Word: challapin
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...Symphony Hall Sunday afternoon, the famous Russian basso, Feodor, Challapin, sang before a large and wildly-enthusiastic audience. His programme was as follows: First group: "Aleko", Rachmaninoff; "Yermak Tinofelevitch". Ippolitoff-Ivanoff; "Die beiden Grenadiere", Schumann. Second group: "We parted haughtily", Dargomizhsky; "Pretty Lady" (from "Don Juan"), Mozart: "When the king went forth to war", Koeneman; Volga Boat-song; "Mephisto's Song of the Flea", Mouseorgsky...
...singer was in unusually good voice, and his rich, resonant tone, his superb artistry, and his general pressence make one realize that America is right in showering with encomia this son of the Volga. Challapin is a master of all phases of the art of singing, and his legate work, his use of the portamento, and his planissimo are unexcelled today. Although he could easily do so, he never commits the sin which the French call "chantant pour la galerie"; when the composer has written a low note Challiapin doesn't take a high one for the sake...
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