Leyla Gencer - Lucia di Lammermoor - Spargi d'amaro pianto

Leyla Gencer - Lucia di Lammermoor - Spargi d'amaro pianto

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[vully70]

I heard a rumour once that she hadn't wanted to have her voice recorded - for similar reasons as Sergiu Celibidache detestes "canned music".

Does anyone know if this ist true? It might explain why singer of Gencer's importance - which can only be compared to Sutherland in her time - did not become a record star and left only technically inadequat pirates.

Except for Anita Cerquetti perhaps the greatest loss to the audiences.

[uyildiz]

I don't think that she opposed to that. In one of the interviews (available on youtube but in italian), she mentions this is also a mystery for her that the recording houses have not been interested in her. In her biography, she mentions that she did not have a manager in contrast to other singers of her time. This made difficult to establish contacts with companies as well as some opera houses such as MET.

[UrsulanChild]

I just wish that the recording companies had given her more attention. This woman was a true gem. Fearless portrayals of bel canto heroines. Rumor has it that the La Scala audience, so fond of Leyla Gencer's interpretation of Lucrezia Borgia, just couldn't get with Renée Fleming's more jazzy approach to the villainous Lucrezia, and hence, the booing... I don't know for sure, but this I do know: Leyla Gencer was a serious force to be reckoned with. Thanks for posting!

[Acacallide]

Incantevole Leyla Gencer. Ricorderò per sempre il suo carisma e la sua arte. Una delle migliori soprano di sempre.

[MrAndredekock]

Brava! This is a remarkable performance, although to some it may be syrupy! I think her attack on the Eb was fantastic and so absolutely secure and it really is a tragedy for all opera lovers that her voice was not far more widely recorded along with the other real bel canto maestras of her day, Sills, Sutherland, Callas and Caballe. RIP Madame Gencer.

[kgarmaker123]

This is not crisp and precise.. It is syruppy.

[OperaMystery80]

Leyla's Lucia is magnificent, musically superb, dramatically potent and aptly able to portray the frail, human side of Lucia. Although underrated, she was in the same high level of virtuosic sopranos like Callas, Sutherland and Caballe when it came to bel canto opera. Leyla Gencer would have been ten times more famous had she been a recording artist. Her Norma, Trovatore, Tosca, Bolena, Stuarda, Deveraux, Lucrezia and many other opera roles were outstanding. RIP Leyla

[corellithebest]

STUNNING, HIGHLY ARTISTIC RENDITION! She reminds me so much of LA DIVINA CALLAS! In my opinion, recording companies ignored her, like many other true artists (Zeani, Prevedi, Cerquetti, Olivero), because she was just not PROFITABLE enough for them! A genuine, vulnerable, tragic and essentially HUMAN Lucia!

[Herur22]

@CanadaPisces

Outstanding is the word. Thank you, James.

[Kievest]

Never content with beauty alone, Gencer, sometimes referred to as the "last diva

of the 20th Century," gives a sense of Lucia's emotional vulnerability and tissue

thin psychological contact with reality in this superb performance. Thank you for

posting and to paulostroff99 for kindly sharing!

[paulostroff99]

@SiEtIn1 -A good choice,but there are also other good choices. No one was better at all things or in all arias. They were all at worst-very good.

[paulostroff99]

Stunning in it's beauty. TY.

[cattleman6420012000]

Such a superb singer. Incredible voice and divine music.

[CanadaPisces]

An outstanding singer! Thank you Uyildiz for the posting!