Fresh Air, Beverly Sills and Werner Herzog, July 6, 2007

Hear the late Beverly Sills and filmmaker Werner Herzog on this edition of Fresh Air. First, classical-music critic Lloyd Schwartz pays tribute to opera singer Beverly Sills, who died Monday at the age of 78 from lung cancer. Then, we feature a 1985 interview with Sills. Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews Rescue Dawn, the first Hollywood feature film by Werner Herzog. [Broadcast Date: July 6, 2007]

Lastly, filmmaker Werner Herzog. His new film Rescue Dawn is his first Hollywood feature and is a dramatic retelling of the story he told in his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly. It's the true story of Dieter Dengler, the only U.S. pilot to have successfully escaped from a North Vietnamese-controlled prison. Dieter is played by Christian Bale in the new film. Herzog's other works include the feature films Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Heart of Glass, Fitzcarraldo, and Nosferatu. [Original Broadcast Date: October 27, 1998]