Beverly Sills - Operatic Repertoire

Operatic Repertoire

These are the roles that Sills has performed on stage or for television or radio.

Composer Opera Role In repertoire Performed with Recorded
Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi Giulietta 1975 Opera Company of Boston Yes
Bellini I puritani Elvira 1972–1978 Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Tulsa Opera Yes
Bellini Norma Norma 1972–1978 Opera Company of Boston, Opera Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Opera, Ravinia Festival, San Diego Opera, San Antonio Opera Yes
Bizet Carmen Frasquita 1951 Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company No
Bizet Carmen Micaela 1952–1958 Charles Wagner Opera Company, Robin Hood Dell West, Cosmopolitan Opera No
Bizet Carmen Carmen 1956 Musicarnival No
Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles Leila 1956 DuMont Television Network Yes
Boito Mefistofele Helen of Troy 1953 San Francisco Opera No
Charpentier Louise Louise 1962–1977 New York City Opera Yes
Donizetti Anna Bolena Anna 1973–1975 New York City Opera Yes
Donizetti Don Pasquale Norina 1978–1980 Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego Opera Yes
Donizetti La fille du régiment Marie 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 Yes
Donizetti L'elisir d'amore Adina 1964 Opera Company of Boston No
Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia 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 Yes
Donizetti Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia 1975–1976 New York City Opera Yes
Donizetti Maria Stuarda Maria Stuarda 1972–1974 New York City Opera Yes
Donizetti Roberto Devereux Elizabeth I 1970–1975 New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Yes
Gounod Faust Marguerite 1963–1970 Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Orlando Opera, San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, Duluth Symphony Orchestra Yes
Handel Ariodante Ginevra 1971 Kennedy Center Yes
Handel Giulio Cesare Cleopatra 1966–1971 New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Cincinnati May Festival Yes
Handel Semele Semele 1967–1969 Cleveland Orchestra, Caramoor Festival Yes
Hanson Merry Mount Lady Marigold Sandys 1964 San Antonio Symphony No
Hindemith Hin und zurück Helene 1965 WGBH-TV Yes
Kálmán Gräfin Mariza Countess Mariza 1946 Hartman Theatre in Columbus, Ohio No
Lehár The Merry Widow Sonia 1956–1965 Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Casa Mañana, Robin Hood Dell No
Leoncavallo Pagliacci Nedda 1965 Fort Worth Opera No
Lehár The Merry Widow Hanna Glawari 1977–1979 San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera No
Massenet Manon Manon 1953–1978 Baltimore Opera Company, New York City Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Colón, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia Yes
Massenet Thaïs Thaïs 1954–1978 DuMont Television Network, San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan Opera Yes
Menotti La Loca Juana La Loca 1979 San Diego Opera, New York City Opera Yes
Meyerbeer Les Huguenots Marguerite 1969 Carnegie Hall Yes
Montemezzi L'amore dei tre re Fiora 1956 Philadelphia Grand Opera Company No
Moore The Ballad of Baby Doe Baby Doe 1958–1969 New York City Opera, Musicarnival Yes
Moore The Wings of the Dove Milly Theale 1962 New York City Opera No
Mozart Der Schauspieldirektor Madame Goldentrill 1956 New York City Opera No
Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail Konstanze 1965–1975 Boston Opera Group, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Grant Park, Tanglewood Music Festival, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Ravinia Festival Yes
Mozart Die Zauberflöte Queen of the Night 1964–1967 Boston Opera Group, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Tanglewood Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, New York City Opera, CBC Radio Yes
Mozart Don Giovanni Donna Elvira 1953–1955 San Francisco Opera, Chattanooga Opera Association No
Mozart Don Giovanni Donna Anna 1963–1967 New York City Opera, Opera Company of Boston, Metropolitan Opera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Baltimore Opera Company Yes
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Countess 1965 Miami Opera No
Offenbach Les contes d'Hoffmann Three Heroines 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 Theater of Santiago, San Diego Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Symphony Yes
Puccini La bohème Musetta 1958–1963 Cosmopolitan Opera, New York City Opera No
Puccini La bohème Mimi 1965 Seattle Opera No
Puccini Gianni Schicchi Lauretta 1967 New York City Opera Yes
Puccini Suor Angelica Suor Angelica 1967 New York City Opera Yes
Puccini Il tabarro Giorgetta 1967 New York City Opera Yes
Puccini Tosca Tosca 1957–1960 Murrah High School Auditorium for the Jackson Opera Guild, Musicarnival No
Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie Aricie 1966 Opera Company of Boston Yes
Rimsky-Korsakov Le Coq d'Or Queen Shemakha 1967–1971 New York City Opera Yes
Romberg The Student Prince Kathie 1954 Chicago Theater of the Air Yes
Rossini The Barber of Seville Rosina 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 Yes
Rossini Il turco in Italia Fiorilla 1978–1979 New York City Opera Yes
Rossini The Siege of Corinth Pamira 1969–1976 La Scala, Metropolitan Opera Yes
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Rosalinda 1955–1980 Musicarnival, New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Company of Boston Yes
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Adele 1977–1980 New York City Opera, San Diego Opera Yes
Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos(original version) Zerbinetta 1969 Boston Symphony Orchestra Yes
Richard Strauss Elektra Fifth Maidservant 1953 San Francisco Opera No
Sullivan H.M.S. Pinafore Josephine 1945 Providence, Rhode Island at the Metropolitan Theater and Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium No
Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance Mabel 1945 Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium No
Suppé Die schöne Galathee Galatea 1965 Fort Worth Opera No
Tchaikovsky Cherevichki (performed under the title The Golden Slipper) Oxana 1955 New York City Opera No
Thomas Mignon Philine 1956 New York City Opera No
Verdi Aida Aida 1954–1960 University of Utah football stadium, Paterson, New Jersey, Central City Opera Yes
Verdi La traviata Violetta 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 Yes
Verdi Rigoletto Gilda 1957–1977 Grant Park, Opera Company of Boston Yes
Wagner Die Walküre Gerhilde 1953 San Francisco Opera No
Weisgall Six Characters in Search of an Author Coloratura 1959–1960 New York City Opera Yes

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