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For many, Leyla Gencer is the undisputed Donizetti soprano of the two decades from the 1960s to the '80s, yet the vast majority of those who hold her in such high esteem never actually managed--for reasons geographical or chronological--to see her perform onstage. The title "Queen of the Pirates" is one that Gencer does not love, but she realizes that, without having made a single complete commercial opera recording, she is one of the best-represented sopranos on CD today. Despite the neglect of recording companies--EMI had Callas, Decca had Tebaldi and Nilsson, RCA had Moffo, Price, then Caballe--Gencer's career was a major one. Her opera performances spanned ...