period she prepared the roles of Tatyana in 

Eugene Onegin, Liza in The Queen of Spades, and Cio-Cio-San

in Madame Butterfly.
In 1965, the young singer was sent to the La Scala theatre in Milan, where the vocal teacher and conductor,
and assistant to the great Toscanini - Enrico Piazza - became her tutor. During her two-year stay the parts
of Cio-Cio-San, Tosca, Aida, and Leonora in Il Trovatore were prepared. Her stay in Milan coincided with her
participation in major international competitions. In 1966 she became a prize-winner at the Third International
Tchaikovsky Competition, and in 1967 in Tokyo she won first prize and honorary ‘Gold Cup’ prize, and won the
title ‘Best Cio-Cio-San in the World’ at the First International Competition in Memory of Miura Tamaki.
After Maria Bieșu's success at the Tokyo competition, her name gained widespread recognition. She played
the roles of Cio-Cio-San, Aida, Leonora, Tosca, Tatyana, and Liza on the stages of many theatres in Europe. In
1971 the Moldovan soprano was invited to New York's Metropolitan Opera to play the part of Nedda
in Leoncavallo's I pagliacci. After playing this part she was offered a year-long contract for performing at the
Metropolitan Opera. The New York Times wrote about this show: “Maria Bieșu is a charming and talented
actress. She has a very beautiful and plastic voice. The singer carries herself surprisingly naturally on stage.”  [3]

She was equally successful with lyrical parts (those such as Jolanta, Mimi), dramatic-passionate parts (such as
Santuzza, Nedda, Turandot, Tosca) and bright-masterly parts (Leonora). There are more than thirty diverse
roles in Bieșu's operatic record. To those previously mentioned are added Verdi's heroines – Leonora (La
Forza del destino), Elisabeth (Don Carlos), Abigaille (Nabucco), Amelia (Un Ballo in maschera), and
also Turandot in Puccini's opera, Adriana (Adriana Lecouvreur by F. Cilea), Nastasya (in P. Tchaikovsky’s The
Enchantress).
Maria Bieșu was also known for her is her chamber-concert activity. In chamber performances Bieșu is
attracted to a delicate sense of style, careful work with musical and poetic texts, depth of emotional imagery,
and emotional fullness and sincerity. Her concert repertoire was very wide, ranging from, J.S. Bach and Georg
Frideric Handel to Caccini and Gretry to Schumann and Schubert and from Franz Liszt and Grieg to Ottorino
Respighi and Fauré, Sergei Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky to Prokofiev and Sviridov, all the way to old
Russian and Moldavian romances, folk songs, and compositions by contemporary Moldovan authors.
In 1986, Maria Bieșu recorded the role of Norma in Bellini's opera for the Russian company Melodiya, with
Ludmilla Nam as Adalgisa, Gegham Grigoryan as Pollione, and Mark Ermler conducting the Bolshoi Opera
Orchestra. The recording was issued on CD by Melodiya (MCD 160C), one of her greatest achievements. (The
opera is sung in Italian, and is uncut).

Awards[edit]
 1970: People’s Artist of the USSR [4]

 1974: USSR State Prize [4]

 1982: Lenin Prize [4]

 1990: Hero of Socialist Labour [4]

 1992: Order of the Republic of Moldova [5]

 2000: Order of the Star of Romania [5]

Official activities[edit]
 Professor at the G. Musicescu Academy of Music of Moldova
 President of the Union of Musicians of Moldova (1987) [6]

 Vice-president of the World Union of Musicians of Moscow (1992) [6]

 Founder and president of the International Opera and Ballet Festival "Maria
Bieșu Invites" held annually in Chișinău
 Judge at many international and Moldovan competitions
 President of honor of the Women's Association of Moldova

References[edit]
1. ^ "Maria Biesu:Ranks and Merits". www.nationalopera.md. The National Opera and Balet
Theatre. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
2. ^ Dănilă, A.; et al. (2005). Maria Bieşu : scena, opera : dragostea mea. Chişinău: Cartea
Moldovei. pp. 5, 8, 17, 27. ISBN 9975-60-194-4.
3. ^ "IPN Society:Notable People We've Lost in 2012". www.ipn.md. IPN. Retrieved 28
October 2017.
 4. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Smirnov, VS. "Биешу Мария Лукьяновна". www.warheroes.ru. Patriotic
Internet project. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b About Maria Biesu Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine at
allmoldova.com
6. ^ Jump up to:a b Maria Biesu would have turned 78 at trm.md

External links[edit]
 Maria Bieshu at Last.fm

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