Pages from my life. Chaliapin F.I.

Fedor Chaliapin (1873-1938)-artist, master of reincarnation and artistic word, is considered one of the brightest opera singers in the history of Russia. This book is a fantastic story of the success of a peasant son on the theatrical stages of Russia and Europe, a story about how the artist’s soul hides under a mask.

In his autobiography, Chaliapin talks about his difficult life, way to a large scene, about that, about that What prompted him to this choice, how was the formation on stage, shares his thoughts about his homeland, theater, opera, Bolsheviks and compatriots. The thoughts of the great singer and performances in Russia and abroad are interesting, as well as impressions of meetings with Lenin and Trotsky, Gorky and Tolstoy, Repin and Serov, Herbert Wells and Bernard Show. Chaliapina - autobiography and published in 1932, already in exile, is a “mask and soul”, in which the singer spoke about his relationship with the Bolsheviks.