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- Birth nameMaria Cebotaru
- Miss Maria Cebotari complained about horrible pain during her opera performance the Figaro (music by Mozart) in Milano. She complained about her tiredness, and tried to fight against her unknown illness. Doctors discovered she had gallbladder infection. The diet she was on did not help at all. Miss Cebotari finally went for a medical examination under the direction of primarius doctor Strasser. An infected gallbladder was found, and gall stones needed to be removed. Miss Cebotari thought about her pain and tiredness, however she had no time to be ill at all. In March she played Laura in the operette 'The Beggar Student'. Furthermore she sang for an American movie company in Vienna 'L'Habanera' from the opera Carmen. Miss Cebotari was still performing in the operette which turned out to be a huge success; however her health was declining rapidly. The premiere of 'The Beggar Student' took place on March 27 in Vienna, Austria. Her last performance on stage ever was on March 31, while she was tortured by a lot of pain. Finally a surgery was performed on April 4 by primarius doctor Stradal. The doctor also discovered that Miss Cebotari suffered from Pankreas-Leberkarzinom, however did not inform her about this. The surgery came too late. After the surgery Miss Cebotari continued to have severe pains. However she made plans for the coming year and continued her schedule. Heavy painkillers relieved Miss Cebotari in her last days. After a long life in agonay Miss Cebotari died in her Villa in Vienna, Austria on June 9, 1949. Only the good die young.- IMDb mini biography by: Rudipolr@aol.com
- SpousesGustav Diessl(1938 - March 20, 1948) (his death, 2 children)Virubov, Aleksandr
- ChildrenPeter DiesslFritz Diessl
- British pianist Sir Clifford Curzon adopted her two sons.
- Acknowledged as one of the great opera singers of the mid-twentieth century.
- In 1931 she got an engagement as an opera singer in Dresden and launched with it a very successful career. She sang in Dresden till 1943, from 1936 also at the Berliner state opera. Especially her interpretations of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus MOzart and Richard Strauss belonged to her specialities.
- Maria Cebotari was working as an actress at the Moscow artist theater before she decided in 1929 to attend a singing study in Berlin.
- The real fame of the actress Maria Cebotari was based on her vocal career. Because of her enormous popularity as a singer she also got offered some roles in the talkies.
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