Maria Cebotari

Maria Cebotari
Born10 February 1910
Chișinău, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Moldova)
Died9 June 1949 (1949-06-10) (aged 39)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityRomanian[1]
OccupationOpera singer (lyric coloratura soprano)
Years active1931–1949
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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  2. ^ Iosif Constantin Drăgan, Prin Europa, Vol. 3 Editura Eminescu, 1980, p.89
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  8. ^ a b "Klaus Ulrich Spiegel - Cebotari". Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Lumea romaneasca - Lumea romaneasca - Numarul 400 - Anul 2000 - Arhiva". www.formula-as.ro. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  10. ^ "MARIA CEBOTARI". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Welt im Film 214/1949 – Films at the German Federal Archive". Retrieved 11 December 2016.