Leyla Gencer

Leyla Gencer eller Ayşe Leyla Çeyrekgil, född den 10 oktober 1928 i Istanbul, död den 10 maj 2008 i Milano, var en 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)

Födda 1928
Avlidna 2008
Turkiska operasångare
Kvinnor
Personer från Istanbul