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Chaliapin

American  
[shahl-yah-pin, shuh-lyah-pyin] / ʃɑlˈyɑ pɪn, ʃʌˈlyɑ pyɪn /

noun

  1. Fëdor Ivanovich 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass.


Chaliapin British  
/ ʃaˈljapin /

noun

  1. Fyodor Ivanovich (ˈfjɔdər iˈvanəvitʃ). 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass singer

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The dress survived, repurposed for a night at the opera — “The Barber of Seville, Chaliapin sang,” Ms. Harley said, remembering the famous Russian Opera singer.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

And when Czar Nicholas II signed a manifesto promising liberal reforms, opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin got up on a table, sang folk songs and passed around his hat asking for contributions for workers.

From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2019

He now lies in the same cemetery as Chaliapin.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 21, 2015

He loved the guitar artistry of Andrés Segovia and the singing of Feodor Chaliapin.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2012

For more than 50 years he brought to the U.S. the performing geniuses of his native Russia: Pavlova, Chaliapin, Oistrakh, Ulanova.

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