Leyla Gencer Archive

CONCERT – SAN FRANCISCO

Civic Auditorium

02 October 1957

Fol de Rol / Opera Goes to a Bal Masque

James Schwabacher Jr. Master of the Ceremonies

San Francisco Opera Orchestra Ballet and Chorus
Marcel Frank conductor

Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima L’Elisir d’amore 

Cesare Curzi tenor

Bizet Chanson Bohemienne Carmen 

Claramae Turner mezzo-soprano

Verdi D'amor sull'ali rosee... Miserere Il Trovatore 

Leyla Gencer soprano

Offenbach Barcarolle Les contes d’Hoffmann 

Blance Thebom mezzo-soprano & Carl Palangi bass-baritone

Verdi Pace, pace mio dio La forza del destino 

Leontyne Price soprano

Mozart Scene from Don Giovanni 

Sylvian Stahlman soprano, Heinz Blankenburg baritone, Harve Presnell baritone, Ronald Reitan baritone

Verdi Solemne in questo ora La forza del destino 

Eugene Tobin tenor & Umberto Borghi baritone

Strauss J. Frühlingsstimmen, Op.410 

Rita Streit soprano

Khatchaturian Masquarade with dancers

Wagner Dich Teure Halle Tannhauser 

Leonie Rysanek soprano

Gounod Final Trio from Faust 

Licia Albanese soprano, Jon Craine tenor, Nicola Moscana bass

Mozart Deh, non vieni tardar Le nozze di Figaro Elizabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
 
Finale
Frank Fol de Rol Waltz with dancers Nancy Johnson & Richard Catrer, ballet, and chorus

THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER                                

1957.11.01

MUSICAL AMERICA                                  

1957.11.01

MUSICAL AMERICA                                  

1957.11.01

75th ANNIVERSARY BOOK OF SAN FRANCISCO OPERA                            

2014