Kousnetzoff, Maria
(1880–1966)> VOCALIST
Kousnetzoff, Maria (1880, Odessa, Russia; 26 April 1966, Paris), vocalist, began her theatrical career as a ballet dancer in St. Petersburg, where she decided to become a singer about 1905. She came to Paris in 1906 or 1907, and she made her debut at the Opéra as Elsa in Lohengrin on 1 February 1908. She sang Marguerite in Faust and the female leads in Roméo et Juliette and Thaïs this same year. The following three years saw her do three roles at the Garnier: the title-parts of Gwendoline in…