76, 77, 139, 185 Theatre de Beaulieu (Lausanne), 54 Theobald, Nell, 199n1 Theyard, Harry, 74 Thomas, Richard, 189 “Three Queens” operas (Donizetti), 64–70, 76–77, 127, 139, 141, 158, 185, 207n15 See also Anna Bolena; Maria Stuarda; Roberto Devereux ticket prices, 11, 78 Tidyman, David Alan, ix, 87 Tinsley, Pauline, 197n12 Tomlinson, Gary, 191n2 Toni, Alcco, 59 Tosca (Puccini), 27, 29, 201n13 total performance, 24, 25, 28, 33–34, 41–42, 63–64, 89, 91–92, 134–36, 144–45, 153, 156– 57 See also emotion: in music; flow; Sills, Beverly: performance style Traviata, La (Verdi), 25, 27, 31, 40, 53, 54, 64, 65, 76, 85, 93, 95, 114, 139, 154, 155, 158 Treigle, Norman, 13, 15, 29, 35–39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47–49, 54, 55, 190 Trills, Beverly (stage name, David Ponder), 109 Trittico, Il (Puccini), 29, 49–54 See also Suor Angelica Vacha, John, 30 Varona, José, 46, 56 Verrett, Shirley, 19, 74, 182, 204n11 Vickers, Jon, 205n1 Vienna State Opera, 54 Vietnam-U.S war, 12 Vincent, Edgar, 19, 70, 73, 99 voice, place of in opera, 66–68,194n20 See also Sills, Beverly: voice unions, labor, 65 United Kingdom, 122 Ustinov, Peter, 47 utopian performatives, 128–29, 160, 190 Wadsworth, Charles, x, 70, 79, 141, 149, 204n11 Wagner, Charles L., 24, 31, 186 Walküre, Die (Wagner), 26, 117 Walther, Joseph, 200n6 Wang, Ying-fen, xii Watts, Heather, 79 Welting, Ruth, 205n1 Wendelken-Wilson, Charles, x, 12, 45, 69, 77, 134, 141, 192n5, 196n3, 197n11, 198n19, 207n11 Wilhite, Lindsey, 99 Wills, Garry, xii, 12, 17, 168, 184, 200n2 Witzleben, Larry, xii Woelzl, Susan, xi Wolf Trap National Park for the 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