Leyla Gencer Archive

MESSA DA REQUIEM

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Premièr

Chiesa di San Marco, Milano

22 May 1874

12, 15 August 1964

Teatro Municipal, Rio De Janeiro

II. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA E DANÇA

Orquestra e Coro Do Teatro Municipal

Francesco Molinari Pradelli conductor

Norberto Mola chorus master

Leyla Gencer soprano

Adriana Lazzarini mezzo-soprano

Flaviano Labo tenor
Cesare Siepi bass

* Note: Gencer signed a contract for Otello with del Monaco for five performances. Unfortunately, after having a traffic accident, del Monaco cancelled his participation. As Gencer had a contract, Teatro Municipal drop Otello and offered her three performances of La Traviata and two concert performances of Verdi's Requiem. Gencer performed first two Traviatas but then she cancelled her last Traviata performances as well as Requiem concerts due to her illness.