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The Magic of Beverly Sills Harriet Axbey and Europe examine both theWith her superb coloratura soprano, passion for the world of opera, and down to earth personality, Beverly Sills made high art accessible to millions from the time of her meteoric rise to stardom in 1966 until her death in 2007. An unlikely pop culture phenomenon, Sills was equally at ease on talk shows, on the stage, and in the role of arts advocate and administrator. Merging archival research with her own love of Sills's music, Nancy Guy examines