FULL Fyodor Chaliapin St.Petersburg Documentary 2023

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Fyodor Chaliapin  
• Composer: N/A  
• Libretto: N/A  
• Venue & Opera Company: St.Petersburg, Russia  
• Recorded: 2023
• Type: Other
• Singers: Fyodor Chaliapin
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Mariinsky TV  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, rusubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

In 2023, the music world celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian bass Fyodor Chaliapin, who played significant roles on stage and in the fate of the Mariinsky Theatre.

For the beginning of the 20th century, the name of Fyodor Chaliapin meant much more than a popular opera singer. Chaliapin became the first People’s Artist of the Soviet Republic, the pride and personification of the Russian people. At home, he was called “Tsar Bass”, outside the country – “great Fedor”.
Singer, actor, director, artist, sculptor, he impressed not only with his incredible vocal abilities, but also with his acting, which the “stage” did not know before the appearance of Fyodor Chaliapin in its firmament. A man from a poor family, who graduated from the 3rd grade of school, he was able to achieve incredible heights, thanks to the strength of his character and hard work. He scooped knowledge rapidly, was well versed in literature, theater, played musical instruments, and spoke several foreign languages.
He worked out his roles with perfect precision, lived every second of every image. Chaliapin made a revolution in Russian opera, making singing meaningful, he turned the singer into an actor, and the opera into a full-fledged performance.
Who was this majestic and controversial man? Watch in the film.