RECITAL – PARIS

Radio-Duffusion Française [Broadcast]

† August 1951

Leyla Gencer soprano
Unknown piano

Gounod Ah ! Je ris de me voir si belle Faust
Verdi Pace, pace mio dio La forza del destino

† Recording date

RECITAL – LONDON

BBC Radio [Broadcast]

01† August 1951

Leyla Gencer soprano
Arthur Dulay piano

Gounod Ah ! je ris de me voir si belle Faust
Verdi Pace, pace mio dio La forza del destino

† Recording date

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1951 

CONCERT – ANKARA

State Opera and Ballet

08 May 1951

Concert for the honour of Celal Bayar, President of the Turkish Republic

Ankara State Opera Orchestra

Ferid Alnar conductor

Leyla Gencer soprano

Mozart Porgi amor Le Nozze di Figaro
Verdi Ecco l'orrido... Ma dall'arido stelo Un ballo in maschera

Puccini Vissi d'arte Tosca

CONCERT – ANKARA

State Opera and Ballet

03 April 1951

Ankara State Opera Orchestra

Adolfo Camozzo conductor
Leyla Gencer soprano

Verdi Ritorna vincitor Aida

CONCERT – ANKARA

State Opera and Ballet

04 May 1951

Ferid Alnar conductor
Leyla Gencer soprano

Mozart Porgi amor Le Nozze di Figaro
Verdi Ecco l'orrido... Ma dall'arido stelo Un ballo in maschera
Puccini Vissi d'arte Tosca

TOSCA        

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Text by Giacosa and Illica after the play by Sardou
Premièr at Teatro Castonzi, Roma – 14 January 1900

07 October - 28, 30 December 1951 (32 Performances)                             

State Opera and Ballet, Ankara   

Conductor: Adolfo Camozzo
Chorus master: Georg Markowitz

Stage director: Vedat Gürten
Scene and costumes: Sabih Kayan

Floria Tosca a celebrated singer LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Mario Cavaradossi SÜLEYMAN GÜLER / SAVNİ SUBAŞI / NURİ TÜRKAN / NİHAT KIZILTAN a painter n/a tenor
Baron Scarpia Chief of Police VEDAT GÜRTEN / NEVZAT KARATEKİN / NURULLAH TAYKIRAN / ALİ KÖPÜK baritone
Cesare Angelotti a political prisoner RIFKI AR / RUHİ SU / SELİM ÜNOKUR / MUAMMER ESİ bass
A Sacristan ALİ KÖPÜK / FİKRET KUNTAY baritone
Spoletta a police agent AZMİ ÖRSES / ESAT TAMER tenor
Sciarrone a gendarme MİTHAT DEMOKAN / MUAMMER ESİ / FİKRET KUNTAY bass
A Gaoler MUZAFFER GÜRGÜNEŞ / İSMAİL ÖKTEM bass
A Shepherd Boy BERGAM AKSU / SAİME KENTMEN / MÜJGAN KUTUCUOĞLU / AYŞE ÖRSES contralto

Time: June 1800
Place: Rome

LEYLA GENCER’S TOSCA SCORES

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TIEFLAND

Eugen d'Albert (1864 - 1932)                  

Opera in a prologue three acts in German [Sung in Turkish]

Libretto: Rudolf Lothar after a Catalonian play Tierra Baixo by Angel Guimera
Premièr at Neues Deutsches Theater, Prague – 15 November 1903

21 February - 5 March 1951 (5 Performances)                                

State Opera and Ballet, Ankara 

Conductor: Hans Hörner

Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo

Stage director: Renato Mordo

Scene and costumes: Sabih Kayan

Sabastiano a rich land-owner ORHAN GÜNEK / VEDAT GÜRTEN baritone

Tomasso the village elder RUHİ SU / SELİM ÜNOKUR / ALİ KÖPÜK bass
Moruccio a miller FİKRET KUNTAY / NEVZAT KARATEKİN / MUAMMER ESİ baritone
Pepa ŞÜKRAN SÜLÜNER / RABİA ÇUBUKÇU soprano
Antonia MESUDE ÇAĞLAYAN / MUKADDER GÜRTEN soprano
Rosalia NECDET DEMİR / HİKMET SESAR tenor
Nuri a little girl AZRA ÇAPLI / ATIFET USMANBAŞ soprano
Martha a servant and ward of Sebastiano LEYLA GENCER [Role debut] / BELKIS ARAN / SEMİHA BERKSOY soprano
Pedro a shepherd in Sebastiano’s service AYDIN GÜN / NİHAT KIZILTAN / NURI TÜRKAN tenor
Nando a shepherd AZMİ ÖRSES / ESAT TAMER / SAVNİ SUBAŞI tenor

Time: Early Twentieth Century

Place: The Pyrenees and the Lowlands of Catalonia 

Photos © OSMAN DARCAN, Ankara

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