1. Maria Cebotari was a Bessarabian-Romanian lyric coloratura soprano.
12 Facts About Maria Cebotari
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Maria Cebotari was widely known as a singer by the mid 1930s and noted in particular for her wide range of repertoire.
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Beniamino Gigli stated that Cebotari was one of the greatest female voices he had ever heard.
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Maria Cebotari was born in Chisinau, Bessarabia, and studied singing at the Chisinau Conservatory in 1910.
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Maria Cebotari soon moved to Berlin with the company and studied singing with Oskar Daniel for three months.
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Maria Cebotari made her debut as an operatic singer as Mimi in La Boheme at Dresden Semperoper on 15 March 1931.
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Maria Cebotari appeared at many opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera and La Scala Opera House of Milan.
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Maria Cebotari died from cancer on 9 June 1949 in Vienna.
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Maria Cebotari had a versatile voice; her repertoire covered coloratura, soubrette, lyric, and dramatic roles, as is illustrated in her performance history.
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Maria Cebotari concentrated on four composers: Mozart, Richard Strauss, Verdi, and Puccini.
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Maria Cebotari was cast in the film Odessa in fiamme in 1942, directed by Italian director Carmine Gallone with the script by Nicolae Kiritescu.
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Director Vlad Druc's documentary "Aria" about the life of Maria Cebotari faced difficulties when screening in Moldova during the Communist administration.