Russian culture gave the world a singer of truly universal proportions. A great artist, a national genius, he lives in the consciousness of the modern generation as a “man-legend”, “a comet named Fedor”, “a citizen of the world” and today he occupies his unique place in it. Meanwhile, Chaliapin’s creative life and personal destiny were complex and contradictory: intense, sometimes painful searches for himself as an individual, difficult mastery of the profession, awareness of the power of his talent, interspersed with brilliant artistic discoveries and stage failures, triumphant delights of fans and the machinations of envious enemies. Always open to communication, he drank the full cup of artistic glory, friendly devotion, love, family happiness, but also experienced the bitterness of betrayal, separation, lies, and slander. The author, Doctor of Science, researcher of the Russian theater, based on documentary sources, memoirs, letters and official documents, talks about the life of not only a great singer, but also an unusually charming person. The book is published in the year of the 140th anniversary of the birth of F. I. Chaliapin. information product sign 16 +