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Fedor Ivanovich Shaliapin (1873–1938) — velikii operniei artist i podlinno znakovaia figura dlia Rossii nachala XX stoletiia. Obladatel velikolepnogo golosa i iskluchitelnogo scenicheskogo talanta, on blistal na stolichnieh scenah, gastroliroval po miru i okazal ogromnoe vliianie na razvitie opernogo iskusstva. Sovremenniki govorili, chto Shaliapin viehodit na scenu ne igrat, a jit jiznu svoih geroev. Ego Boris Godunov biel voploshennoi tragediei caria, rasterzannogo vlastu i sovestu, ego Mefistofel — voplosheniem diavolskogo iskusheniia, uvlekaushego v bezdnu. . . Jivoi i nasmeshliviei um, harizma i artistichnost, kotoriee sposobstvovali scenicheskim uspeham Fedora Ivanovicha, neizmenno sobirali vokrug nego samieh znachimieh predstavitelei kulturnogo nebosklona epohi. Vospominaniia o sudbonosnieh vstrechah i svoem porazitelnom tvorcheskom voshojdenii k vershinam opernoi slavie Fedor Shaliapin izlojil v dvuh zamechatelnieh avtobiograficheskih knigah: «Stranicie iz moei jizni» (1916), napisannoi pri uchastii Maksima Gorkogo, i «Maska i dusha» (1932). Obe oni — iskrennii, proniknovenniei i polniei umora rasskaz o tom, kak formirovalas sudba velikogo mastera. Eta udivitelnaia biograficheskaia dilogiia darit nam vozmojnost sravnit «dvuh Shaliapinieh» — proslavlennogo russkogo artista v zenite slavie, chei vzgliad polon nadejd na budushee, i mirovoi znamenitosti, parijskogo emigranta, mieslenniem vzorom obozrevaushego minuvshee. V prilojenii publikuutsia vospominaniia o Shaliapine, ostavlenniee ego druziami: kniga «Shaliapin. Vstrechi i sovmestnaia jizn» Konstantina Korovina i biograficheskii ocherk «Shaliapin» Ivana Bunina.

Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (1873-1938) was a great opera artist and a truly iconic figure for Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. The owner of a magnificent voice and exceptional stage talent, he shone on the capital's stages, toured the world and had a huge impact on the development of opera art. Contemporaries said that Chaliapin did not go on stage to play, but to live the lives of his characters. His Boris Godunov was the epitome of the tragedy of the tsar, torn apart by power and conscience, his Mephistopheles was the embodiment of diabolical temptation, dragging into the abyss. . . Fyodor Ivanovich's lively and mocking mind, charisma and artistry, which contributed to his stage successes, invariably gathered around him the most significant representatives of the cultural firmament of the era. Fyodor Chaliapin described his memories of fateful meetings and his amazing creative rise to the heights of opera fame in two remarkable autobiographical books: Pages from My Life (1916), written with the participation of Maxim Gorky, and Mask and Soul (1932). Both of them are a sincere, heartfelt and humorous story about how the fate of the great master was shaped. This amazing biographical dilogy gives us the opportunity to compare the "two Chaliapins" — a famous Russian artist at the zenith of his fame, whose gaze is full of hope for the future, and a world celebrity, a Parisian emigrant, mentally reviewing the past. The application publishes memories of Chaliapin, left by his friends: the book "Chaliapin. Meetings and life together" by Konstantin Korovin and the biographical sketch "Chaliapin" by Ivan Bunin.