Soprano Beverly Sills' art, jewelry for sale in NYNEW YORK ? An auction of the late soprano Beverly Sills'bestate/b fetched more than a half-million dollars Wednesday ? far more than expected for the costume designs, art and other personal ... Opera's new production of Bizet's "Carmen," which opens New Year's Eve. The Richard Eyre staging was designed around Gheorghiu, making an unusual foray into a role written for mezzo-sopranos, and her husband, tenor bRoberto/b Alagna. ...