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38 comments

• operacat says:

  This is BUBBLES in a nutshell (her one time SILLSIANA):

  Ms. Sills and her incomparable compatriot in music, conductor Julius Rudel show us why Korngold had the second verse repeated in DIE TOTE STADT:

  To have seen her do LOUISE at the NYCO during their Golden era (the early 70s for the NYCO was like the Ballet Russe in terms of talent and creativity!)

  My two favorite arias by my first true love. . . done splendidly!

  on May 26, 2010 at 12:07 PM
• operacat says:

  argh. . I can never get the embeds to work:
  SILLSIANA:

  on May 26, 2010 at 12:09 PM
• operacat says:

  double argh:

  SILLSIANA
  

  DIE TOTE STADT
  

  DEPUIS LE JOUR
  

  on May 26, 2010 at 12:10 PM
• whiskey per tutti says:

  Day late and a dollar short, NYCO posts a Facebook tribute to Beverly the day AFTER her birthday.

  Way to go, guys.

  on May 26, 2010 at 2:40 PM
  • brooklynpunk says:

    Did The MET post any sort of tribute.?..just asking…?

    Bubbles and NYCO seemed to be distancing themselves from each other , more and more, after she left the Directorship of the Company, and became seemingly more interested in the MET and Lincoln Center affairs , as a whole….

    on May 26, 2010 at 2:47 PM
    • whiskey per tutti says:

      I understand that perception, but keep in mind that Beverly left a sizeable pair of shoes to fit into (not to mention a surplus) when she left NYCO. Her successors certainly wouldn’t have appreciated her hovering around trying to be helpful. Remember one of her mantras: I did that already.

      on May 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM
      • brooklynpunk says:

        BUT…

        At least they DID REMEMBER..(albeit not on THE DAY)..which seems to be more then Lincoln Center Inc, or The Met did..and Ms. Sills did a helluva job for both of them, as well….

        on May 26, 2010 at 3:03 PM
    • mrmyster says:

      This is a lovefest for Sills on her birthday and I do not wish to interrupt that.
      But since the topic of Sills & NYCO comes up, here is how I remember it, and to an extent, witnessed it: Sills was scheduled to sing Gilda in her final season at the Met. She could not, by general consent, sing it. At the same time she worked very hard with the NYCO board, going behind Julius’s back, to get him out and herself in his place. “He has abrogated his responsibilities, he should go,” she told me. I was unaware that he had and said so, and she became vehement. Well, OK. I got the message. The fact is she got the NYCO job, left the Met entirely thus avoiding the embarrassment of Gilda, and the man who had helped her the most and in a real way had ‘made’ her career, Rudel, was left out in the cold. It was not a pretty sight. R. wanted to keep his position at NYCO, but Sills promised so much fund-raising and a new image, she was able to undercut him — which she did not hesitate to do.
      She thought she came out ahead; I am not sure she did. I hope this does not offend certain parties, and it does not take anything from her wonderful career of singing. But a dash of reality is a good thing.

      on May 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM
      • Bluessweet says:

        I have always had my suspicions. Rudel was a guy who worked very hard for the NYCO, as far as I knew then or know any better now. I always understood that Sills moved in only because she had a better cash pipeline. Well, that may or may not have been so then but surely, in the long run, Sills moved up the ladder, leaving the NYCO in the dust and the NYCO is not in what would term excellent financial shape, as a great legacy left by Sills.

        on May 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM
      • Meimei says:

        You write as though those are bad things. Oh right, I forgot, women aren’t supposed to be self-directed or “careerist” in their motivation.

        on May 26, 2010 at 9:19 PM
      • Bluessweet says:

        Note to self: Remind self to check for chips on shoulder befor engaging mouth or keyboard.

        Meimei: Yours is is as stupid as any reply as any I ever received. I said nothing about a woman’s role and I don’t think that Mrmyster did either. What was said was that Ms. Sills might have done things that left at least one of her colleagues ill-served. If she really had only the best interest of the NYCO at heart, an institution where she sang for many years, (I saw all three of her Tudor Trilogy, for example) she might have done a better job of building an endowment before her “self-directed or “careerist” in their motivation” move to the over-all direction of Lincoln Center.

        I happen to be a fan of Ms. Sills and have enjoyed her singing and, yes, applaud her contributions to the arts after her singing career. Just as some criticize Placido Domingo for his lack of focus, no one can criticize him for not contributing all that he can to the art about which he obviously feels passionate. I would certainly give Ms. Sills her due and record my appreciation for all that she has contributed.

        on May 26, 2010 at 9:39 PM
• BETSY_ANN_BOBOLINK says:

  Lemme think. Yeah, I guess disloyalty and backstabbing would have sort of a negative connotation in my scheme of things. I will admit that I am still somewhat taken aback when I see them openly displayed by women. Guess it’s time to burn the old pedestal.

  on May 26, 2010 at 9:33 PM
• Alto says:

  For those who don’t know, and want to know, there’s a little exhibition for Sills at Lincoln Center currently:

  http://wp.me/paCe2-JC

  on May 26, 2010 at 10:15 PM
  • brooklynpunk says:

    Good for the Library of the Performing Arts , for doing so….!

    Is this on “public display”…or in the Research Division, upstairs….?

    on May 26, 2010 at 10:37 PM
    • Alto says:

      It’s on the third floor, but that’s perfectly public.

      on May 26, 2010 at 10:46 PM
      • Sanford says:

        It’s public but off the beaten path unless you go looking for it, unlike the gallery on the first floor

        on May 26, 2010 at 11:46 PM
• whiskey per tutti says:

  Thank you for setting us all straight. Very appropriate time to do it as well.

  on May 26, 2010 at 10:34 PM