Alleluia Leyla Gencer sings Mozart Alleluja

A Leyla Gencer rarity

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• Leyla
• Gencer
• Mozart
• Alleluja
• Alleluia

[paminaase]

Thanks a lot for posting this!

Rest in Peace La Diva Turca!

[eugenelohks]

OMG the high C is so effortless! And the ridiculously difficult coloratura bit in the middle (which I have tried often times and failed, oh well I'm a Wagnerian!) sounds so much more beautiful than Bartoli's gargles... BRAVA

[leprincebeaumont]

Bravissima, con tutti i trilli e le agilità fatti come si deve!

[suzannesadiiqa]

A lovely rounded tone, not as strident as Callas, ah well, everyone has their own favourites....

[paulostroff99]

Lovely singing. TY dance for posting

[JoanNilson]

This is simply perfection! RIP Madame Leyla!! Unique, exquisite, and sublimely expressive! THANK YOU for the legacy that you leave us on rare RAI broadcasts and the patrimony of pirated performances that your "ragazzi" recorded! Decca, Angel DGG and RCA recording studios should hang there heads in shame because none had the intelligence to sign you to recording contracts. Yet your "miracle" has occurred and you will forever be in the hearts of your fans - many of whom NEVER heard you live!

[GermanOperaSinger]

Please, she was everything Callas ever was. On top of that, she actually had a beautiful voice and a great technique, which Callas never had.

[frsn4]

@zizeus she never did that!! they're quite different

[sezgin86]

@robertdonkers Gencer performed Liu from Turandot and Wagner's Tannhauser. 

[robertdonkers]

Callas was her contemporary not her rival, they both performed the same and very different roles. Callas never performed that many Donizetti, Bellin roles or even Verdi Roles as Gencer. Nor did Callas sing the baroque repertoire or much Mozart. Callas never performed the Russian repertoire or Modern works, However Gencer never performed Wagner or Puccini's Turandot or Verdi's Nabucco, so rivals they were not, simply both very great artsists and singers.