Mask and soul. My forty years in theaters

Fedor Ivanovich Chaliapin (1873-1938) is a phenomenon of musical culture of such a scale that his fame does not fade over time. Chaliapin"s work continues to worry, his personality and fate are still causing keen interest.
In the Autobiographical Book "Mask and Soul", first published in 1932 in Paris, the famous opera artist not only shares the memories of the "Magpie in theaters" - Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, the Imperial Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and theaters around the world . He also talks about opera art, inspiration, performing skills and the changes that came in the years of life and work of the master. The book recreates paintings by the Russian theater and artistic environment of the late XIX - early XX centuries