LEYLA GENCER

LEYLA GENCER
"La Diva Turca"
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Born : Ayşe Leyla Çeyrekgil
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10 Ekim 1928
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İstanbul
Death : 10 Mayıs 2008 (79)
Milano, Italy
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Education : İstanbul Italian
High School
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Profession : Opera singer
1954
11 February Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
17-21 March Naples, San
Carlo Theatre
'Eugenio Onegin', Tatiana
June 17, 20 Vienna, Staatsoper
'La Traviata', Violetta
Florence, Opening
Ceremony of Maggio
Musicale Festival
February 9-28 London,
Covent Garden
'Don Giovanni', Donna
Anna
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December 12-28, January 2,
April 12 Milan, La Scala
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
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May 2-14 Milan, La Scala
'Aida', Aida
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Verona, Arena
'll Trovatore', Leonora
‘Cornaro', Caterina (USA
Premier)
'Albert Herring', Lady Billows
Leyla Gencer was holded in high honour by General Directorate of Mint
and Stamp Print House
Opéra Magazine: "She was the last diva of the 20th
century, an embodiment of perfection."