Sills, Bev ‧ er ‧ ly /sɪlz, ˈbevəli $ -ər-/ BrE AmE
(1929–2007) a US ↑ opera singer who was director of the New York City Opera from 1978 to 1989. She helped to make opera popular with people who did not know much about it, by putting it on television translated into English.