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Feodor Chaliapin
(1873-1938)
as a young man
as a young man, wearing boots
again as a young man
studio portrait
in profile
in profile
bemedaled
with hat and cane
with coat and hat
in fur
holding something mysterious
about to leave on a train
doffing his hat from the train window
ice skating
serious
serious
in 1915
a Baldwin piano advertisement
at the piano with a score (photo courtesy
of Francesco Speroni)
with a cigarette
studying
as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
(from Harmonie Autographs and Music, Inc., New York, NY)
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
as Varlaam in Boris Godunov
as the Miller in Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka
as Boito's Mefistofele, 1922
as Boito's Mefistofele
as Boito's Mefistofele
as Boito's Mefistofele
as Boito's Mefistofele
as Boito's Mefistofele
as Mephistopheles
as Mephistopheles
as Mephistopheles
as Mephistopheles
as Don Quichotte
as Don Basilio
as Don Basilio
as Ivan Susanin in Glinka's A Life for the Tsar
again as Ivan Susanin
again as Ivan Susanin
as Eryomka in Serov's The Power of Evil
again as Eryomka
as Ivan the Terrible in Rimsky-Korsakov's
The Maid of Pskov
again as Ivan the Terrible
his own postage stamp
another postage stamp
and (center), with Gigli and Tauber
and with his son Boris
Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978)
as Boris Godunov
as King Mark
as Amfortas
as Hagen
as Sarastro
out for a stroll
rehearsing
a studio portrait
and another studio portrait
Ezio Pinza (1892-1957)
profile
big smile
wearing an ascot
in black tie
smoking
trying out a camera
as Don Giovanni
again as Don Giovanni
again as Don Giovanni, serenading
as Boris Godunov
as Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust
(Ezio Pinza portrayed Chaliapin in the film
"Tonight We Sing" singing this role among others.)
again as Mephistopheles
as Chaliapin in the film "Tonight We Sing",
with David Wayne as Sol Hurok
with Lana Turner, photo by Franklin Thistle
and with Lassie
Mark Reizen (1895-1992)
Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
in the film "Emperor Jones"
and at the piano
Gottlob Frick (1906-1994)
a studio portrait
wearing a snappy tie
as Rocco
in costume
and in costume
sample of his voice (audio promo)
Kurt Böhme (1908-1989)
Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier
and in costume
Hans Hotter (1909-2003)
profile
looking skyward
as Amonasro in Aida
as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro
as Mandryka in Arabella
in The Flying Dutchman
as Wotan
as Gurnemanz in Parsifal
in costume
and with Birgit Nilsson in Die Walküre
Giulio Neri (1909-1958)
as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra
as Mefistofele
and in Norma with Maria Callas and Franco Corelli
Lorenzo Alvary (1909-1996)
in Roméo et Juliette
Josef Greindl (1912-1993)
in The Flying Dutchman
in costume
and in costume
Boris Christoff (1914-1993)
smiling
a bit younger
wearing a three-piece suit
studio portrait (photo courtesy of
Francesco Speroni)
studio portrait (photo courtesy of
Francesco Speroni)
as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
as Mefistofele
again as Mefistofele
as Philip in Don Carlo
again as Philip in Don Carlo
as Prince Galitzky in Prince Igor
and as Dosifey in Khovanschina
sample of his voice (audio promo)
Italo Tajo (1915-1993)
Fernando Corena (1916-1984)
Otto Edelmann (1917-2003)
as Hans Sachs
in Siegfried
and as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier
George London (1920-1985)
as Boris Godunov
as Amonasro
again as Amonasro
in The Tales of Hoffmann
as Don Giovanni
again as Don Giovanni
in The Flying Dutchman
as Amfortas in Parsifal
as Mandryka in Arabella
as Scarpia in Tosca
on stage
a studio portrait
and with Leonie Rysanek as Senta
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (1920-1991)
and playing the harp
William Warfield (1920-2002)
Jerome Hines (1921-2003)
Cesare Siepi (1923-2010)
as Don Giovanni
again as Don Giovanni
as Mozart's Figaro
as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
as Mephistopheles
again as Mephistopheles
as Mefistofele
as King Philip in Don Carlo
as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra
dramatic studio portrait
studio portrait
another formal pose
in profile
in Italy in 1965
with an astounding car
and as Don Giovanni, with Leontyne Price
sample of his voice (audio promo)
Giorgio Tozzi (1923-2011)
as Boris
Ramfis in Aida
as Archibaldo in L'Amore dei Tre Re
and as Gremin in Eugene Onegin
sample of his voice (audio promo)
Nicola Zaccaria (1923-2007)
Theo Adam (1926- )
as Boris
as Hans Sachs
again as Hans Sachs
and in costume
Norman Treigle (1927-1975)
with a cigarette
in the title role of Carlisle Floyd's Markheim
as Mefistofele
as Mephistopheles
as Giulio Cesare
as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
as Rev. Olin Blitch in Susannah
again as Rev. Olin Blitch, with
Phyllis Curtin as Susannah
with Maestro Knud Andersson
and on an album cover
Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929-2004)
as King Philip in Don Carlo
again as King Philip
as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra
as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
again as Boris Godunov
as Mephistopheles
again as Mephistopheles
as Moses
as Don Basilio
as Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni
in costume
in costume
a studio portrait
looking very serious
sitting in a theater
with his wife Mirella Freni
and in Don Carlo, again with his wife Mirella Freni
sample of his voice (audio promo)
Walter Berry (1929-2000)
as Papageno
as Figaro
as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
in Der Rosenkavalier with Christa Ludwig and
Leonie Rysanek
and with Christa Ludwig
Boris Shtokolov (1930-2005)
and a portrait
Ezio Flagello (1931-2009)
and as Wurm in Luisa Miller
Ivan Rebroff (1931-2008)
Richard Novák (1931- )
as Dr. Bartolo
in Nabucco
with Willard White
with Tatiana Teslia
with Natalia Romanova in Turandot
and with Natalia Romanova
in Rusalka
Bonaldo Giaiotti (1932- )
smiling
as Padre Guardiano in La Forza del Destino
as King Philip in Don Carlo
as Timur in Turandot
as Alvise in La Gioconda
and in costume
Karl Ridderbusch (1932-1997)
studio portrait
studio portrait
as Hagen
and in costume
Jules Bastin (1933-1996)
Martti Talvela (1935-1989)
serious
studio portrait
in Don Carlo
again in Don Carlo
as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
and again in costume
Gwynne Howell (1938- )
Kurt Moll (1938-2017)
smiling
and informal portrait (photo courtesy
of Francesco Speroni)
Ruggero Raimondi (1941- )
in a fur-trimmed coat
in costume
as Scarpia
and as King Philip in Don Carlo
and with Angela Gheorghiu
in Tosca
Paul Plishka (1941- )
as Boris
as King Philip in Don Carlo
as Falstaff
in Nabucco
as Simone
and as Count Walter in Luisa Miller
Samuel Ramey (1942- )
smiling
smiling again
with a nice tie
in a leather jacket
bearded
enjoying the sun
as Argante in Rinaldo
in the title role of Boito's Mefistofele
as Attila
again as Attila
again as Attila
as King Philip in Don Carlo
as Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni
as Boris Godunov
as Bluebeard
a bit more dramatic
and in black and white
James Morris (1947- )
as Scarpia in Tosca
again as Scarpia in Tosca
again as Scarpia in Tosca
as Wotan
again as Wotan
again as Wotan
and with Bryn Terfel in Don Giovanni
Paata Burchuladze (1951- )
Thomas Quasthoff (1959- )
and smiling
René Pape (1964- )
