Maria Cebotari
A singer of enormous native talent and imperishable will, Maria Cebotari applied her silvery soprano to roles that seemed far beyond her means. Yet through astute musicianship and a driving need to master the dramatic repertory, she succeeded far beyond expectations, essaying such daunting, vocally destructive roles as Turandot and Salome. Recording producer Walter Legge, who acquired her services after WWII, recalled her readiness to perform at a moment's notice and her fortitude in the face of the cancer that led to her premature death. When still a child, Cebotari became a member of the Moscow Art Theatre Company. One of the company's actors (whom she subsequently married) introduced her to conductor Issay Dobroven, who arranged for a scholarship to study voice and interpretation in Berlin. After only a half-year's training, Cebotari was prepared to assume a position with the Dresden Opera, where she quickly rose to stardom. Although slight of voice, she was convincing in roles such as Butterfly, where her trim figure afforded her uncommon credibility. By the outbreak of WWII, she had sung in nearly every major European venue, taking time along the way to create the role of Aminta in Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau (Dresden, 1935). From 1936 to 1944, she was a member of the Berliner Staatsoper. By the war's end, Strauss asserted that she was Europe's most complete artist. The roles within her active repertory were an astonishing lot: both Susanna and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, all three female roles in Don Giovanni, both Micaëla and Carmen, Mimi and Turandot, and large doses of leading roles in operetta. She frequently sang nearly every day of the week, often taking over performances from less-hearty colleagues. Singing seven months into pregnancy, she was back on-stage within days of delivery. Although her voice gained more body in the lower register, Cebotari remained the same artist with much the same crystalline, incisive instrument until the end. Her grasp of notes and meaning made her the delight of each conductor with which she collaborated. Her attractive appearance led to leading roles in six motion pictures.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Maria Cebotari
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 9 Oct 2006
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Bruno Walter conducts Mahler & Bloch
Maria Cebotari, Rosette Anday, Bruno Walter, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras
Classical - Released by OperaPrima-Carillon on 23 Apr 2021
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The Very Best Operatic Arias
Maria Cebotari, Jussi Björling, Richard Tauber
Classical - Released by Past Classics on 2 May 2012
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Maria Cebotari singt Richard Strauss
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 19 Sep 2006
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The Art of Maria Cebotari
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 24 Dec 2002
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The HMV Recordings (Album of 1933)
Classical - Released by Casta Diva on 24 Jun 2023
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The Grammophon Recordings (Berlin Recordings 1941)
Maria Cebotari, Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin, Gerhard Steeger
Classical - Released by Casta Diva on 31 Jan 2022
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In memoriam (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1953
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Maria Cebotari singt
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 19 Sep 2006
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Maria Cebotari singt Verdi
Opera - Released by Preiser Records on 1 Jan 1993
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Maria Cebotari sings Richard Strauss (Recordings of 1943)
Maria Cebotari, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Artur Rother
Classical - Released by Casta Diva on 24 Jun 2023
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Opera Arias (Soprano): Cebotari, Maria - MOZART, W.A. / PUCCINI, G. / STRAUSS, R. (1942) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Lorenzo da Ponte - Giuseppe Giacosa)
Opera - Released by Berlin Classics on 1 Jan 1970
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Four Famous Sopranos of the Past
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 12 Sep 2006
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Cebotari
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 4 Jul 1998
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Giacomo Puccini Szenen (Recordings of 1938 - 1944)
Classical - Released by Casta Diva on 31 Jan 2022
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Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Ich sprach, dass ich furchtlos mich fühle (Sung in German)
Maria Cebotari, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gerhard Steeger
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1941
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The Odeon Recordings (Berlin Recordings 1935 - 1937)
Classical - Released by Casta Diva on 31 Jan 2022
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527: Ich weiß ein Mittel (Sung in German)
Maria Cebotari, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gerhard Steeger
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1941
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Legende und Wirklichkeit
Classical - Released by Sinetone PCA on 29 Jan 2016
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Legend And Reality
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 2000
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