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Maria Cebotari | |
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Born | 10 February 1910 |
Died | 9 June 1949 | (aged 39)
Nationality | Romanian[1] |
Occupation | Opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano) |
Years active | 1931–1949 |
Spouse(s) | Alexander Virubov (1929–1938) Gustav Diessl (1938–1948) |
Maria Cebotari (original name: Ciubotaru,[2] 10 February 1910 – 9 June 1949) was a Bessarabian-Romanian lyric coloratura soprano. She was widely known as a singer by the mid 1930s and noted in particular for her wide range of repertoire.[3][4][5][6][7]
Beniamino Gigli stated that Cebotari was one of the greatest female voices he had ever heard.[8] Maria Callas was compared to her,[5] and Angela Gheorghiu named Maria Cebotari among the artists she admires the most.[9]
With thousands of people in attendance, her funeral was "one of the most imposing demonstrations of love and honor any deceased artist has ever received" in the history of Vienna.[8][10][11]
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