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RECITAL – ANKARA

Italian Embassy

13 November 1953

Concert for the honour of Italian President Giuseppe Pella

Leyla Gencer soprano

Ergican Saydam piano

Unknown programme

CUMHURİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER

1989.12.31

RECITAL – ANKARA
Unknown Venue
23 April 1953

Ankara Philharmonic Guild

Leyla Gencer soprano
Ferid Alnar piano

Unknown programme

RECITAL – ROMA

Auditorium RAI [Broadcast]

† July 1953

Leyla Gencer soprano
Giorgio Favaretto piano

Mozart E Suzanne non vien Le nozze di Figaro
Strauss R. Cäcilie, op.27 no.2

Strauss R. Morgen op.27 no.4
Mussorgsky Con la bambola from La Camera del bambino
Duparc Chanson triste, op.2 No.4
Fauré 4 Mélodies Clair de lune
Debussy Aria di Lia L'Enfant prodigue
Debussy Les cloches Deux Romances

† Recording date

CORRIERE DELLA SERA

1954.08.06

RECITAL – ANKARA

French Embassy

20 May 1953

Concert for the honour of French Foreign Secretary Georges Bidault

Leyla Gencer soprano
Ergican Saydam piano

Verdi Addio del passato La Traviata
Verdi Ah forse e lui La Traviata
Gounod Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle Faust

CONCERT - ISTANBUL

Taksim Belediye Gazinosu

19 April 1953

Istanbul Conservatoire Orchestra
Cemal Reşit Rey conductor

Leyla Gencer soprano
Hamit Alcalıoğlu violoncello

Programme includes Mozart, Verdi, Menotti.

MİLLİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER

1953.04.15

TOSCA

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

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

1953 (4 Performances)

State Opera and Ballet, Ankara

Conductor: Hans Hörner

Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo

Stage director: Vedat Gürten

Scene and costumes: Sabih Kayan

Floria Tosca a celebrated singer LEYLA GENCER soprano
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

STATE OPERA MAGAZINE

1960 January

KEREM İLE ASLI

Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991)

Opera in three acts in Turkish
Libretto: Selahattin Batu
Premièr at State Opera, Ankara – 22 December 1953

22 March 1953 (22 Performances)

State Opera and Ballet, Ankara

WORLD PREMIER PERFORMANCE

The First Act staged on April 2, 1948 by Ankara State Opera

Conductor: Ahmed Adnan Saygun

Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo

Stage Director: Aydın Gün
Scene and costumes: Turgut Zaim

Hakan the Sultan HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ / SELİM ÜNOKUR bass

Hanım Sultan’s wife NECDET DEMİR / NERİMAN ESİ / NERİMAN SAN mezzo-soprano
Kerem Sultan’s son AYDIN GÜN / NİHAT KIZILTAN tenor
Vezir Sultan’s Minister MUAMMER ESİ / SELİM ÜNOKUR bass
Aslı Vezir’s daughter AYHAN ALDAN / BELKIS ARAN / LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Derviş an oldman AYHAN BARAN / HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ bass
İkinci Hükümdar Second ruler AYHAN BARAN / ALİ KÖPÜK baritone
Subaşı Sultan’s assistant NEVZAT KARATEKİN / RIFKI AR baritone
1^inciAşık a poet NEZAT ÇİDAMLI / UMUR PARS tenor
2^inciAşık a poet NEVZAT KARATEKİN / RIFKI AR baritone
3^üncüAşık a poet AZMİ ÖRSES / ESAT TAMER / NURİ TÜRKAN tenor
Yolcu a traveler SÜLEYMAN GÜLER / NEVZAN ÇİDAMLI tenor
Dancers: Lorna Mossford/Robert Lunnon/Ömer Sezer/Tenasüp Onat/Kaya İlhan/Güzin Kalın/Fezal Esmen

Time: 16th Century

Place: Isfahan (Iran)

Photos © FOTO AJANSI, Ankara