I'm so glad that Charlie Rose had Beverly Sills 'for the hour'. I still remember that 2002 interview, in which Sills explained with equal aplomb the management structure of Lincoln Center ("Linc-Inc") and dished up, "I like to say that there are three things that I don't share. I don't share blame, I don't share credit, and I don't share desserts." Inimitable.
As Violetta, way back in 1955 (more here, from her website):