Beverly Sills, America's Queen of Opera, dead at 78
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Beverly Sills, the world-renowned soprano who became the most popular opera singer in America in modern times, died on Monday evening in New York from inoperable lung cancer, her manager said.
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Legendary Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles dies in hospital in  Barcelona aged 81.
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ROME - Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, whose voice was considered one of the most beautiful of the 20th century, died Sunday at her home in the tiny republic of San Marino.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose titanic voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.
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Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, who was a great rival to Maria Callas, dies in San Marino aged 82.
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British jazz singer and author George  Melly died on Thursday at the age of 80, his wife Diana said in  a statement.
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The Royal Opera said Tuesday that Ehrling, who was known for his vast knowledge of music and for his sharp temperament, died Sunday in New York City, where he had resided since the early 1970s.
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PETER CAVE: The world-renowned Italian soprano, Renata Tebaldi, has died at the age of 82. Stricken with polio at the age of three, she was unable to take part in more strenuous activities, and instead became interested in music.
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The soprano Renata Tebaldi, one of the most beloved opera singers of all time - Arturo Toscanini, hard to please, said she had &quot;the voice of an angel&quot; - died today in the Republic of San Marino, her doctor said.
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Renata Tebaldi, an Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Italy's La Scala, died Sunday. She was 82.
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The late Beverly Sills, a peerless soprano, did everything she could--and there wasnât much she couldnât do--to make people fall in love with opera
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Regine Crespin, the French opera great who took her personal magnetism and soprano voice to the world's leading stages, died Thursday. She was 80.
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Victoria de los Angeles, a Spanish soprano whose career spanned five decades as her voice was sought after for its masterful tonal control and its seemingly effortless ability to turn on the power, died Saturday. She was 81.
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One of the world's greatest singers, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, dies aged 71 after a battle with cancer.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose unique, pristine voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.
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The death of Beverly Sills was deeply felt throughout the institutions that make up Lincoln Center.
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Beverly Sills, one of the United States&#39; most acclaimed opera singers, died Monday due to lung cancer, US media reported. She was 78.