One Night of Love in his usual place in the prompter's box. The complete proscenium and part of the wings and seating plan of the Metropolitan Opera House were duplicated for this production and occupied the whole of Columbia's largest sound stage. Moore's recording and performance of the "Un bel di" aria from "Madame Butterfly" did not go smoothly, as she had trouble hitting the high notes. According to a later biography, she flew into a rage and blamed the orchestra, however, when studio boss Harry Cohn asked Columbia music director, Morris Stoloff, what the problem was, Stoloff replied, "There's nothing wrong with the
Maria Maksakova Jr. de Perles" by Georges Bizet), among others. In 2002 Maksakova was among the Yelena Obraztsova Young opera singers competition's winners and a year later she joined the Bolshoi as a guest soloist, appearing as Oscar ("Un ballo in maschera" by Giuseppe Verdi) and Musetta ("La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini). In 2006 she joined the Moscow Helikon-Opera and there appeared as The Princess in Antonín Dvořák's "Rusalka", Rosina in "II Barbiere di Siviglia", Susanna in Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" and others. In 2011 Maksakova joined the Mariinsky Opera Company where she sings Dorabella ("Cosi fan tutte"), Cherubino ("Le nozze di