June 4, 2023

Fyodor Shalyapin

Russia Post released a Souvenir Sheet on Fyodor Shalyapin with his portrait and featuring images of Mephistopheles, Boris Godunov and Basilio embodied by the artist on the opera stage, a theater curtain and an autograph.

Fyodor Shalyapin (1873–1938) was a Russian opera and chamber singer (high bass), the first People's Artist of the Republic. He had a major impact on the world operatic art.

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