Autograph of Fedor Chaliapin

Certified Authentic autograph on photo (C 48/2). Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938). Russian opera and chamber singer (high bass), at various times a soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters, as well as the Metropolitan Opera, the first People's Artist of the Republic (1918-1927, the title was returned in 1991), in 1918-1921 - artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater . He has a reputation as an artist who has combined in his work “innate musicality, bright vocal abilities, and extraordinary acting skills.” He was also engaged in painting, graphics and sculpture, and acted in films. He had a great influence on world opera.