Google Turkey pays tribute to Gencer
ISTANBUL
Google Turkey made its doodle opera singer Leyla Gencer yesterday. Gencer passed away on May 2008.
One of the legendary sopranos of the 20th century, the late Leyla Gencer, was featured on search engine Google’s daily “doodle” on Oct. 10, in a tribute to “La Diva Turca” on her 85th birthday. Leyla Gencer played dozens of roles on the leading opera stages of the world and also contributed to the education of many young opera singers. The singer, who held the post of president of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts Board of Trustees, died in 2008. Google prepared a special doodle for the 85th anniversary of the diva’s birth, which could be seen by all visitors on www.google.com.tr .
Doodles and Google logoDoodles are changes that are made
to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives
of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. In the past, Google has
also created special doodles for Barış Manço, Piri Reis, Sabiha Gökçen,
and Mevlana.
Leyla Gencer is acclaimed as the last of the
legendary divas of the 20th century. She enjoyed an illustrious career
on major opera stages around the world, especially at La Scala, where
she was the prima donna for nearly 25 years, with an immense repertoire
that embraced 72 roles ranging from lyric soprano to dramatic
coloratura. Her many performances are still taken as references
throughout the world and she also came to be known as the pioneer of the
Donizetti Renaissance for her outstanding performances of the
composer’s forgotten operas. Leyla Gencer died on May 10, 2008.
