Leyla Gencer Archive

CONCERT – SAN FRANCISCO

Civic Auditorium

08 October 1958

Fol de Roll and Opera Ball

Master of the ceremonies Giorgio Tozzi

San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus

San Francisco Opera Ballet

Kurt Herbert Adler producer

Karl Kritz musical director

Eugene Loring choreographer

Gianni Lazzari chorus director

Duets by 

Leyla Gencer soprano & Piero Miranda-Ferraro tenor

Gianni Raimondi tenor Frank Guerrera baritone

Sylvia Stahlman soprano & Richard Lewis tenor

Leontyn Price soprano & Lawrance Winters bass-baritone

Giuseppe Taddei baritone & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano

Solo parts  by 

Claramae Turner mezzo-soprano

Lisa Della Casa soprano

Irene Dalis mezzo-soprano

Jussi Björling tenor

THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE                                              

1958.09.04

THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER                                               

1958.09.05

OAKLAND TRIBUNE                                              

1958.09.14

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER                                               

1958.10.02

OAKLAND TRIBUNE                                              

1958.10.05

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER                                               

1958.10.09