Opera Cds and mp3s of live performances
Leyla Gencer is dead at 80
Today we learn that the great Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer is dead at 80. The cause was respiratory problems and heart failure.
Of the many great sopranos of her generation, Gencer managed to distinguish herself as both a custodian of the old styles and traditions and an proponent of new music. Among the many highlights of her career she created the role of Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites at La Scala in 1957. She will be remembered for her artistry and feisty personality.
I vespri siciliani with Leyla Gencer
As a tribute I am offering this fine recording of I vespri Siciliani at one-third off the regular price and you may download it for free. I invite all of you to leave your comments about Gencer in her artist page here.
A taste of what we are working on for our May New Releases…
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Leoncavallo: I pagliacci - Del Monaco, Tucci, Protti, D'Orazi; Morelli. Tokyo, 1961
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Souliotis, Mori, Foresta, Scaglia. Catania, 1971
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Mozart: Così fan tutte - Danco, Simionato, De Luca, Cordis, Morel, Stabile; Böhm. Geneva, 1949
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Mozart: Don Giovanni - R. Raimondi, M. Price, Varady, Popp, Dean, Winkler, Moll; Sawallisch. Munich, 1973
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - De Los Angeles, Alva, Bruscantini, Corena, Mastromei; Cillario. Buenos Aires, 1962
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Verdi: Aida - Jones, Bumbry, Craig, Shaw, Rouleau; Downes. London, 1973
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bailey, Dernesch, Kmentt, Martin, Ridderbusch, Hemsley; Klobucar. Baureuth, 1969
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Wagner: Die Walküre - Varnay, Zadek, Hurshell, Høiseth, Kenney; Quennet. Berlin, 1963
and more….
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