Leyla Gencer eller Ayşe Leyla Çeyrekgil, född den 10 oktober 1928 i Istanbul, död den 10 maj 2008 i Milano, var en turkisk operasångerska (sopran). Hon var känd som den turkiska divan och drottningen ("La Diva Turca" och "La Regina") i operavärlden. Karriären sträckte sig från det tidiga 1950-talet till mitten av 1980-talet och hon gjorde under den tiden mer än 70 olika roller inom operan.
Diskografi Bellini: Norma / 1966, de Fabritiis, Gencer, Cossotto, et al. Bellini: Norma / 1965, Gavazzeni, Gencer, Simionato, et al. Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda1964 / Gui, Gencer, Zanasi, et al. Bellini: I Puritani 1961 / Quadri, Gencer, Raimondi, et al. Pacini: Saffo 1967 / Gencer, Del Bianco, Mattiucci Cherubini: Medea 1968/ Gencer, Bottion, et al. Mayr: Medea in Corinto 1976/ Ferro, Gencer, Johns Gluck: Alceste 1967/ Gui, Gencer, Picchi Chopin: Polish Songs; Liszt / Leyla Gencer, Nikita Magaloff Donizetti: Anna Bolena 1958/ Gavazzeni, Gencer, Simionato, et al. Donizetti: Anna Bolena 1965/ Gavazzeni, Gencer, Cava, et al. Donizetti: Caterina Cornaro 1972 / Cillario, Gencer, Aragall Donizetti: Les Martyrs / 1975 Camozzo, Gencer, Bruson, et al. Donizetti: Les Martyrs / 1978 Gelmetti, Gencer, Bruson, et al. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / 1970 Gracis, Gencer, Raimondi et al. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / 1966 Franci, Gencer, Aragall, Petri et al. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / 1967 Molinari-Pradelli, Gencer, Verret, Tagliavini et al. Donizetti: Messa di Requiem / Gavazzeni, Teatro La Fenice Donizetti: Roberto Devereux 1964 / Gencer, Cappuccilli, et al. Donizetti: Belisario 1969 / Gavazzeni, Gencer, Taddei et al. Mozart: Don Giovanni 1960/ Molinari-Pradelli, Gencer, Petri, Bruscantini, Stich-Randall et al. Mozart: Don Giovanni 1962/ Solti, Gencer, Jurinac, Freni Ponchielli: La Gioconda 1971 / de Fabritiis, Gencer, Raimondi Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini 1961 / Capuana, Gencer, Cioni et al. Rossini: Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra 1971/ Sanzogno, Gencer, Grilli Verdi: I due Foscari" 1957/ Serafin, Gencer, Guelfi Verdi: Battaglia di Legnano 1959/ Gencer, Limarilli Verdi: Rigoletto 1961/ Quadri, Gencer, McNeil, Raimondi Verdi: Gerusalemme 1963/ Gavazzeni, Gencer, Aragall, Guelfi Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani 1965/ Gavazzeni, Gencer, et al. Verdi: Macbeth 1960/ Gui, Gencer, Taddei, Picchi et al. Verdi: Macbeth 1968/ Gavazzeni, Gencer, Guelfi, Corradi, et al. Verdi: Attila 1972/ Silipigni, Gencer, Hines Verdi: Ernani 1972/ Gavazzeni, Gencer, Bergonzi Verdi: Simon Boccanegra 1961/ Gavazzeni, Gobbi, Gencer Verdi: Trovatore 1957/Previtali, Gencer, Del Monaco, Barbieri, Bastianini Verdi: Un ballo in maschera 1961/ Gencer, Bergonzi Verdi: Aida 1966/ Capuana, Gencer, Bergonzi, Cossotto Verdi: La Forza del Destino 1957/ Serafin, Gencer, Di Stefano Verdi: La Forza del Destino 1965/ Molinari Pradelli, Gencer, Bergonzi
Referenser Noter
Källor Åstrand, Hans (red.), Sohlmans musiklexikon. 2., rev. och utökade uppl. Stockholm: Sohlman, 1976. Bd. 3: Fuga-Kammarmusikus. S. 89. . Stinchelli, Enrico, Greatest stars of the opera''. New, revised 3. ed., Rome: Gremese, 2002. S. 14, 98, 111-112, 145, 230. .
Externa länkar Leyla Gencer biography, performance chronology, discography and videography Leyla Gencer Voice Competition Biography with photo gallery Bel Canto Society page with Interview and photos Tribute of the Teatro alla Scala to Leyla Gencer Leyla Gencer in an excerpt from Anna Bolena (1978). Leyla Gencer Commemorative Coin (Lira)
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