1950
Ankara State Theatre
'Cavalleria Rusticana',
Santuzza
1952
Ankara State Theatre
'Tosca', Floria Tosca
Conductor: Adolfo Camozzo
Director: Aydın Gün
Ankara State Theatre
'Electra', Women's Chorus
Ankara State Theatre
Recital
Pianist: Georg Reinwald
1953
Ankara State Theatre
'Cosi Fan Tutte', Fiordiligi
Conductor: Hans Hörner
Director: Arnulf Schröder
July Rome
Recital
Pianist: Giorgio Favaretto
(RAI, radio broadcast)
16, 19 July Naples, Arena Glegrea
'Cavalleria Rusticana',Santuzza
Conductor: Ugo Rapalo
1954
11 February Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Director: Ciro Scafa
17, 19, 21 March Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Eugenio Onegin', Tatiana
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Director: P. Sharoff
March Ankara State Theatre
'Il Console', Magda
Conductor: Hans Hörner
Director: Aydın Gün
April Ankara
Recital for Tito's honour
Pianist: Mithat Fenmen
April 26, 29 Belgrade
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Baranovich
May Lausanne
'Tosca',Tosca
May Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
1955
January 21 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Tosca',Tosca
Conductor: Vincenzo Belleza
Director: Vincenzo Viviani
February 16 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Director: Aldo Mirabella Vassallo
March Ankara State Theatre
'Kerem and Aslı', Aslı
Conductor: Ferit Anlar
Director: Aydın Gün
April 23 Milan
'Werther', Carlotta
Conductor: Alfredo Simonetto
Director: Daniele D'Anza
(RAI, TV broadcast)
May 4 Turin, Teatro Nuovo
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Armando La Rosa Parodi
Director: Giuseppe Marchioro
May 6, 11 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Director: Ugo Rapalo
May 26 Munich, Prinzregentheater
'Tosca',Tosca
July 12, 16, 19 Trieste, Castello di S. Giusto
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Pino Trost
Director: Aldo M. Vassallo
August 1-15 Lausanne, Vevey Open Air Theatre
'Confrérie des Vignérons', Mother superior
Director: Maurice Lehmann
Turin
Concert
Conductor: Arturo Basile
(RAI broadcast)
December 17 Ankara University
Concert
Conductor: Ferit Anlar
1956
January 18 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'Il Franco Cacciatore', Agata
Conductor: Mario Rossi
Director: Carlo Piccinato
February 2, 5 Reggio Emilia, Teatro Municipale
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Antonio Narducci
Director: Domenico Messina
February 26-March 10 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Pasquale de Angelis
Director: Livio Luzzatto
March Ankara State Opera
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Arturo Basile
April-May Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
May 19 Ankara State Operası
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Ferit Anlar
May 26, 31 Warsaw State Opera
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Alexander Tarski
Director: Zbigniew Sawan
May 29 Lodz
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Wladyslaw Roczkowski
Director: Tadeusz Cygler
June 5 Poznam, Moniuszko Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Stephan Baranski
June 12, 16 Turin, Cetra
Conductor: Arturo Basile
(Tape recording)
September 28-October 4 San Francisco, W. M. Opera House
'Francesca da Rimini', Francesca
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Carlo Maestrini
October 3 San Francisco, Civic Auditorium
Concert
Conductor: Earl Murray
October 31 Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
'Francesca da Rimini'
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
December 3 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Monte Ivnor', Edali
Conductor: Armando La Rosa Parodi
Director: Livio Luzzatto
1957
January 14 Milan
Concert
Conductor: Pietro Argento
(RAI broadcast)
January 26 Milan, La Scala
'Dialoghi della Carmelitane', Lidoine
Conductor: NinoSanzogno
Director: Victor de Sabata
February 18 Milan, Duomo Cathedral
Funeral of Toscanini
Verdi's 'Requiem', Soprano
Conductor: Victor de Sabata
March 16 Milan
'Monte Ivnor', Edali
Conductor: Armando La Rosa Parodi
(RAI broadcast)
March 24 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'I Racconti di Hoffmann', Antonia
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Director: Kalman Nadesdy
May 29 Milan
'II Trovatore', Leonara
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Director: Claudio Fino
(RAI, TV broadcast)
June 17, 20 Vienna, Staatsoper
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Director: Mario Frigerio
July 5, 7 Cologne, Bühnen der Stadt
'La Forza del Destino', Leonora
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Director: Mario Frigerio
September 19 San Francisco
October 10, 17 San Francisco, W. M. Opera House
October 6 Sacramento
October 31 San Diego
October 25 Los Angeles
November 9 Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Glauco Curiel
Director: Paul Hager
September 27-October 5 San Francisco
October 25-November 10 Los Angeles
'Lucia di Lammermoor', Lucia
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
Director: Carlo Piccinato
November 5 Los Angeles
'Turandot', Liu
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
November 16 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'Il Trovatore', Leonora
Conductor: Vincenzo Bellezza
Director: Carlo Acly Azzolini
December 13 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'Lucia di Lammermoor', Lucia
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
December 26 Venice, La Fenice
'I Due Foscari', Lucrezia
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Director:Franco Enriquez
1958
February 10 Milan
Concert
Conductor: Alfredo Simonetto
(RAI broadcast)
February 14 Milan, Circolo della Stampa
Concert with Giuseppe di Stefano in Puccini's 100th Anniversary
March 1, 4, 8, 13, April 12 Milan, La Scala
'Assassinio nella Cattedrale' (first performance)
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Margherita Wallmann
March 22, 27, 30, April 3 Milan, La Scala
'Mefistofele', Margherita
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Director: Tatiana Pavlova
April Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Il Tabarro', Giorgetta
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Director: Giovacchino Forzano
May 8 Turin, Teatro Nuovo
'I Due Foscari', Lucrezia
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Carlo Piccinato
June 11 Milan
'Anna Bolena', Anna Bolena
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
(RAI broadcast)
August 10 Milan
'Schwanda', Dorotea
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
(RAI broadcast)
September 16, 20 San Francisco, W. M. Opera House
November 4 Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: George Sebastian
Director: Paul Hager
September 25-October 20 San Francisco, W. M. Opera House
November 8 Los Angeles
'Rigoletto', Gilda
Conductor: Jean Fournet
Director: Enrico Frigerio
October 17 San Francisco
October 27 San Diego
November 2 Pasadena
'Manon', Manon
Conductor: Jean Fournet
Director: Enrico Frigerio
November 14 Washington Turkish Embassy
Recital
Pianist: Marcel Frank
November 28 Philadelphia, Grand Opera
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek
Director: Antony Stivanello
December 26 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Simon Boccanegra', Amelia Maria
Conductor: Mario Rossi
Director: Aldo Mirabella Vassallo
1959
January 20 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'Werther', Carlotta
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
February 25 Venice, La Fenice
'Lucia di Lammermoor', Lucia
Conductor: Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Director: Guiseppe Marchioro
March 8 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'La Sonnambula', Amina
Conductor: Pasquale de Angelis
Director: Enrico Colosimo
28 March Genova, Teatro Margherita
'Il Trovatore', Leonora
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
April 10, 12 Lisbon, Sao Carlos Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
May 10 Florence, Opening Ceremony of Maggio Musicale Festival
'La Battaglia di Legnano', Lida
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Director: Franco Enriquez
June 26 Spoleto, Due Mondi Festival
'L'Angelo di Fuoco', Renata
Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
Director: Frank Corsaro
December 12 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'L'Angelo di Fuoco', Renata
Conductor: Gabor Ötvös
Director: Remo della Pergola
December 26, 29, January 3 Venice, La Fenice
'La Battaglia di Legnano', Lida
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Franco Enriquez
1960
January 14 Palermo, Massimo Theatre
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Director: Aldo M. Vassallo
February 5, 7, 11, 14 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'Don Giovanni', Donna Elvira
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Director: Margherita Wallmann
March 19 İstanbul State Opera
'Tosca', Tosca
Conductor: Kurt Eichorn
Director: Aydın Gün
April 26 Milan
'Don Giovanni', Donna Elvira
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
Director: Giacomo Vaccari
(RAI, TV broadcast)
April Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre
'La Traviata', Violetta
May Leningrade, Kirov
'La Traviata', Violetta
May 14 Turin Teatro Nuovo
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Carlo Piccinato
October-November İstanbul State Opera
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
November 10, 12 Dallas, Civic Opera
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
Director: Hizi Koyke
November 26, 29, January 15 Milan, La Scala
'Poliuto', Paolina
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Director: Herbert Graf
1961
January 4, 8, 19, February 22, 26, March 2 Milan, La Scala
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Director: Margherita Wallmann
January 28 Milan, La Scala
'La Dama di Picche', Lisa
Conductor: Nino Sanzogno
Director: Tatiana Pavlova
February 12 Milan, La Scala
'La Forza del Destino', Leonora
Conductor: Antonino Votco
Director: Mario Frigerio
March 16 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'Francesca da Rimini', Francesca
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Aldo M. Vassallo
April 7 Vienna State Opera
'Tosca', Tosca
Conductor: Berislav Klobucar
Director: Margherita Wallmann
June 16 Buenos Aires, Teatro Colon
'Rigoletto', Gilda
Conductor: Argeo Quadri
Director: Carlo Maestrini
July 8, 12 Buenos Aires, Teatro Colon
'I Puritani', Elvira
Conductor: Argeo Quadri
Director: Carlo Maestrini
August 9, 15, 24, 29 Salzburg Festival
'Simon Boccanegra', Mana
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Herbert Graf
November 18 Turin, Teatro Nuovo
'Don Giovanni', Donna Anna
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Director: Sandro Bolchi
November 25, 28, December 3 Bologna, Teatro Comunale
'Un Ballo in Maschera', Amelia
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Aldo M. Vassallo
1962
January 13, 17, 21, February 4, 7, 17 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Turandot', Liu
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Enrico Frigerio
January 30 London, Covent Garden
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Georg Solti
February 9, 12, 15, 19, 24, 28 London, Covent Garden
'Don Giovanni', Donna Anna
Conductor: Georg Solti
Director / Scenery and costumes: Franco Zeffirelli
March 8 Genova, Teatro Comunale
'Othello', Desdemona
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Carlo Maestrani
March 25 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
June-July Glyndebourne Opera Festival
'Le Nozze di Figaro', Countess
Conductor: Silvio Varviso
Director: Carl Ebert
June 29, August 1, 4, 8 Verona, Arena
'Un Ballo in Maschera', Amelia
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Carlo Maestrini
October Oslo, Norske Opera
'Don Giovanni', Donna Anna
Conductor: Arvid Fladmoe
October Stockholm
'Madame Butterfly', Butterfly
November 3, 6, 12 Barcelona, Gran Teatro Liceo
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Mario Parenti
Director: Ricardo Moresco
November 30 Bologna, Teatro Comunale
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Director: Domenico Messina
December 16, 19, 22, 27 Florence, Teatro Comunale
'Il Franco Cacciatore', Agata
Conductor: Nino Sanzogno
Director: Frank de Quell
1963
January Ankara University Faculty of Humanity
Concert
January Ankara State Opera
'Tosca', Tosca
February 17, 19 Monte Carlo, Teatro dell'Opera
'Don Giovanni', Donna Anna
Conductor: Manno Wolf Ferrari
Director: Margherita Wallmann
March 8 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'La Battaglia di Legnano', Lida
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
Director: Carlo Piccinato
March 30, April 3, 7 Turin, Teatro Novo
'La Dama di Picche', Lisa
Director: Carlo Maestrini
May 3, 12 Milan, La Scala
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
June-July GIyndebourne Opera Festival
'Le Nozze di Figaro', Kontes
Conductor: Silvio Varviso
Director: Peter Ebert - Carl Ebert
July 22 London, Royal Albert Hall
'Le Nozze di Figaro', Kontes
Conductor: Silvio Varviso
Director: Peter Ebert-Carl Ebert
August 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 Verona, Arena
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Tullio Serafin-Gavazzeni
Director: Herbert Graf-C. Maestrini
September 24, 26 Venice, La Fenice
'Jerusalem', Elena
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Jean Vilar
December 12, 16, 19, 22, 28, January 2, April 12 Milan, La Scala
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Director: Margherita Wallmann
1964
January 10 Venice, La Fenice
'Beatrice di Tenda', Beatrice
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Director: Enrico Colosimo
February 3, 6, 9 Bologna, Teatro Comunale
'La Forza del Destino', Leonora
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
Director: Carlo Maestrini
April 17, 20 Milan, La Scala
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Hermann Scherchen
Director: Jean Vilar
May 2, 6, 10 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Roberto Devereux', Elisabetta
Conductor: Mano Rossi
Director: Margherita Wallmann
June 5 Venice, La Fenice
'Jerusalem', Elena
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Jean Vilar
June 28 Buenos Aires, Teatro Colon
'Simon Boccanegra', Maria
Conductor: Bruno Baroletti
Director: Ernst Poettgen
July 1, 2 Buenos Aires, Teatro Colon
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Director: Lou Bruder
August 8 Rio de Janeiro State Theatre
'La Traviata', Violetta
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
October 28, 30, November 2, 7 Chicago, Lyric Opera
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
November 12, 14 New Orleans
'II Trovatore', Leonora
Conductor: Knud Andersson
December 5 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'I Vespri Siciliani', Elena
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Franco Enriquez
1965
January 9, 13, 16, 19, 24, February 5, 10, 14, 25 Milan, La Scala
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Margherita Wallmann
January 30, February 3, 7 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
May 14, 16 Munich
May 17 Weisbaden State Theatre
'Jerusalem', Elena
Conductor: Ettore Gracis
Director: Jean Vilar-Piero Faggioni
June 11-July Glyndehourne Opera Festival
'Anna Bolena', Anna
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Franco Enriquez
July 21, 24, 28, August 1, 5 Verona, Arena
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Sandro Bolchi
December 11 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Giulielmo Tell', Matilde
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Director: Sandro Bolchi
December 23 Milan, La Scala
'La Forza del Destine', Leonora
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzen
1966
January 29 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Lucrezia Borgia', Lucrezia
Conductor: Carlo Franci
Director: Margherita Wallmann
February 25 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'Roberto Devereux', Elisabetta
Conductor: Mario Rossi
Director: Margherita Wallmann
April 1, 5, 7, 12 Milan, La Scala
'Simon Boccanegra', Maria
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Margherita Wallmann
May 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 Milan, La Scala
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
May 27, 29, June 3 Florence, 19. Maggio
'Alceste', Alceste
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
July 16, 19, 24, 30, August 3, 12, 15 Verona, Arena
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Herbert Graf
August 9 Verona, Arena
Verdi, 'Messa di Requiem'
Conductor: Antonino Votto
October 6, 8 Lausanne, Teatre de Beaulieu
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
December 21 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Adriana Lecouvreur', Adriana
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Attilio Colonello
1967
January 13 Milan, La Scala
'L'incoronazione de Poppea', Ottavia
Conductor: Bruno Maderna
Director: Margherita Wallmann
January 12, 15, 17 Bologna, Teatro Comunale
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Alfredo Gorzanelli
Director: Mario Frigerio
February 7, 9, 12 Turin, Teatro Nuovo
'Norma', Norma
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Director: Margherita Wallmann
March 7 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'Alceste', Alceste
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
April 1 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Saffo', Saffo
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Margherita Wallmann
May 2 Florence, Teatro Comunale
'Maria Stuarda', Maria Stuarda
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
June 5 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'Lucrezia Borgia', Lucrezia
Conductor: Francesco M. Pradelli
Director: Margherita Wallmann
June 27 Rome, Basilica di Nassenzio
Verdi, 'Messa di Requiem'
July 15, 20, 23, 30, August 3, 6, 10 Verona, Arena
'La Forza del Destine', Leonora
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Herbert Graf
September 19, 22, 27 San Francisco, W. M. Opera House
September 24 Sacramento
'La Gioconda', Gioconda
Conductor: Giuseppe Patane
Director: Lofti Mansouri
October Munich, Bayeriche Rundfunk
Rossini, 'Stabat Mater'
Conductor: Mario Rossi
November 24, 26 Genova, Teatro Margherita
Verdi, 'Messa di Requiem'
Conductor: John Barbirolli
1968
January 27 Milan, La Scala
'Idomeneo', Electra
Conductor: Wolfang Sawallisch
Director: Oscar Fritz Schuh
March 7 Palermo, Teatro Massimi
'Alceste', Alceste
Conductor: Lee Schaenen
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
April 9 Venice, La Fenice
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Adolf Rott
April 22 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Director: Visconti-Fassini
May 20 Genova, Teatro Margherita
'Alceste', Alceste
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
July 2, 10, August 3, 6, 9, 15, 18 Verona, Arena
'll Trovatore', Leonora
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Sandro Bolchi
September 3 Bilbao, Coliseo Albia
'Ernani', Elvira
Conductor: Manno Wolf Ferrari
Director: Arsenio Giunta
September Bilbao, Coliseo Albia
'Simon Boccanegra', Maria
Conductor: Manno Wolf Ferrari
December 6 Venice, La Fenice
'Medea', Medea
Conductor: Carlo Franci
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
1969
January 12 Florence, Teatro Comunale
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Director: Filippo Crivelli
February 22 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'La Straniero', Mana
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Enrico Frigerio
March 4, 6, 9 Turin, Teatro Nuovo
'Alceste', Alceste
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Director: Tito Shipa Jr-Giorgio de Lullo
April 2 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Bruno Bartolettii
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
May 9 Venice, La Fenice
'Belisario', Antonina
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Alberto Fassini
June 4 Genova, Teatro Margherita
'Medea', Medea
Director: Alberto Fassini
July 6 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Director: Hans Bush
August 25 Edinburgh International Festival, King's Theatre
'Maria Stuarda', Maria Stuarda
Conductor': Nino Sanzogno
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
December 4, 7, 11, 13, 17 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'La Vestale', Giulia
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Director: Nauro Bolognini
January 4, 7, 11 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Aldo M. Vassallo
1970
January 23, 25, 28, February 1, 3 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'La Gioconda', Gioconda
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Director: Aldo M. Vassallo
March 12 Milan, La Scala
'Lucrezia Borgia', Lucrezia
Conductor: Ettore Gracis
Director: Margherita Wallmann
May 5, 9 Milan, La Scala
'Don Carlo', Elisabetta
Conductor: Guiseppe Patane
Director: Jean Pierre Ponnelle
June 20 Venice, La Fenice
Bellini, 'Messa di Requiem
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
July 7 Rome, Terme di Caracalla
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Francesco Cristofoli
Director: Bruno Nofrisini
October 7, 9, 11 Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti
'Belisario', Antonina
Conductor: Adolfo Camozzo
Director: Alberto Fassini
November 23 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'Elisabetta Regina d'Inghilterra'
Conductor: Nino Sanzogno
Director: Mauro Bolognini
January 2 Milan, La Scala
'I Vespri Siciliani', Elena
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Giorgio de Lullo
1971
January 7 Venice, La Fenice
'La Gioconda', Gioconda
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
February 20 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Cavalleria Rusticana', Santuzza
Conductor: Umberto Cattini
Director: Aldo Masella
February-March Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'La Gioconda'
Conductor: Bruno Bertoletti
Director: Gianrico Becher
March 26 Milan, Sala Verdi
Donizetti, 'Messa di Requiem per Bellini'
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
(RAI broadcast)
October 6, 8, 10 Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti
'Lucrezia Borgia', Lucrezia
Conductor: Adolfo Camozzo
Director: Enrico Frigerio
December 9 Palermo, Teatro Massimo
'Elisabetta Regina d'Inghilterra'
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Mauro Bolognini
1972
January 15 Catania, Teatro Bellini
'Ernani', Elvira
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Enrico Frigerio
April 27 Milan, La Scala
'Alceste', Alceste
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Giorgio de Lullo - Pierro Faggioni
May 28 Naples. San Carlo Theatre
'Caterina Cornaro', Caterina
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Director: Alberto Fassini
June 15 Milan, Piccola Scala
International Verdi Congress
(L. Gencer, G. Strehler, G. Negri, M.C. Bianchi, L. Arruga)
July 13, 16, 20 Macerata, Arena
'La Gioconda', Gioconda
Conductor: Guiseppe Patane
Director: Gianrico Becher
September 4, 7, 9 Edinburgh, King's Theatre
'Elisabetta Regina d'Inghilterra'
Conductor: N. Sanzogno-G. Zam
Director: Mauro Bolognini
October 20 New Jersey, Opera Theatre
'Attila',Odabella
Conductor: Alfredo Silıpignı
Director: Hubert Fessenden
December 23, 27, 31 Florence, Teatro Comunale
'Attila',Odabella
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Director: Sandro Sequi
1973
January 25 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Belisario',Antonina
Conductor: Carlo Franci
Director: Alberto Fassini
February 24 Milan, Teatro Quartiere
'La Regina e il Suo Poppolo'
Arrangement: L. Arruga
April 8, 10, 18 Milan, La Scala
'Un Ballo in Maschera', Amelia
Conductor: Nino Verchi
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
April 15 New York, Carnegie Hall
'Caterina Cornaro', Caterina (USA Premier)
Conductor: Alfredo Silipigni
May 16 Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
'La Vestale', Giulia
Conductor: Carlo Franci
Director: Mauro Bolognini
July 7, 10, 14, 19 Macerata, Arena
'Aida', Aida
Conductor: Carlo Franci
Director: Gianrico Becher
1974
May 9 Florence, Teatro Comunale
'Agnese di Hohenstaufen', Agnese
Conductor: Ricardo Muti
Director: Franco Enriquez
June 20 İstanbul Technical University Concert Hall
Opening Ceremony of International İstanbul Festival
June 24 İstanbul, Hagia Eirene
Recital
Pianist: Marcello Guerrini
July 1-15 Turin
Donizetti Arias
Conductor: Gavazzeni
September 13 Milan
'Variations on Theme'
(RAI, TV broadcast)
October 5 Dallas, Civic Opera
'Lucrezia Borgia', Lucrezia
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
Director: Tito Capobianco
1975
January 20 Milan, Piccolo Teatro
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
March 18 Trieste, Teatro Verdi
'La Falena', La Falena
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director: Filippo Crivelli
May 16, 18, 27 Florence, Maggio Musicale Festival
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Director: Franco Entiquez
June 29 Spoleto, Teatro Caio Melisso
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
21 July Siena, Basilica dei Servi
Recital
Pianist: M. Guerrini
September 22, 24 Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti
'Les Martyrs', Pauline
Conductor: Adolfo Camozzo
September 28 Venice, La Fenice
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
October 31 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
December 4 Barcelona, Gran Teatro
'Poliuto', Paolina
Conductor: Giuseppe Morelli
Director: Renzo Frusca
1976
February 4 Rome, Accademia Filarmonica
Recital
Pianist: M. Guerrini
February 7 Cagliari, Palestrina
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Maurizio Arena
March Aosta
'Il Trovatore' seminar
June 9 Vicenza
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
July 16 Lido di Camaiore
Concert 'Omaggio a Puccini'
November 22 Trieste
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
December 1, 2, 4 Milan, Piccola Scala
Chopin, '19 Polish Songs'
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
1977
March 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 Naples, San Carlo Theatre
'Medea in Corinto', Medea
Conductor: Maurizio Arena
Director: Alberto Fassini
May 23 Milan, La Scala
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
May 26, 28 Florence, Maggio Musicale
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
June 13 Mantova
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
November 11, 13, 17, 20 Treviso, Teatro Comunale
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Maurizio Arena
Director: Beppe de Tommasi
December 13 Rome, Teatro Eliseo
Chopin Recital
Pianist: M. Guerrini
Text reading: Romolo Vali
December 21 Ferrara, Teatro Comunale
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Marcello Guerrini
1978
March 13 Novi Ligure
Liszt / Bartok Recital
Pianist: Walter Baracchi
March 31 Turin, Teatro Regio
'Don Giovanni', Donna Elvira
Conductor: Piero Bellugi
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
April 16 Milan, La Scala
April 18 Turin
Recital 'The Music of Franz Liszt and Bela Bartok'
Pianist: Walter Baracchi
June Venice
Seminar on Donizetti
June 18, 21, 24, 27, 29, July 2
Venice, La Fenice
'Les Martyrs', Pauline
Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti
Director: Alberto Fassini
November 19 San Francisco, W. M. Opera House
Premier for 50th Anniversary of Kurt Adler
December 6 San Remo
Recital 'Self Portrait'
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
December 16 Messina, Teatro Bellini
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
1979
January 28 Florence, Teatro Comunale
Recital 'Self Portrait'
Pianist: Marcello Guerrini
February 9 Milan, Piccola Scala
Recital 'Self Portrait'
Pianist: Richard Amner
February 17, 20, 25 Florence, Teatro Comunale
'Lucrezia Borgia', Lucrezia
Conductor: Gabriele Ferro
Director: G. Sepe
February 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Rome
'Opera Anthology'
(RAI 3, TV broadcast)
April 8 Milan, Piccola Scala
Concert (Corelli, Vivaldi)
May 13 Venice, La Fenice
Berlioz Concert
May 15 Treviso
Berlioz Concert
July 2 Milan, Sala Verdi
Concert (Corelli, Vivaldi)
October 18, 20 Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
November 8, 11 Mantova
November 17, 21 Como
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Francesco M. Martini
Director: Beppe De Tomasi
1980
January 13 Reggio Emilia
January 19 Modena
January 30 Ferrara
'Albert Herring', Lady Billows
Conductor: Piero Bellugi
Director: Virginio Puecher
April 12 Portofino
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
Text reading: Giorgio Strehler
April 17 Genova
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
May 10 Prato
Recital (Berlioz, Rossini)
Pianist: Marcello Guerrini
June 2 Milan
Concert (Donizetti, Rossini)
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
September 14 Modena
Rossini Recital
Pianist: Leone Maggiera
October 20 Paris, Athenee Theatre
Recital (Chopin, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini)
October 26, 30 Livorno, Teatro Goldoni
'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth
Conductor: Antonino Bacchelli
Director: Beppe De Tomasi
1981
January 8 San Remo
'Omaggio a Pizetti'
Conductor: Mario Gusella
January 17 Naples
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
Rome
'Opera Anthology'
(RAI 3, TV broadcast)
April 22 Bologna
Recital (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
(RAI, TV broadcast)
June Gonzia
Recital 'Francesca da Rimini'
July 2 Faenza
Recital (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
September 12 Como
September 14 Venice
September 16 Turin
Chopin, '19 Polish Songs'
Pianist: Nikita Magaloff
October 4 Paris, Athenee Theatre
Recital 'Self Portrait'
Pianist: Vincent Scalera
October 10 Lugano
Recital (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
October 22 Cagliari
Chopin Recital
November 26 Palermo
Recital (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
1982
January 30 Florence
Recital (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
February 20, 22 Carnival of Venice, La Fenice
Recital 'Leyla La Turca'
April 27, 28 Trieste
Spring Seminar on Donizetti
July 9 İstanbul, Hagia Eirene
Recital (Rossini, Donizetti)
Pianist: Roberto Negri
October 21 Sassuolo
4th Verdi Awards, Guest of Honour
November 4 Ravenna
Recital
Pianist: Edoardo Müller
1983
February 12, 15 Venice, La Fenice
February 17 Mestre, Teatro Toniolo
'La Prova d'un'Opera Seria', Corilla
Conductor: John Fisher
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
May 16 Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Nikita Magaloff
May 18 Brescia
Chopin Recital
September 26 Paris, Athenee Theatre
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Nikita Magaloff
November Rome
International Callas Competition, Member of the Jury
November 13 Rome, Musica Viva Recital
Chopin and Verdi
Pianist: Lorenzo Arruga
November 16 Milan, Musica Viva Recital
30 November Livorno
Recital (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
1984
April 26 Bologna
Recital
Pianist: Vincent Scalera
May Perugia
Chopin Recital
Pianist: Nikita Magaloff
May 28 Naples
Recital
Pianist: Roberto Negri
May 29 Naples, Musica Viva Recital
6 July İstanbul, Hagia Eirene
Recital 'Self Portrait'
Pianist: Vincent Scalera
1985
April 1
Leyla Gencer Special Programme
(RAI 3, TV broadcast)
April 28 Paris
(Radio France, live recording)
April 29 Athenee Theatre
Recital
Pianist: Vincent Scalera
June 19-25 Marseille
International Voice Competition, Member of the Jury
(Radio France broadcast)
July 28 Montpellier International Festival
Recital
Pianist: Roberto Negri
July 29-August 4 Montpellier Academy of Music
'Air d'operas Italiens: Donizetti, Rossini'
(Live recording)
October 16 Savona
Roundtable Meeting on Donizetti's 'Torquato Tasso'
1986
July 21 İstanbul, Hagia Eirene
Recital
October 27 Venice, La Fenice
Recital
Pianist: Roberto Negri
1987
July 11 Ravenna Festival
Recital 'Il Fascino dell'Orient'
July 23 İstanbul, Hagia Eirene
Recital
July Venice, La Fenice
Italian Opera Seminar
November Milan, Teatro Studio
Opening Concert for Strehler's 'Faust'
Notes of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Listzt
1989
February İstanbul
The Seminar on Donizetti
July 12 Milan
July 21 İstanbul, Hagia Eirene
Recital
August Arenzano
Seminar on Donizetti
November Naples
Concert 'Omaggio a Cocteau'
Poulenc Arias
This chronology has been summarised and excerpted by Zeynep Oral from Franca Cella's Leyla Gencer: Romanzo vero di una primadonna (Collana musicale), published in Italy.
