Ruslan and Ludmila
She remained at the Mariinsky as soloist for twelve years until the Revolution in 1917. During her lengthy career, Kuznetsova originated several roles including Fevroniya in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya", the title role in Massenet's "Cléopâtre", Woglinde in the first Russian production of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" and Fausta in another Massenet creation, "Roma". Other signature roles included Oksana in Tchaikovsky's "Cherevichki", Thaïs in Massenet's "Thaïs", Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata", The Snow Maiden in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Snow Maiden", Mimi in Puccini's "La bohème", Antonida in Glinka's "A Life for the Tsar", Lyudmila in "Ruslan and Ludmila" and Tamara in Anton Rubinstein's "The Demon."