Beverly Sills, America's Queen of Opera, dies 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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American jazz singer Anita O'Day, a star of the Big Band era, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 87.
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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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The Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, considered one of the greatest divas in the post World War II era and a rival to Maria Callas, died at the age of 82, her doctor said.
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Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, one of the great post-World War II opera divas who Arturo Toscanini said had the "voice of an angel," has died, a family friend said Sunday. She was 82.
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Beverly Sills, the opera diva who won over fans worldwide with her sparkling voice and charming personality and became a powerhouse in the New York arts world, is gravely ill with cancer, The Associated Press has learned.
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Acclaimed singer Robert Merrill, the opera baritone who felt equally comfortable on opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died. He was 85.
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World-renowned soprano Beverly Sills,  who went from stardom on the opera stage to become chairwoman  of two great U.S. opera companies, is critically ill with  cancer, her publicist said on Thursday.
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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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American opera singer Jerry Hadley dies at the age of 55, eight days after an apparent suicide attempt.
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OPERA star Luciano Pavarotti has led tributes to Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, who has died at the age of 82. Tebaldi, renowned for her star appearances at New Yorkâs Metropolitan and Italyâs La Scala
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One of America's best-known opera singers, soprano Beverly Sills, dies from lung cancer in New York.
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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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The company dedicated the first performance of its new production of Massenetâs âCendrillonâ to Beverly Sills.
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Renata Tebaldi, one of the leading operatic sopranos of the 20th century, died today at her home in San Marino, the Associated Press reports.
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World-renowned soprano Beverly Sills, who went from stardom on the opera stage to become chairwoman of two great U.S. opera companies, is critically ill with cancer, her manager said on Thursday.
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Marking the 60th Anniversary of the New York City Opera, writers of the internationally known Opera News magazine recently paid tribute to one of the industry's most illustrious performers of old - Johanna ...