Chaliapin

American  

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

noun

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

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Chaliapin British  

/ ʃaˈljapin /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Her warm, even tone and clear diction became associated indelibly with the composer’s amorous page in the way that Kirsten Flagstad was with Isolde and Feodor Chaliapin with Boris Godunov.

From New York Times

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

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

She once told The Washington Post that the image of herself she liked best was a full-length painting by Boris Chaliapin, who was best known for illustrating hundreds of Time magazine covers.

From New York Times

It was a deserved success: his face is a remarkable instrument of expression over which he has complete professional control, and his voice is a thing of rare beauty, as rich as Chaliapin singing Boris Godunov.

From The New Yorker