Ein Leben für den Zaren
She finally made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1920 where she was to sing every seasons until 1948. Besides Italian and French roles such as Gilda, Violetta, Mimì, Butterfly, Juliette, Manon, she also excelled in Russian operas, notably the leading female roles in works such as "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "The Snow Maiden", "A Life for the Tsar", "Sadko", "The Queen of Spades", "The Golden Cockerel".