SINGER

Leyla Gencer

1928 - 2008

Photo of Leyla Gencer

Icon of person Leyla Gencer

Leyla Gencer (Turkish pronunciation: [lejˈla ɟenˈdʒeɾ], née Çeyrekgil; 10 October 1928 – 10 May 2008) also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano. 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. She was particularly associated with the heroines of Donizetti. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leyla Gencer is the 550th most popular singer (down from 429th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 661st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Leyla Gencer by language

Loading...

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leyla Gencer ranks 550 out of 4,381. Before her are Raina Kabaivanska, Massiel, Haris Alexiou, Evert Taube, Michael Bolton, and Don McLean. After her are José van Dam, Lill-Babs, Henri Salvador, Trini Lopez, Sharon den Adel, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Leyla Gencer ranks 187. Before her are Robert Badinter, Borisav Jović, Jean Vanier, Daisaku Ikeda, Donald Judd, and Vincent Gigante. After her are Howard S. Becker, Henry Silva, Branko Mikulić, Shulamit Aloni, Cy Young, and Ethel Kennedy. Among people deceased in 2008, Leyla Gencer ranks 108. Before her are Alfred Pfaff, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Géza Kalocsay, Suzanne Pleshette, Imad Mughniyah, and Stanley Kamel. After her are Henri Salvador, Šaban Bajramović, Sarla Thakral, Alfonso López Trujillo, Estelle Getty, and Anthony Mamo.

Others Born in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2008

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leyla Gencer ranks 770 out of 1,347. Before her are Phocylides (-560), Anicia Juliana (462), Stephen II of Constantinople (850), Danishmend Gazi (1100), Lucia, Countess of Tripoli (1265), and Isaac Komnenos (1113). After her are Aëtius of Amida (502), Cleomedes (110), Ada of Caria (-400), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Athenodorus Cananites (-100), and Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (1644).

Others born in Türkiye

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SINGERS In Türkiye

Among singers born in Türkiye, Leyla Gencer ranks 7. Before her are İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Bülent Ersoy (1952), Sezen Aksu (1954), Ajda Pekkan (1946), Ahmet Kaya (1957), and Darío Moreno (1921). After her are Sertab Erener (1964), Cem Karaca (1945), Roza Eskenazi (1895), Serhat (1964), Şivan Perwer (1955), and Hande Yener (1973).

Turkish born Singers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous