50 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe story of Fyodor Chaliapin is a man who grew up in a peasant family, but was able to break into the brilliant world of theater and conquered heights that no one had ever reached before. Did he find the love of millions, could not achieve personal happiness on his own and make a choice between two beloved women? About how the strength of character and talent can lift a person to the stars and give them the opportunity to shine all over the world.
Acting
Gorbatov embodies Chaliapin's volcanic charisma and fragility.
Production
Lavish recreation of Imperial Russia's theatrical golden age.
Costume
Petzold vs. Tornagi wardrobes tell the whole love story.
Aleksandr Gorbatov
Фёдор Шаляпин
Yuliya Snigir
Мария Петцольд
Mariya Smolnikova
Иола Торнаги
Fyodor Lavrov
Исай
Yan Tsapnik
Мамонт Дальский
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Константин Коровин
Fyodor Dobronravov
Иван Яковлевич Шаляпин
Irina Pegova
Татьяна Любатович
Roman Madyanov
Михаил Лентовский
Roman Ladnev
Максим Горький
Katerina Shpitsa
Таня Репина
Sergei Selin
Бас Шульгин
Lev Zulkarnaev
Рахманинов
Yana Dyubui
Антониетта
Sergey Byzgu
Альтани
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chaliapin's actual recordings were used as reference, though Gorbatov trained for months to mime the famous bass technique convincingly.
The series sparked debate in Russia about sanitizing Chaliapin's complicated political legacy—he performed for White Army troops and later emigrated, which the show largely sidesteps.
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