Sex and the Singer

The most famous Russian Opera Star of the 20th Century Feodor Chaliapin, as stated by some memoirists, was known in Europe as a womanizer, while this subject in Russia, including the Soviet period, was taboo. There was a lot of rumors and gossip about Chaliapin's two marriages, about his love affairs and his illegitimate children, but not a single written word describing those occurrences was atta...