MARIA CEBOTARI IN THE OPERAS BY M.I. GLINKA AND P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY

The article provides a brief overview about performances of the operatic heritage of the great Russian composers M. Glinka and P. Tchaikovsky by the outstanding singer of the XX-th century M. Cebotari. The roles of Antonida in „Life for the Tsar”, Lisa in the „Queen of spades”, Tatiana in „Eugene Onegin” and Iolanta in the opera of the same name are considered and analyzed. Born in the Russian Empire, Russian as a native speaker and brought up in the culture of the Russian emigrants, M. Cebotari interpreted these roles on the stages of Western Europe with enviable perfection and organics, deeply penetrating the essence of the performed part and image