Leyla Gencer Archive: Awards - Honours [1950

Awards - Honours [1950 - 1979]

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1955 September

FRENCH EMBASSY, ANKARA

LEGION d'HONNEUR

STATE THEATRE MAGAZINE

1955 November

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1957

EMBASSY OF USA, ANKARA

TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AWARD

For contribution toward increased cultural understanding and appreciation between Turkey and the United States

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1958.02.14

PALAZZO SERBOLLONI, MILANO

MEDAGLIA D’ORO PER MERITI PUCCINIANI

GOLD MEDAL FOR PUCCINI

CENTENARY OF PUCCINI
An evening in commemoration of Puccini’s 100th anniversary of birth

Circolo della Stampa

Leyla Gencer soprano

Cesy Brognini soprano

Elisabetta Fusco soprano

Fiorenza Cossotto mezzo-soprano

Antonino Votto piano

Un bel di vedremo Madama Butterfly

Senza mamma Suor Angelica

In quelle trine morbide Manon Lescaut

Leyla Gencer soprano / Antonino Votto piano

Si, mi chiamano Mimi La Boheme

Vissi d’arte Tosca

Cesy Brognini soprano / Antonino Votto piano

Di frequente, la sera Suor Angelica

Fiorenza Cossotto mezzo-soprano / Antonino Votto piano

Se come voi piccina io fossi Le Villi

Elisabetta Fusco soprano / Antonino Votto piano

A Gold Medal for Puccini Merits Presented by Fosca Crespi, Puccini’s stepdaughter after the performance.

CORRIERE DELLA SERA

1958.02.13

CORRIERE DELLA SERA

1958.02.14

1958.05.03

LE THEATRE ROYAL DE LA MONNAIE, BRUSSELS

SILVER MEDAL

Expo Bruxelles

The participation program of Turkey included other activities so as to express itself in every possible way. Leyla Gencer and Doğan Onat (tenor), both from State Opera in Ankara, made a debut at le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Royal Theatre of the Mint) at the night of May 3. Being the first Turkish actors to put on an opera in Brussels, they performed Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. The Soprano Leyla Gencer was the principal performer in the role of Floria Tosca, and Doğan Onat starred as Mario Cavaradossi.

From a study on Turkish Pavilion in the Brussels Expo’58: Architectural Modernization in Turkey during the 1950s by Selda Balcı.

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1959

PARIS
MEDAILLE D'ARGENT
SILVER MEDAL

Leyla Gencer awarded with a Silver Medal by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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1960
LONDON
GOLD MEDAL

Harriet Cohen Foundation

A prestigious jury with Zoltan Kodaly as President, Pablo Casals and Francis Poulenc among the committee members, Darius Milhaud as president of the meeting.

1960 March / April
MOSCOW
A GIFT TO LEYLA GENCER TO HONOR HER GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN ART

KULIS ARMENIAN MAGAZINE, ISTANBUL
1960.10.15
Head of Music Soviet Union Cultural Relations Music Department, composer Mikhail
Ivanovich Chulaki presents a gift to Leyla Gencer to honor her great achievements
in art. In the photo, Leyla Gencer's husband, İbrahim Gencer, is between the two
of them.

Bolshoi Opera soloist Tamara Milashkina (right) and International Competition
jury member Tamara Fiodorova (left) meet with Leyla Gencer.

1960.10.28
DALLAS
HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF DALLAS

Citizenship presented by the Mayor of Dallas

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
1960.11.02

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1961 December

İSTANBUL
ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Silver Medal of the Artist of the Year awarded by the Association of Turkish Women

MİLLİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER

1961.12.28

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1966.05.09

BRESCIA

ATTESTATO DI BENEMERENZA ARTISTICA

GRAND CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

By Friends of Brescia Theatre

1966.08.04

TEATRO ALLA SCALA, MILANO

PREMIO LO-SCA - ASSOCIAZIONE LOGGIONISTI SCALA

LOGGIONE OF LA SCALA AWARD

By The Loggionisti

AVANTI

1966.09.23

CORRIERE DELLA SERA

1966.09.23

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1967.03.08

TURKISH EMBASSY, ROMA

CROCE COMMENDATORE DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA

CROSS OF COMMENDATORE OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC

Cross of Commendatore of the Italian Republic awarded by the President of the Republic of Italy Giuseppe Saragat, and presented by the Foreign Secretary.

with Italian Foreign Secretary Amintore Fanfani and Turkish Ambassador, Roma

with Italian Foreign Secretary Amintore Fanfani, Roma

with Bianca Rosa Provaroli Fanfani, Roma

with Italian Foreign Secretary Amintore Fanfani, Roma

with Italian Foreign Secretary Amintore Fanfani, Roma

with Italian Foreign Secretary Amintore Fanfani, Roma

EKSPRES DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.07

ADALET DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.09

YENİ TANİN DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.09

HÜRRİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.10

MİLLİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.10

YENİ GAZETE DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.10

YENİ GAZETE DAILY NEWSPAPER

1967.03.15

AKİS WEEKLY MAGAZINE

1967.04.22

1967 April

COLOMBA D’ORO RAI

RAI GOLDEN DOVE AWARD

Award for her interpretation of "Maria Stuarda"

1967 May

MEDAGLIA DAL CIRCOLO DELLA STAMPA DI NAPOLI

MEDAL FROM NEAPOLITAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

for her artistic contribution to the popularization of the Italian melodrama

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1968.08.02

VERONA

MEDAGLIA D'ORO

GOLD MEDAL

After a reception given in her honor in Verona (where she has just sung with great success in Trovatore), Leyla Gencer was awarded by the "Friends of opera" of Milan, Turin, Florence and Verona with a gold medal depicting the 'Arena, as best soprano of the year.

AVANTI

1967.08.22

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1970.07.29

ARENZANO

CITHARA D'ORO

GOLDEN CITHARA

Arenzano Golden Cithara 1970 ‘for proposing once again the series of great nineteenth-century operas started by Maria Callas’

1970

GENOA

MEDAGLIA D'ORO

GOLD MEDAL

Gold Medal of the Friends of Opera Genoa

1970.08.03
ROMA
MEDAGLIA D'ORO
GOLD MEDAL

Gold Medal for her Aida performances at the Terme di Caracalla, Rome

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1971.03.01

NAPOLI
TARGA D'ARGENTO
SILVER PLAQUE

A.L.G. Napoletana da 15 anni (A Neapolitan for 15 years)

Circolo della Stampa (Press Association)
Presented by A. Falvo, A. Parante

Canta arie
Pianista M.o Galdieri

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1972.11.17

MANTOVA
PALCOSCENICO D'ORO
GOLDEN STAGE AWARD

Awarded by of the Friends of the Lyric Art of Mantova Together with Ruggero Raimondi

with Ruggero Raimondi

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1973

CASTELLERQUATO, PIACENZA
PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE LUIGI ILLICA
INTERNATIONAL LUIGI ILLICA AWARD

Awarded by Luigi Illica Festival

1973.06.14

LONDON

DONIZETTI SOCIETY HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT

Awarded alongside with Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Charles Mackerras et all

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1974.10.19

MANTOVA
MASCHERA D'ARGENTO
SILVER MASK AWARD

XXIX Silver Mask for Opera 1973-1974

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1975
TEATRO DONIZETTI, BERGAMO
PREMIO DONIZETTI
DONIZETTI AWARD

For her Donizetian Studies

1975.05.31

PALAZZO VECCHIO (Salone dei Cinquecento), FIRENZE
X. PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE "LE MUSE"
X. INTERNATIONAL "LE MUSE" AWARD

Ingrid Bergman, Marc Chagall were among the recipients

1975 June
PALAZZO REALE, MILANO
XIII PREMIO DELLA CRITICA DISCOGRAFICA ITALIANA
XIII ITALIAN RECORD CRITICS AWARD

XIII Italian Record Critics Award for the Recital Tribute to Leyla Gencer, Cetra LPO 2001Awarded as testimony to the most unique interpretative moments of a great singer