Beverly Sills Net Worth

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About Beverly Sills

American operatic soprano Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) had a $25 million estimated net worth. The parents of Beverly Sills were first-generation immigrants of Jewish ancestry from Romania and Ukraine. At the age of seven, Sills started singing training with Estelle Liebling after performing on a Saturday morning radio show and winning a contest when she was just three years old. Sills first appeared on Major Bowes’ Capitol Family Hour when she was ten years old after winning the CBS Radio program Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour.

American operatic soprano Beverly Sills had an estimated net worth of $25 million dollars at the time of her death, in 2007. Sills was known for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recordings.

Born: May 25, 1929 – Brooklyn, New York Died: July 2, 2007 – New York City

Quick Facts:

  • She started using the stage name Beverly Sills in 1936. As Belle Miriam Silverman, she was born. She spoke five languages as she was growing up: Russian, Yiddish, French, Romanian, and English.
  • Ms. Sills left the opera in 1980 but continued to be involved in the music scene. In 1994, she assumed the positions of Chairman of Lincoln Center, Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera, and General Director of the New York Opera (2002).
  • Throughout her operatic career, Ms. Sills performed in eight PBS televised productions and recorded 18 full-length operas.
  • Sills gave birth to Meredith in 1959 after getting married to Peter Greenough in 1956.

Sills’ Famous Opera Roles:

  • as The Queen of Shemakha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or
  • as Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
  • as Suor Angelica, Giorgetta, and Lauretta in Puccini’s trilogy Il Trittico
  • as Manon in Massenet’s Manon
  • as Pamira in Rossini’s The Siege of Corinth

Beginnings of Sills’ Career and Her Operatic Debut

Sills made her professional debut while travelling with the Gilbert and Sullivan repertory group in 1945, when she was just sixteen years old. As the Spanish gypsy Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen, she made her operatic debut after several years of performing in operettas. Sills sang with a number of touring companies between 1947 and 1955, honing the abilities that would later make her one of America’s favorite operatic performers. At the New York City Opera in 1955, Sills performed as Rosalinde in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus. People started to notice her incredible potential following this performance.

The Career Highpoint of Beverly Sills

At the height of her operatic career, Ms. Sill appeared on the covers of Time Magazine and Newsweek, performed on some of the best opera stages in the world, and recorded 18 full-length operas. She also starred in 8 televised performances on PBS. Beverly Sills debuted with the group in “Opera in the Parks.” nine years prior to her official debut on the Metropolitan Opera stage in 1975. While routinely performing at the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Sills experienced enormous fame.

after retirement

Sills took over as general director of the New York City Opera not long after she left her position in 1980. The once-fragile business’s financial situation improved dramatically under Sills’ leadership. Sills left her position as general director in 1988, but the following year she was elected president of the board of the opera in New York City. She assumed the chairmanship of Lincoln Center in 1994, and the Metropolitan Opera in 2002. She retired three years afterwards.

Sills’ Awards and Achievements:

Here are just a handful of awards earned by Beverly Sills throughout here operatic career.

  • Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist in the recording of “Herbert: Music of Victor Herbert” (1976)
  • Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in the recording of Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” (1978)
  • Recording Industry Association of America Culture Award (1979)
  • Pearl S. Buck Woman’s Award (1979)
  • Gold Baton Award (1980)
  • Appointed to the President’s Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties
  • The Medal of Freedom from President Jimmy Carter (1980)
  • Kennedy Center Honoree (1985)
  • Induction into the Working Woman Magazine’s Hall of Fame (1987)
  • Induction into National Women’s Hall of Fame (1989)
  • Awarded National Medal of Arts by President Bush (1990)
  • Order of Arts and Letter medal by the French Government (2000)

With her daughter at her bedside, Beverly Sills succumbed to cancer on July 2, 2007. At the time of her death, Beverly Sills’ net worth was $25 million. She was 78 years old. She is buried in Sharon Gardens, the Jewish division of Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. She

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