I saw a Sills performance of "Baby Doe" at City Opera. It was so wonderful - and at the end, I was sobbing so much, that I tried to clap and clap and clap so the curtain calls wouldn't end for the house lights to come up with me sobbing. Well - the curtain calls ended - at last - and when the house lights came up - everyone around me was crying. It was a great great emotional theater going experience. One I will never forget.
@MrAndredekock
10 жыл бұрын
Has there EVER been another soprano who could FLOAT their notes in the same way that Ms Sills was able to do? I cannot think of ONE! And yes Windstorm1000 I totally agree with you that the delicacy of emotion Ms Sills had, not only in this aria, but in EVERYTHING she sang just seared the heart and pierced one to the very core! How we miss you Maestra and rest in peace.
@frankioele1884
8 жыл бұрын
Sills told a very funny story on herself about the recording of this aria for the complete set. She was very pregnant at the time and every time she hit the high note (a D, I believe) the baby would kick her! What a voice! She is very much missed.
@windstorm1000
10 жыл бұрын
The MET was so dumb not to hire Ms. Sills earlier---what a waste of a national resource! This is so moving. Sills voice at her silvery best with such delicate emotion that sears.
@Shahrdad
4 жыл бұрын
She is so perfect here. She considered Roberto Devereaux her greatest achievement, but I think Baby Doe was the greatest thing she did. It fit her voice so perfectly, whereas much of the other roles (such as Three Queens) were several sizes too big for her delicate, silvery instrument. Her Baby Doe is simply breathtaking.
@sferrell1000
7 жыл бұрын
We used to have this on television all the time, My heart breaks for how far we have come down.
@lylecosmopolite
7 жыл бұрын
She was a perfectly real middle class American woman, and no prima donna. She loved her art and wanted to share her love. She was stably married for years, and had a daughter with Downs. She dressed sensibly. She was a good actress as well as singer. She had Jewish brains, and was a good administrator of opera in her later years. I remember her, and miss her.
@manolis.799
9 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful D ever
@NCinNYC
Жыл бұрын
I am happy that I lived during the time when Beverly Sills got to sing The Ballad Of Baby Doe. To me, there was never a more perfect fit than her voice and this role. Her singing is so silvery and exquisite and brimming with emotion.
@francoveritas2
There’s NOBODY on the face of the planet Earth that can come close to the unbelievably beautiful execution of this complicated aria! Mme. Sills ruined the opera! After this talented artist exposed her voice, it would have been suicidal to attempt to sing it! Bravo Mme. Sills!!!!
@vincentmancini6279
Жыл бұрын
I watch this video often. It's sounds from heaven. Miss Sills owns this song. God bless her soul.
@onitasanders7403
Beverly Sills rendition of this heavenly aria, is the gold standard for me. All I have to do is close my eyes and I am immediately transported to where she wants to take me. Love it. Just love it.
@Highinsight7
Back in the day when new operas where BEAUTIFUL... Dialogues of the Carmelites, Baby Doe, The Rakes Progress, Susanna, Candide and others...
@RonWylie-gk5lc
7 жыл бұрын
I know it is said a lot but how can ANYONE tick the unlike box for this, she has the voice of someone not of this world, this is a beautiful piece also, I honestly believe she sings this better than anyone in the world, and I don't only mean that fantastic D6 that she sings almost effortlessly, although it is wonderful lol
@wotan10950
4 жыл бұрын
I only discovered the art of Beverly Sills in 1973, so I missed much of her early career. But I was lucky enough to see her Three Queens, Lucia, Manon, so many others. She was really a gift to the world.
@BellaFirenze
4 жыл бұрын
She was a great artist. May she rest in peace.
@alangregory9229
8 жыл бұрын
I cannot speak!!!...This is so beautiful...the "sincerity" both of expression and tone..without any artfulness...If I didn't love Beverly before....I sure do now!!!...........Wowser!!!
@alexgomez2
12 жыл бұрын
Ms. Sills was a great singer but she was more than just a great voice. Her demeanor, interpretation, expressiveness where all wonderful. The only American soprano who makes me cry when singing pieces like this.
@charlesrhodes1358
5 жыл бұрын
So many speak of the"D". To me, the way she descends off that note to the next shows true and rare technical mastery. Not to mention how her singing has a rare pathos that goes straight to one's heart.
@merlinlevanwilkins1779
5 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to experts like Beverly Sills. This Ballard of Baby Doe is one of the love songs I remember from that time. Beverly Sills is one of the greatest opera singers of all times. If everyone only knew the great things Beverly could and did do with her voice.
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