Feodor Chaliapin adored both Alexander Pushkin’s poetry and prose. Chaliapin’s performances in operas based on Alexander Pushkin’s works are considered by many critics to be the best ones in his career. Those include the parts of Farlaf in “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, Boris Godunov, Pimen and Varlaam in “Boris Godunov”, Salieri in “Mozart and Salieri”, the Miller in “Rusalka”, and Aleko.
Feodor Chaliapin strove to get to the essence in his interpretation of Pushkin’s characters; sometimes, however, he would add a new perspective to the characters whose rendition became somewhat stereotypical. For example, on January 29, 1902, Chaliapin performed the part of Gremin at the Bolshoi Theater for the first time. This is what Valentina Verigina — a well-known Russian actress — said in her memoirs regarding Chaliapin’s depiction of the general,
Feodor Chaliapin strove to get to the essence in his interpretation of Pushkin’s characters; sometimes, however, he would add a new perspective to the characters whose rendition became somewhat stereotypical. For example, on January 29, 1902, Chaliapin performed the part of Gremin at the Bolshoi Theater for the first time. This is what Valentina Verigina — a well-known Russian actress — said in her memoirs regarding Chaliapin’s depiction of the general,
