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Maria Cebotari (10 February 1910, Chişinău, now Republic of Moldova – 9 June 1949, Vienna), Moldovan-born Austrian soprano and actress. Born as Maria Cebutaru, she studied singing at the Chişinău Conservatory and in 1929 joined the Moscow Art Theater Company as an actress. Moving to Berlin with the company, she studied singing more with Oskar Daniel for three months and made her debut as an operatic singer by singing Mimi in Puccini's opera La Boheme at Dresden Semper Opera House on 15th March 1931...