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Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills

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Broadcast

First broadcast: Sat 18 Nov 1972

Opera singer - soprano

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills.

Choices

Richard Strauss

1.

Richard Strauss

Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt (Act 3 Trio) (from Der Rosenkavalier)

Soloist: Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olszewska Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Frank Sinatra

2.

Frank Sinatra

When The World Was Young

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Gioachino Rossini

3.

Gioachino Rossini

Una voce poco fa (from The Barber of Seville)

Soloist: Amelita Galli-Curci

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George Frideric Handel

4.

George Frideric Handel

Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)

Soloist: Beverly Wolff, Beverly Sills

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Richard Wagner

5.

Richard Wagner

Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Ludwig

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André Previn

6.

André Previn

Fascination

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Richard Wagner

7.

Richard Wagner

Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

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Richard Strauss

8.

Castaway's favourite

Richard Strauss

Salome

Soloist: Ljuba Welitsch

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Book

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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Luxury item

Telephone

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