[CHALIAPIN (Feodor, 1873-1938, Russian Singer, one of the Greatest Bass Singers of all time)]

Striking unsigned Cabinet Photograph Karl Fisher of St Petersburg, showing him in costume as Mefistofele with pointed embroidered slippers and hood awry, seated on rocks in suppressed anger, inscribed on the verso in Russian "to my dear Liz, an example of a great triumph of human genius; may it serve her for a guide in her future life", Moscow, 14th October

In this photo Chaliapin is portrayed as Mefistofele in the Boito's opera of the same title. His début in this role took place earlier that year at the La Scala (March 16 1901).

Item Date:  1901

Stock No:  19402      £350

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