Maria Kouznetsova

As Thais "Thais" Massenet
Maria Nikolaevna Kouznetsova-Benois
1880-1966
Ukranian Soprano
Studied with Joachim Tartakov in St Petersburgh.Debut St Petersburgh Conservatoir as Tatiana ‘Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky in 1904. Debut at the Marinsky Theatre as Margurite in “Faust” by Gounod in 1905.She remained at the Marinsky until 1917. She created the role’s of Fevroniya in “The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya” by Rimsky-Korsakov at Marinksy 1907 , Fausta in “Roma” by Massenet 1912 and Cleopatre in “Cleopatre” by Massenet 1914 , both at Monte Carlo Opera also sang at the Paris Opera , London Covent Garden,New York Metropolitan , Chicago Opera .Her roles included Mimi ‘La Boheme” by Puccini,Violetta ‘La Traviata” by Verdi ‘Elsa ‘Lohengrin” by Wagner , Antonida ‘The Life of the Tsar” by Glinka , Margurite ‘Faust” by Gounod ,Tamara ‘The Demon” by Rubenstein and Thais ‘Thais” by Massenet