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Leyla Gencer
voc, 1928-2008 TR, Istanbul
Classical
Ayşe Leyla Gencer ([lejˈla ɟenˈdʒeɾ]) née Çeyrekgil (10 October 1928 – 10 May 2008) was a Turkish operatic soprano.Gencer was a notable bel canto soprano who spent most of her career in Italy, from the early 1950s through the mid-1980s, and had a repertoire encompassing more than seventy roles. She made very few commercial recordings; however, numerous bootleg recordings of her performances exist. She was particularly associated with the heroines of Donizetti.
Popular Tracks 
Norma: "Deh! Non volerli vittime" on Leyla Gencer, Vol. 1 by Leyla Gencer, Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice, Venice, La Scala Theater Orchestrea, Carlo Franci & Gianandra Gavazzeni Il Tamerlano, RV 703, "Il Bajazet", Act II: Sposo, son disprezzta on Paris Recital 1985 by Leyla Gencer Addio del passato on Leyla Gencer: Arias by Leyla Gencer, Arturo Basile & Gianandrea Gavazzeni La traviata, Act III: Addio, del passato on Puccini, G.: Tosca [Opera] by Giacomo Puccini, Leyla Gencer, Vincenzo Bellezza & Arturo Basile Roberto Devereux, IGD 61, Act I: "L'amor suo mi fe' beata" (Elisabetta) on DONIZETTI: ROBERTO DEVEREUX by Gaetano Donizetti, Mario Rossi & Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo Maria Stuarda: "Figlia impura di Bolena" on Leyla Gencer, Vol. 1 by Leyla Gencer, Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice, Venice, La Scala Theater Orchestrea, Carlo Franci & Gianandra Gavazzeni Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act II: Tutte le torture (Sung in Italian) [Live] on Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leyla Gencer, Renato Cesari, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Milano, Franceso Molinari Pradelli, Mario Rossi, Angelo Questa, Franco Mannino, Alfredo Simonetto, Nino Sanzogno & Bruno Rigacci Roberto Devereux, IGD 61, Act I: "Duchessa... Alle fervide preci" (Elisabetta, Sara) on DONIZETTI: ROBERTO DEVEREUX by Gaetano Donizetti, Mario Rossi & Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano on Opera d'Oro by Various Artists Anna Bolena: "Piangete voi?...Al dolce guidami" (Finale) on Leyla Gencer, Vol. 1 by Leyla Gencer, Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice, Venice, La Scala Theater Orchestrea, Carlo Franci & Gianandra GavazzeniTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Verdi - Macbeth | Giuseppe Verdi, Leyla Gencer | 2012 | Album |
| I Due Foscari | Giuseppe Verdi, Tullio Serafin, Leyla Gencer, Mirto Picchi, Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Alessandro Maddalena, Ottorino Bagalli, Marisa Salimbeni, Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice E Coro Del Teatro La Fenice | 2008 | Album |
| Legendary Performances Of Gencer.7 Complete Operas, 14 CD Set | Leyla Gencer | 2007 | Compil. |
| Assassinio Nella Cattedrale | Ildebrando Pizzetti, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Leyla Gencer, Aldo Bertocci, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala | 2003 | Album |
| La Vestale | Gaspare Spontini, Leyla Gencer, Robletto Merolla, Franca Mattiucci, Fernando Previtali | 2002 | Album |
| Leyla Gencer Arias & Scenes From Medea . Norma . Belisario . Maria Stuarda . Anna Bolena Volume 1 | Leyla Gencer | 2000 | Album |
| Arias & Scenes From Macbeth . Il Trovatore . Un Ballo In Maschera . La Forza Del Destino . Don Carlo Volume 2 | Leyla Gencer | 2000 | Album |
| Werther | Jules Massenet, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Leyla Gencer, Orchestra Del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Di Trieste & Coro Del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Di Trieste, Carlo Felice Cillario | 2000 | Album |
| Saffo | Giovanni Pacini, Leyla Gencer, Tito Del Bianco, Louis Quilico, Franca Mattiucci, Franco Capuana | 1996 | Album |
| Il Trovatore | Giuseppe Verdi : Fernando Previtali, Mario del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Ettore Bastianini | 1995 | Album |
| Untitled | Leyla Gencer | 1995 | Compil. |
| La Forza Del Destino = Сила Судьбы | Giuseppe Verdi - Leyla Gencer, Aldo Protti, Cesare Siepi, Gabriella Carturan, Enrico Campi | 1994 | Album |
| Caterina Cornaro | Gaetano Donizetti - Leyla Gencer, Giacomo Aragall, Renato Bruson, Carlo Felice Cillario | 1992 | Album |
| Un Ballo In Maschera | Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Bergonzi, Leyla Gencer, Adriana Lazzarini, Mario Zanasi, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna E Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Oliviero De Fabritiis | 1990 | Album |
| Beatrice Di Tenda | Vincenzo Bellini, Vittorio Gui, Mario Zanasi, Leyla Gencer, Antigone Sgourda, Juan Oncina, Coro Del Teatro La Fenice, Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice | 1989 | Album |
| Maria Stuarda | Gaetano Donizetti - Leyla Gencer, Franco Tagliavini, Shirley Verrett, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | 1988 | Album |
| 19 Liriche Op.74 / Trascrizione Su Sei Liriche Polacche | Leyla Gencer, Nikita Magaloff | 1983 | Album |
| Divine | Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland, Leyla Gencer, Montserrat Caballé, Raina Kabaivanska | 1983 | Compil. |
| I Puritani | Vincenzo Bellini / Leyla Gencer / Gianni Raimondi / Orquesta Estable Del Teatro Colón E Coro Estable Del Teatro Colón / Argeo Quadri | 1981 | Album |
| Leyla Gencer | Leyla Gencer | 1981 | Compil. |
| in scena | Leyla Gencer | 1981 | Compil. |
| Werther | Leyla Gencer, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Carlo Felice Cillario | 1980 | Album |
| Lucia Di Lammermoor | Leyla Gencer | 1980 | Album |
| Il Trovatore (Pagine Scelte) | Giuseppe Verdi - Mario del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra Sinfonica Della Radiotelevisione Italiana E Coro Di Milano Della RAI, Fernando Previtali | 1980 | Album |
| Recital per Dino Ciani, Opera/76 Vol/7 | Leyla Gencer | 1976 | Album |
| Recital di Leyla Gencer per Dino Ciani - Opera 75 vol 3 | Leyla Gencer | 1975 | Album |
| Simon Boccanegra | Giuseppe Verdi, Tito Gobbi, Leyla Gencer, Giorgio Tozzi, Rolando Panerai, Vito Susca, Giuseppe Zampieri, Glade Peterson, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | 1961 | Album |
| Macbeth | Giuseppe Verdi, Leyla Gencer, Mirto Picchi, Giuseppe Taddei, Ferruccio Mazzoli | 1958 | Album |
| L'Art De Leyla Gencer | Leyla Gencer | Compil. | |
| La Traviata / Madama Butterfly | Leyla Gencer | Single | |
| L'Arte Di Leyla Gencer | Leyla Gencer | Compil. | |
| Sta Sera All'Opera (La Traviata, Lucia Di Lammermoor, Norma, Il Travatore, La Cenerentola) | Gaetano Donizetti / Giuseppe Verdi / Vincenzo Bellini / Gioacchino Rossini - Maria Callas / Renata Tebaldi / Leyla Gencer / Teresa Berganza / Giuseppe di Stefano / Mario del Monaco / Ettore Bastianini | Compil. | |
| Gerusalemme | Giuseppe Verdi / Leyla Gencer, Giacomo Aragall, Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice & Coro Del Teatro La Fenice, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Album | |
| Aida / La Wally | Leyla Gencer | Single |
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