Opera D'Oro > Gencer, Leyla

Grand Tier - Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-05-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alfredo; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

When Leyla Gencer died at age 79 in 2008, the obituary in 'The Guardian' (UK) called her "the greatest Turkish opera singer of the 20th...continue...

Grand Tier - Pacini: Saffo / Capuana, Gencer, Mattiucci, Guggia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-02-10

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Saffo
Performers: Bianco, Tito Del; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Maniachi, Vittoria; Mattiucci, Franca; Piacente, Maurizio; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

"The cast of this 1967 performance is excellent, led energetically by Franco Capuana... But of course the center of the revival, and its raison d'etre,...continue...

Rossini: William Tell / Previtali, Guelfi, Gencer, Raimondi

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-09-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Bersiani, Leyla; Campi, Enrico; Gencer, Leyla; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Marangoni, Bruno; Pagliuca, Silviano; Raimondi, Gianni; Rota, Anna Maria; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus

Rossini had already written dozens of successful operas and was wealthy by the time he decided to retire from the stage in the late 1820s....continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Siepi, Freni, Jurinac, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare; Ward, David
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This amazing all-star performance of "the greatest opera" is taken from a live performance in London in February 1962. Some of the most legendary singers...continue...

Pacini: Saffo / Capuana, Gencer, Mattiucci, Guggia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Saffo
Performers: Bianco, Tito Del; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Maniachi, Vittoria; Mattiucci, Franca; Piacente, Maurizio; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

If it had not been for Bellini, and Donizetti, and Verdi...and maybe even Cimarosa and Paisiello...Pacini would be famous today. But as he himself sadly...continue...

Pizzetti: Assassinio nella Cattedrale / Gavazzeni, Gencer

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Ildebrando Pizzetti: Assassinio nella Cattedrale, opera
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Campi, Enrico; Carturan, Gabriella; Cassinelli, Antonio; Cormanni, Adolfo; Dondi, Dino; Gencer, Leyla; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Ortica, Mario; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Puglisi, Lino...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Pizzetti, successor to Respighi at the St. Cecilia Academy in Rome, wrote in a style reminiscent both of the Impressionists and of late Reniaissance or...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Gavazzeni, Gobbi, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Petersen, Gleide; Susca, Vito; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Tito Gobbi was the most famous interpreter of the very dramatic title role in this Verdi opera, and this performance captures him in the prime...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Leyla Gencer Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera; Maria Stuarda; Anna Bolena
Performers: Gencer, Leyla
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alberto; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

Belisario is truly one of the most unjustly neglected of Donizetti's 70-odd operas, only a handful of which are heard regularly today. Belisario was his...continue...

Massenet: Werther / Cillario, Tagliavini, Gencer, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Gencer, Leyla; Susca, Vito; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Tavolaccini, Giuliana
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Though Manon is his most famous, Werther is considered by many to be Massenet's greatest opera. This live performance from 1959 preserves the heavenly "head...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Mario del Monaco

1 CD / Opera d'Oro / 1999-04-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Ave Maria; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Del Monaco, Mario; Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito

Rossini: Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra / Gencer, Grilli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra
Performers: Borelli, Wilma; Bottazzo, Pietro; Gencer, Leyla; Geszty, Sylvia; Grilli, Umberto; Scarlini, Glauco
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Rossi, Gencer, Cappuccilli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux
Performers: Bondino, Ruggero; Cappuccilli, Piero; Gencer, Leyla; Grella, Bruno; Julius, Gabriele de; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Gavazzeni, Gencer, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Gencer, Leyla; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea