Farewell, Bubbles

[+ deej]

We lost a great one today. Beverly Sills passed away.

 

Her talent as a coloratura was phenomenal, but if you ever met her you'd know her real talent was just being REAL, accepting, and open to all she met.

 

One last time:

 

BRAVA!

 

We will be poorer in your absence, Bubbles.

[+ Italiano]

Yes, even if we have been sort of waiting for this for few days, it's another sad day for opera buffs.

 

Too many great left us in the last 2-3 years!

And only a few remain, but life will of course not be forever for them either.

 

I hear Pavarotti is also terminal...

 

Farewell Bubbles!

[+ Charlie]

When I lived in New York in the 1960s, a friend told me that I must go see "Le Coq d'Or" at the NYC Opera just for a sensational soprano named Beverly Sills. As soon as I heard her, I was hooked, and I saw her many more times in her all-too-short career. She represented the absolute best of New York, not only as an artist but as a professional in everything she did after her singing career.

[Karl-G]

Beverly Sills was wonderful on stage and also on television. Her performances were always a delight for ear and eye. She was also an excellent hostess on many programs, both enlightening and entertaining. I will miss her.

 

Requiescat in pace.

[pierrot]

A great singer and a great human being. Never be another like her.