Chaliapin
Americannoun
noun
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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
Stravinsky wrote a short arrangement of the popular Russian folk song in 1917 for woodwind and brass ensemble and arranged it in the 1920s for the Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2012
Sir: The accentuated line of the seam on the tennis ball could mean that Mr. Chaliapin had the Yang and Yin symbol in mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
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