Leyla Gencer, or Ay?e Leyla Çeyrekgil was a world-renowned Turkish operatic soprano.
Known as La Diva Turca and La Regina in the opera world, Gencer was a notable bel canto soprano who spent most of her career in Italy, from the early 1950s through the mid-1980s, and had a repertoire encompassing more than seventy roles. She made very few commercial recordings; however, numerous bootleg recordings of her performances exist. In particular, Gencer was associated with the heroines of Donizetti.
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