The Musicarnival opera series includes two productions of Johann Strauss II’s “Die Fledermaus” – one from 1955 (starring Sills, months before she made her triumphant New York City Opera ...

Beverly Sills, left, ... Sills became a star with the New York City Opera, where she first performed in 1955 in Johann Strauss Jr.’s “Die Fledermaus.” ...

Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born ... She became a star with the smaller New York City Opera, where she first performed in 1955 in Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus." ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, ...

Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died July 2 of ...

Beverly Sills, left, as Adele the maid, and Joan Sutherland as Rosalinda share the stage during a performance of “Die Fledermaus” in San Diego, in this Oct. 6, 1980 file photo. By Orange ...

NEW YORK — Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died ...

Sills became a star with the New York City Opera, where she first performed in 1955 in Johann Strauss Jr.’s “Die Fledermaus.” “She was just a life force – brilliant, witty and warm ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice andbubbly personality, died Monday of cancer, her manager said.

NEW YORK –Beverly Sills, the acclaimed coloratura soprano who was more popular with the American public than any opera singer since Enrico Caruso, even among people who never set foot in an ...