CONCERT – TORINO

Auditorium RAI [Broadcast]

†1955

Concerto Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi Concert

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI

Arturo Basile conductor

Leyla Gencer soprano

Agostino Lazzari tenor

Mozart Porgi amor Le Nozze di Figaro

Verdi Ecco l'orrido... Ma dall'arido stelo Un ballo in maschera

 

† Recording date

Photos © PHOTOFILM TREVISIO ERMINIO, Torino

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

† Recording date

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LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian [Sung in Turkish]
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

14 March 1956 (10 Performances)

State Opera and Ballet, Ankara

OPENING GALA OF STATE OPERA FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUBERCLOSIS FOUNDATION 

Conductor: Arturo Basile

Chorus master: Domenico Trizio

Stage director: Vedat Gürten

Scene and costumes: Ulrich Damrau

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta CARLO ZAMPIGHI tenor
Giorgio Germont his father REMO IORI baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town NURİ TÜRKAN tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo NEVZAT KARATEKİN baritone
Dr. Grenvil HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ bass
Marchese d’Obigny AYHAN BARAN bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta EDİP AKTUGAN tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend BEHİRE ÖZOZAN mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid HİKMET SESAR soprano
Dancers: Fezal Esmen/Engin Akoğul

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

RECEPTION AFTER THE PERFORMANCE

1956.03.03

With the President of Turkish Republic, Celal Bayar

Reception photos
Photos © HAYDAR YALNIZLAR, Ankara

HAKİMİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER                                               

1956.03.05                                                                                              

HÜRRİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER                                               

1956.03.05  

SES WEEKLY MAGAZINE                                             

1956.03.05

“Spectacular Traviata”

On March 3^rd, 1956 Saturday evening, we saw a splendid opera execution. With Leyla Gencer, guest conductor Arturo Basile from Italy, tenor Carlo Zampichi and baritone Remo Iori, the execution was so remarkable that it will be remembered for a long time. (Said Gürel)

AKİS WEEKLY MAGAZINE                                             

1956.03.10  

YARIN PAZAR MAGAZINE                                             

1956.03.10

Thanks to her voice and technique, Leyla Gencer’s operatic talent is approved even by the most picky music enthusiasts. (Müjgan Kutucular)

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1956.03.17  

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