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Feodor Chaliapin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin, Fiodor Ivanovich Shalyapin, Feodor Shaliapin, Feodor Ivanovich Shaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin, Fyodor Ivanovitch Chaliapin, Theodore Chaliapine, Feodor Chaliapine
Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)
Feodor Chaliapin was a renowned Russian opera singer and actor who lived from 1873 to 1938 and became one of the most celebrated performers of his era. He is remembered as a transformative figure in opera who brought dramatic depth and character to his roles, influencing how opera singers approached performance.
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Film & TV
Kazan, Russian Empire
Known for
- Dark Eyes — Self (archive footage)2021
- Chaliapin: The Enchanter1998
- Elegy — Self (archive film footage)1986
- Cinema in Russia — Film footage1979
- Law of the Jungle — Belts1942
- Don Quixote — Don Quichotte1933
- Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible — tsar Ivan IV the Terrible1915
- The Great Singers of Russia - Volume 1 — self
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- His Master's Voice
- Image
- Feodor Chaliapin signed.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Residence
- Arça
- Voice type
- bass
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- place of burial
- Batignolles Cemetery
- Commons category
- Feodor Chaliapin
- date of birth
- 1873-02-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Feodor Chaliapin
- date of death
- 1938-04-12
- Commons Creator page
- Feodor Chaliapin
- cause of death
- leukemia
- name in native language
- Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин
- topic's main category
- Category:Feodor Chaliapin
Sources (10)
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Works in European collections
32 objects attributed to Feodor Chaliapin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
“Margarethe”: Kirchenscene; (Seigneur, daignes permettre) I. Teil; (Quand di Seigneur le jor luira) II. Teil/(Gounod)
Farewell of Boris: (“Boris Godunow”)/(MusAbsky)
Boris “Godunov”: pěsnja Varlaama: Kak "vo gorodě bylo/(Musorgkago)
Doubt/Glinka
The Peterskaya along: folk song/Arranged by F. Schaljapin
Arija Leporello iz op. “Don Žuan”/W. Mozarta
The slander, it is a fan: (“The Barber of Seville”)/(Rossini)
Ej, uchnem! : (volžskaja pesnja)/muz.
Standing of the Mefistopheles: (“Faust,” fourth act)/(Gounod)
“Norma”: Ute sul colle o Druidi/(Bellini)
Madamina: part II; “Don Giovanni”/(Mozart)
The slander is a fan: (“The Barber of Seville”)/(Rossini)
Zweifel
As the king moved to Field/(Koenemann)
“Norma”: Ute sul colle o Druidi/(Bellini)
Monolog Pimena iz opery “Boris Godunov”/muz. M. Musorgskogo
Sugubaia Ektenia: “Slava, Tiebe, Gospody” (Litanie de supplication)/(A. Gretchaninoff)
Ernani: “Infelice! e tuo credevi”/(Verdi)
Rondo vom golden Kalb: (“Faust,” I. Nude)/(Gounod)
“La sonnambula”: Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni/(Bellini)
Rondo Farlafa, iz 2-go d. op. “Ruskan i Ljudmila”/Glinki
Stenka Rasine
![Also includes: Trepak, (Songs and Dances of Death)/Mousält sky [Unity Night: Pesni i pljaski smerti <Trepak>] (further production title)](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007038%2Ffon_snp_a_007038_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Also includes: Trepak, (Songs and Dances of Death)/Mousält sky [Unity Night: Pesni i pljaski smerti <Trepak>] (further production title)
Scena Borisa iz 2 akta op. “Boris Godunov”/muzyka M. Musorgskogo
Veruju: (“Credo”) - “Werouiou”/(A. Arkangelsky)
Son lo spirito che nege: (“Mefistofele”)/Boito
“Boris Godunow”: (Like bang 'is me); bell scene; 2nd act/(Mous" sky)
Coronation scene: 1st part; (“Boris Godunow”)/(MusKrsky)
The Wickinger Song: (“Sadko”)/(Rimsky-Korsakoff)
Russian folk song: (sun rise)
Scena sumastschestviya i smerti Mel 'nika: “Rusalka”; (1-ja ch.); (2-ja ch.)/Dargomyzhekago
Pesnja Eremki iz opery “Vražja sila”/muz. A. Serova
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Encyclopedic overview
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (13 February [O.S. 1 February] 1873 – 12 April 1938) was a Russian opera singer. Possessing a deep and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form.
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