RECITAL – ISTANBUL

Atlas Movie Theater

13 January 1954

İstanbul Gazeteciler Sendikası Yapı Kooperatifi

Orhan Borar Quartet

Haydn: Quartet No.74 in C major

Leyla Gencer soprano
Cemal Reşit Rey piano
 
Strauss R. Morgen op.27 no.4 
Strauss R. Befreit op.39 no.4 
Mozart Per pieta, ben mio, perdona Cosi fan tutte 
Gounod Ah! je ris de me voir si belle Faust 
Verdi Addio del passato La Traviata 
Mascagni Voi che sapete Cavalleria Rusticana 
Puccini Un bel di vedramo Madama Butterfly (Ancor)

İstanbul City Choir

Muhiddin Sadak choir master

Cemal Reşit Rey piano

Brahms Waldesnacht op.62 from Sieben Lieder
Brahms Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil op.62 from Sieben Lieder
Saygun Ay doğar Giresundan
Aru Çingene kervanı

Cui Kış

Rey Çayır ince biçemedim
Cemil Evlerin önü Mersin
Sadak Çıktım yolun doğrusuna
Altuğ Arabamın atları
Sadak Adananın yollarında
Saygun Kevenk yolu

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CONCERT – TORINO

Auditorium RAI [Broadcast]

15† November 1954

Concerto Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi Concert

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI

Arturo Basile conductor

Leyla Gencer soprano *

Giuseppe Campora tenor

Rossini Overture Guglielmo Tell
Giordano Amor ti vieta Fedora

Mozart Porgi Amor Le nozze di Figaro *
Massenet Dispar vision Manon
Gounod Ah ! je ris de me voir si belle Faust
Puccini Intermezzo Manon Lescaut
Puccini E lucevan le stelle Tosca
Verdi Dall’orrido campo Un ballo in maschera *
Giordano Improviso Andrea Chénier
Verdi Pace, pace mio dio La forza del destino *
Wagner Overture Rienzi

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CONCERT - ANKARA

State Conservatoire

21, 22 December 1954

Women in Verdi Operas

A Conference & Concert organised by Italian Cultural Institute
Conference presented by Prof. Cesare Valabrega piano

Azucena IL TROVATORE Saadet İkesus Altan mezzo-soprano

Violetta LA TRAVIATA Muazzez Gökmen soprano

Aida AIDA Leyla Gencer soprano

Amelia UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Leyla Gencer soprano

Leonora LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Leyla Gencer soprano

Nanetta FALSTAFF Muazzez Gökmen soprano

Desdeomona OTELLO Muzazez Gökmen soprano

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CONCERT – ROMA

Auditorium RAI [Broadcast]

15† February 1954

Concerto Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi Concert

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI

Pietro Argento conductor

Leyla Gencer soprano

Nicola Filacuridi tenor

Rossini Overture Guglielmo Tell
Mozart Per pieta, ben mio, perdona  Cosi fan tutte

Massenet Io non so Werther
Verdi Pace, pace mio dio La forza del destino
Massenet Il Sogno Manon
De Falla Introduction and dance La vida breve
Bizet Romanza del fiore Carmen
Verdi O Cieli azzurri Aida
Meyerbeer O paradiso L’africana
Verdi Ah forse e lui La Traviata
Wagner Overture Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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RECITAL – ANKARA

Çankaya Köşkü / Presidential Residance 

16 April 1954  

Recital for the honour of Yugoslavian President Tito

Leyla Gencer soprano

Nusret Kayar violoncello 
Mithat Fenmen piano

 

Arias from Ahmed Adnan Saygun's opera Kerem ile Aslı

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You can see Gencer at the reception briefly from 01.00' together with President Tito and President Bayar.