Feodor chaliapin biography of mahatma

Chaliapin, Feodor (Ivanovich), celebrated Russian bass; b. near Kazan, Feb. 13, ; d. Paris, April 12, He was born into a poverty- ridden peasant family, and thus was compelled to work in menial jobs from an early age and had little opportunity for formal schooling.

Feodor chaliapin biography of mahatma

While still a youth, he began to travel with various opera and operetta companies as a chorister and eventually appeared in stage roles. In he made his formal operatic debut as the Stolnik in Halka with the Semyonov-Smarsky company in Ufa.

During his travels, he was accompanied by the writer Maxim Gorky, who also sang in a chorus; together they made their way through the Russian provinces, often walking the railroad tracks when they could not afford the fare.

Chaliapin’s wanderings took him to Tiflis, where his extraordinary vocal gifts deeply impressed the tenor and vocal pedagogue Dimitri Usatov (–), who taught him free of charge in – After appearances in Tiflis in –94, Chaliapin went t