SAHNEDE BİR TANRIÇA - ÇIRPINAN BİR YÜREK LEYLA GENCER
A GODDESS ON STAGE – LEYLA GENCER, A FLUTTERING HEART

Summary/Abstract: The life of Leyla Gencer, our well-known soprano, a “Crazy Turk”, a “Prima Donna”, her great success in the world of art, and her thirty-three years of artistic experience have been the subject of a biographical novel. Zeynep Oral, the author of the novel, has given a colourful touch to the work with her own style. She has built up her narrative with the interviews of famous artists, tributes from various journals and articles from Italy and Turkey, and numerous letters and photographs received by the artist. Our paper explores the real story of passion, achievement, and ambition. With her rich repertory of opera and aria, Leyla Gencer reminds of Turkish woman’s strength once again by crying out “I am Anatolia, I am Turk!”.

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