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Leyla Gencer
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Leyla Gencer was a Turkish opera singer and soprano. Born in Istanbul, she was educated at the Liceo Italiano. Her career focused on classical music and opera, specifically Italian opera. She performed using her voice and spoke both Turkish and Italian, with Turkish as her native language.
Gencer died in Milan on May 10, 2008, from natural causes due to disease. She was buried in Istanbul. Her name in her native language is Leyla Gencer.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,202
- Total plays
- 13,771
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Leyla Gencer (born Leyla Ceyrekgil, 10 October 1928 in Istanbul; died 9 May 2008 in Mailand) was one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. She started studying vocal arts in İstanbul Conservatory and she later studied with renowed Italian soprano Giannina Arangi-Lombardi and Apollo Granforte. In 1950, Gencer performed with Ankara State Opera and Ballet Chorus until she made her operatic debut as Santuzza in Mascagni's 'Cavalleria Rusticana'. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leyla+Genc
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ayşe
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Istanbul
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Educated at
- Liceo Italiano
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Turkish
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Leyla Gencer Anıtı.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Leyla Gencer
- date of birth
- 1928-10-10
- date of death
- 2008-05-09
- place of burial
- Istanbul
- cause of death
- disease
- name in native language
- Leyla Gencer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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