Leyla Gencer

Ayşe Leyla Gencer née Çeyrekgil (10 October 1928 – 10 May 2008) 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.