Leyla Gencer Assoluta from Lyric Colorature to Contralto

Leyla Gencer, one of the greatest sopranos of all time. She could sing up to high F at the conservatory and down to low Ab (allanaki who was her student says that she once went down to low E). Though her colorature is not the best in the world she can still be considered as a colorature soprano when compared to the coloratures of today. Enjoy the most underrated assoluta singer of the 20th Assoluta soprano(soprano sfogato): By definition, the soprano sfogato is linked to the mezzo, contralto.