Letters, Dec. 13, 1971

Sparks up the Spine

Sir: You caught the real Beverly Sills [Nov. 22]. She can send sparks up your spine with that incredible voice. For those spectacular talents, most of us would accept an amalgam of megalomania, immorality, the frizzles and flat feet; but happily we don't have to. To experience a Sills performance is to revel in her joyous nature, her exuberance, her graciousness and that leavening of mischief. Sills is summer ir full bloom.

ANNE ANDREASEN Los Angeles

Sir: The statement that Beverly Sills "takes up where Maria...

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