Leyla Gencer Archive

CONCERT – SAN FRANCISCO

War Memorial Opera House

19† November 1978

The Anniversary Gala

Celebration of the Gold & Silver Jubilees of

Kurt Hebert Adler

Masters of Ceremonies

Dorothy Kirsten, Regina Resnik, Lotfi Mansouri, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sir Geraint Evans, Terry McEwen, Walter Slezak

Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer Overture

Silvio Varviso conductor

Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Prize Song

Spas Wenkoff tenor
Silvio Varviso conductor

Charpentier Louise Depuis le jour

Dorothy Kirsten soprano
John Pritchard conductor

Mozart Così fan tutte In uomini, in soldati

Graziella Sciutti soprano
John Pritchard conductor

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Aprite un po' quegli occhi

Cesare Siepi bass
John Pritchard conductor

Leoncavallo Pagliacci Vesti la giubba

James McCracken tenor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera Morrò, ma prima in grazia

Lucine Amara soprano
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Giordano Andrea Chénier Nemico della patria

Louis Quilico baritone
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Childrens' prayer

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Calvin Simmons conductor

Monteverdi L'Incoronazione di Poppea Pur ti miro

Carol Vaness soprano
Barry McCauley tenor
John Pritchard conductor

Verdi Ernani Ernani, Ernani involami

Leona Mitchell soprano
Calvin Simmons conductor

Gruber, Mei' Muatterl war a' Wienerin

Walter Berry bass-baritone
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Verdi Macbeth Vieni, t'affretta!

Gwyneth Jones soprano
Richard Bradshaw conductor

Verdi Nabucco Va, pensiero sull'ali dorate
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Richard Bradshaw conductor

Verdi Nabucco Del futuro nel buio discerno

Giorgio Tozzi baritone
Richard Bradshaw conductor

Brodiceanu, Pe sub flori ma leganai

Brodiceanu, S'a dus cucul de p' 'aici
Ileana Cotrubas soprano
Philip Eisenberg piano

Mussorgsky, Song of the flea

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni bass
Calvin Simmons conductor

Leoncavallo Pagliacci Silvio, a quest'ora

Mary Costa soprano
Allan Monk baritone
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Donizetti Al dolce guidami.... Coppia iniqua Anna Bolena

Leyla Gencer soprano

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Anonymous, A new work
Regina Resnik mezzo-soprano
Calvin Simmons conductor

Giordano Fedora Amor ti vieta

Giacomo Aragall tenor
Calvin Simmons conductor

Lehár Giuditta Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss

Leonie Rysanek soprano
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Verdi Rigoletto Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

Ingvar Wixell baritone
Silvio Varviso conductor

Strauss Die Aegyptische Helena Zweite Brautnacht

Leontyne Price soprano
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Verdi Aida Finale, Triumphal Scene

Gwyneth Jones soprano, Irene Dalis mezzo-soprano, James McCracken tenor,
Chester Ludgin baritone, Giorgio Tozzi bass, Alexander Malta bass
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Not listed in the program were "honoured guests" who did not perform, but were introduced on stage: Licia Albanese, Lorenzo Alvary, Frances Bible, Heinz Blankenburg, Inge Borkh, Sona Cervena, Irene Dalis, Howard Fried, Colin Harvey, Hans Hotter, Frederick Jagel, Raymond Manton, Donna Petersen, Florence Quartararo, Stella Roman, Bidú Sayão, Giulietta Simionato, Blanche Thebom, Claramae Turner, Ramon Vinay

In the audience were: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Kennedy Centre, Livingston Biddle, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts

† Recording date

Photo © IRA NOWINSKI, San Francisco

LETTER TO LEYLA GENCER REGARDING CONCERT

29.08.1978