Leyla Gencer Archive

LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

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

30 March, 02 April 1960

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Conductor: n/a

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: n/a

Scene and costumes: n/a

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta ALEXSEY MASLENNIKOV tenor

Giorgio Germont his father n/a baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town n/a tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo n/a baritone
Dr. Grenvil n/a bass
Marchese d’Obigny n/a bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend n/a mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid n/a soprano

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

SIGHTSEEING IN MOSCOW

1960 MARCH - APRIL

Not: (Aşağıdaki fotoğraflar) Sovyetler Birliği Kültürel İlişkiler Müzik Dalı Başkanı, besteci Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, sanat hayatındaki büyük başarılarını onurlandırmak üzere Leyla Gencer’e bir hediye takdim ediyor. Fotoğrafta, ikisinin arasında Leyla Gencer’in eşi İbrahim Gencer yer alıyor.

Note: (Below pictures) Head of Music Soviet Union Cultural Relations Music Department, composer Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki presents a gift to Leyla Gencer to honor her great achievements in art. (In the photo, Leyla Gencer's husband, İbrahim Gencer, is between the two of them.)

MİLLİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1959.12.22

AKİS WEEKLY MAGAZINE                                   

1960.03.16

HAMLE DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1960.03.20

AKİS WEEKLY MAGAZINE                                   

1960.03.29

BALIKESİR  POSTASI DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1960.04.04 

CUMHURİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1960.04.04

MİLLİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1960.04.04                                                                                             

MİLLİYET DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1960.04.06

HAMLE DAILY NEWSPAPER                                           

1960.04.28

THEATER WORLD                                         

1960 July

KULİS MAGAZINE IN ARMENIAN                                                

1960.10.15                                                                                     

Head of Soviet Music Union Cultural Relations Music Department, composer Mikhail
Ivanovich Chulaki presents a gift to Leyla Gencer to honor her great achievements in art.
In the photo, Leyla Gencer's husband, İbrahim Gencer, is in between Gencer and Ivanovich.

Bolshoi Opera soloist Tamara Milashkina (right) and International Competition jury member
Tamara Fiodorova (left) meet with Leyla Gencer.