Chaliapin Memorial Museum. Memorial estate of F.I. Chaliapin. S. a. Yalysheva

Dear visitors, please note that on May 26 there will be no concert of the vocal group “Feast of Bass”.

LECTURES

NAMES. EVENTS. DATES.

Series of lectures “Names. Events. Dates" in the new season 2018/2019. will tell about the life and work of composers-celebrants. Lectures are accompanied by rich audiovisual material.

Lectures start at 16.00

CONCERTS

vocal class concerts

St. Petersburg State Conservatory

“Young Voices in the Chaliapin House” is a traditional series of concerts in the House-Museum of F. I. Chaliapin, the fruit of many years of cooperation between the museum and the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. During the season, associate professors and professors of St. Petersburg State University present their students - young opera vocalists - to the public. The concerts feature arias, romances and songs by famous foreign and domestic composers.

Vocal group

"Pir Basov"

“Feast of Bass” is a vocal group led by Evgeniy Kalvarsky. Members of the vocal group - owners of low voices of various timbres (baritone bass, high bass, low bass, extensive bass, profundo bass) - successfully perform at various venues in the city. The group's repertoire includes romances and songs by famous foreign and domestic composers of the 18th - 20th centuries.

Performers: Evgeny Kalvarsky, Anatoly Zelenko, Alexander Sidak, Denis Soziev, Victor Monakhov

Accompanist: Stanislav Vorontsovsky

Concerts start at 16.00

ARTISTS PLAY

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF ST. PETERSBURG

“The artists of the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra are playing” is a traditional series of concerts in the House-Museum of F. I. Chaliapin. Every year, artists of the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra present to the audience a series of original programs that allow a new look at a particular period of musical history.

The house on Novinsky Boulevard is associated with the life and work of the outstanding Russian singer, the famous bass Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin. This is Chaliapin’s first own Moscow house, it is filled with a special “homely” Chaliapin atmosphere.

The museum is rich in authentic items of the Chaliapin family. Among them are pieces of furniture, a Bechstein grand piano, a grandfather clock, wedding candles of Fyodor and Iola, theatrical costumes, performance programs, posters... The house has many paintings donated to Chaliapin by artists: V. Serov, K. Korovin, V. Polenov, M. Nesterov, M. Vrubel. A large collection of his own works was donated to the Museum by the singer’s son Boris Chaliapin.

Currently, the Memorial Estate is open to visitors. They will find exhibitions, thematic and sightseeing tours, concerts of famous and young performers, meetings of subscription series, and children's parties.

The gallery of the F.I. Chaliapin Memorial Estate forms a single complex with the House-Museum. Its premises host exhibitions dedicated to both the history and current issues of Russian vocal art; they introduce visitors to materials from specialized museums and private collections. The Gallery space hosts evenings and concert subscriptions on various topics - “Musical Capitals of the World”, “Artistic Families”, “Meetings on Novinsky”, “Piano Evenings in the Chaliapin House”, “Choral Assemblies”, “Debut in the Chaliapin House”, etc. Famous domestic and foreign singers conduct master classes in the house of the great Russian performer.

Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin bought a house on Novinsky Boulevard in 1910, at the age of 37. He lived here for twelve years, this was the heyday of his talent, the time of mature mastery, deeply conscious creativity, and worldwide fame.

After purchasing the building, Chaliapin’s wife, the Italian ballerina Iola Tornaghi, took care of its renovation. The former house of the merchant K. Bazhenova, built at the end of the 18th century, was rebuilt in a new European way: it added gas, running water, bathrooms, and a telephone. Not only the house was landscaped, but also a vast garden, where a gazebo overlooking the Moscow River and cozy benches were installed, a linden alley, jasmine and lilac bushes were planted, and flower beds were laid out. For the Chaliapins, this was a real family home, where both adults and children lived comfortably - and Fyodor Ivanovich had five of them.

Many famous figures of Russian culture often visited the hospitable estate: S. Rachmaninov and L. Sobinov, M. Gorky and I. Bunin, K. Korovin and K. Stanislavsky.

In 1918, the house was nationalized and became a communal apartment for 60 years. In 1978, the building was transferred to the State Central Metallurgical Plant named after. M. I. Glinka for the creation of the F. I. Chaliapin Museum. It took eight years of complex repair and restoration work to restore the house to the way Chaliapin knew it.

The interior interiors of the house were recreated from photographs and stories of the singer’s children. The White Hall, the Green Living Room, the Dining Room, the Study, the Billiard Room... Life in these rooms went on as usual, and was not disturbed by the artist’s busy touring schedule. In the White Hall, Chaliapin rehearsed with many of his guests, celebrated benefit performances in the dining room, and Fyodor Ivanovich loved to read in his office. Chaliapin loved billiards, a game table made by V. K. Schultz” was given to him by his wife.

Now, as in the time of Chaliapin, the light fawn facade of the house faces Novinsky Boulevard, its green roof is decorated with figured chimneys, and the pillars of the carved cast-iron gates are decorated with decorative vases.

Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin bought his first own house in 1910 - until that moment, the great singer rented apartments in different places in Moscow. Built at the end of the 18th century, the former house of the merchant Bazhenova was rebuilt in a new way, under the leadership of Chaliapin’s wife, the Italian ballerina Iola Tornaghi - gas, running water, bathrooms and a telephone appeared. Not only the building on Novinsky Boulevard was landscaped, but also a vast garden, in which a gazebo overlooking the Moscow River, cozy benches, a linden alley, jasmine and lilac bushes, and beautiful flower beds with bright flowers appeared. For the Chaliapins, this became a real family nest, in which both adults and children lived well (Fyodor Ivanovich had five of them).

S. Rachmaninov, L. Sobinov, M. Gorky, I. Bunin, K. Korovin, K. Stanislavsky - repeatedly visited their friend within these walls. But... after nationalization in 1918, the house became a communal apartment for 60 years. And only in 1978 was it finally transferred to the State Central Metallurgical Plant named after. M.I. Glinka - to create a museum. Eight years of complex repair and restoration work restored the house to the way Chaliapin knew it. The light fawn façade once again faces the boulevard, there are figured smokestacks on the green roof, and decorative vases on the pillars of the carved cast-iron gates.

The interiors of the house were recreated from photographs and stories from children. The White Hall, the Green Living Room, the Dining Room, the Study, the Billiard Room (knowing that Chaliapin adored billiards, his wife gave him a V. K. Schultz table to play with) - life flowed in these rooms according to routine. And even a busy tour schedule did not disturb her. The actors of the small Chaliapin studio staged performances in the Green Living Room, the singer celebrated his benefit performances in the dining room, and rehearsed with his many guests in the White Hall.

The museum is rich in original belongings of the Chaliapin family - pieces of furniture, a Bechstein grand piano, a grandfather clock, wedding candles for Fyodor and Iola, theatrical costumes, performance programs, posters. So, in the office where Fyodor Ivanovich loved to read, his favorite books were preserved - Pushkin, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Turgenev. There are many paintings in the house. Chaliapin's paintings were presented by V. Serov, K. Korovin, V. Polenov, M. Nesterov, M. Vrubel. The singer’s son, Boris Chaliapin, donated a large collection of his works to the museum.

In three halls on the second floor there is a large collection of relics that have not previously been exhibited. The “Mask and Soul” hall tells about Chaliapin’s performances on the imperial stage and in the private opera of S.I. Mamontov. Theatrical costumes for the roles of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov, and Don Quixote are presented. In the “Idol” hall, of particular interest are the honorary orders received by F.I. Chaliapin in different countries, and a mourning brooch made for the sad date - the death of the singer.

Fyodor Chaliapin purchased the mansion on Novinsky Boulevard in 1910 and lived here for 12 years until 1922. From this house he went abroad, and a museum dedicated to him was subsequently opened in the mansion.

The building itself dates back to the end of the 18th century. Chaliapin made serious repairs here, installed a telephone and equipped a modern boiler room. Since 1914, there was a hospital for soldiers here, organized with the singer’s money. Then several families moved into the artist’s house, but Chaliapin’s wife and his eldest daughter also continued to live here.

Exposition of the Chaliapin House Museum

The museum's exhibition consists of several rooms on two floors. The first room once belonged to Iola, the artist’s first wife. Her portrait, painted by her son Boris, also hangs here, there are family photographs and wedding ribbons on the wedding candles. On the other wall is a landscape depicting Mount Ayu-Dag (the artist was partial to Crimea and enjoyed vacationing there).

The next room of the museum is the dining room, where the most famous musicians, writers, artists and poets of that time often sat. Conversations at the table always began with political topics or art, and ended with the telling of funny stories and funny jokes. In the dining room there are many paintings on the walls by Konstantin Korovin, who was a friend of Chaliapin and often gave him his works.

After the dining room we move to the Green Living Room, through which the artist entered his personal office.

The next room can be called a relaxation room. Now it contains gifts that Chaliapin’s descendants gave to the museum. Not everyone knows that the famous singer was also an excellent painter; here you can see his self-portrait.

In the White Hall, which is a good concert hall, you can still hear great music. It was here that two great men, Chaliapin and Rachmaninov, rehearsed their performances.

Fyodor Ivanovich himself was not too committed to fame, but in the Chaliapin Museum on the second floor, the descendants decided to display all the awards and gifts that the singer had ever received. In one of the halls, costumes for performances in which the artist had the opportunity to play not only in the capital, but throughout the country are hung on mannequins. Nicholas Roerich took part in the creation of one costume. On the walls are sketches of the decorations made by Bilibin and Korovin.

The last hall of the Chaliapin House-Museum displays evidence of the generous charity work that the singer provided to the wounded. He not only allocated several spacious rooms in his house in Moscow for the infirmary, but also gave his entire mansion in St. Petersburg for the hospital. These medical institutions were maintained from the singer’s personal funds, and his children helped care for the wounded. He himself often talked with the soldiers and sang his songs to them.

From personal belongings, documents, photographs, furniture and all other exhibits of the Chaliapin Museum, you can not only get to know the singer himself better, but also feel the traditions and history of his family and all of Russia in those years. Today, the museum’s concert hall hosts performances by young artists, festivals and conferences.

The estate of Fyodor Chaliapin in the center of Moscow on Novinsky Boulevard became the last Russian address of the great singer before his departure abroad and the first museum in Russia dedicated to his work. This memorial estate is one of the few surviving examples of an 18th-century urban estate. Chaliapin acquired it in May 1910 in the name of his wife Iola Tornagi. The Chaliapins carried out major renovations, installed gas and a telephone in the main mansion, and equipped a boiler room. In 1918, the mansion was nationalized, and 16 more families moved into the house. In total, Fyodor Chaliapin and his family lived here from 1910 to 1922. After Chaliapin’s departure, his wife Iola Tornagi and eldest daughter Irina continued to live there in a communal apartment.

1. Houses No. 25-27 on Novinsky Boulevard make up an estate complex that did not burn down in the fires of 1812. At the beginning of the 20th century, this entire quarter was acquired by F.I. Chaliapin.

2. In the late 1970s, for the 1980 Olympics, they wanted to demolish the house, but through the efforts of museum workers and the public, they managed to defend this mansion.

3. In 1988, a museum was finally opened here.

5. Entrance from the courtyard to the main building of the Chaliapin museum-estate.

7. The chimneys of Chaliapin’s house against the background of the roof of the American embassy.

8. In the garden of the estate.

10. In 1978, the house, in deplorable condition, was transferred to the balance of the Glinka Music Museum. And complex and long-term work began to restore the estate.

11. The restoration lasted more than 8 years.

12. Many original things - furniture, personal belongings of father and mother, photographs, letters were donated to the museum by Chaliapin’s children for its opening. The family of Chaliapin and his wife, Italian ballerina Iola Tornaghi, had five children. Chaliapin loved his children very much and was proud of their artistic successes. Son Boris became a famous artist and painted portraits of prominent people, in addition, he painted more than 400 covers for Time magazine, including a portrait of Yuri Gagarin. Another son, Fyodor Chaliapin Jr., starred in more than fifty films in Hollywood (for example, he played the role of the blind man Jorge in the thriller “The Name of the Rose”).

13. Since we are in the house whose owner was Iola Tornaghi, we definitely need to say a few words about this beautiful woman. Iola Tornaghi performed in Italy, France, America and was a prima ballerina of the Russian Private Opera S.I. for two years. Mamontov in Moscow. She was considered one of the best ballerinas of her time. They met Chaliapin at the Mamontov Theater. And in the summer of 1898 the couple got married. After the wedding, Iola Ignatievna, and that’s what the prima was now called, had to leave the stage and devote herself entirely to her husband and children. Many called Iola the guardian angel of the house. She was involved in raising children, running the household, and hosting dinner parties. Only she could safely criticize her husband’s performances, and Fyodor Ivanovich always listened to her opinion.
In the room of the mistress of the house there are many original things of Iola Ignatievna. The main attention is immediately drawn to the portrait made by her son, the artist Boris Chaliapin.

14. Iola remained in Moscow almost until the end of her life. Now in Russia she is remembered more as Chaliapin’s wife than as a leading lady of the Italian theater who abandoned her career for the sake of family well-being. For Tornagi, Russia became a second home: she lived here for more than sixty years, and returned to her homeland only a few years before her death. The only things Iola Ignatievna took with her were photo albums with photographs of Chaliapin.

Boris Shalyapin. Iola Ignatievna Tornagi-Shalyapina, 1934

15. Fragments of stucco.

17. On the right in the room there is a rosewood table with a porcelain medallion, and above it a pencil portrait of Iola, made by V.A. Serov in 1905.

18. Dress of Iola Tornagi-Chaliapin, there is a photograph of Iola in this dress hanging on the wall.

19. When the youngest children were about a year old, Chaliapin had a second family. In 1906, at the races in Moscow, Fyodor Chaliapin met Maria Petzold. At first they lived in a civil marriage, they had three daughters: Marfa, Marina and Dasia. In 1922, the artist went into exile. His new family went abroad with him. The marriage was officially formalized in 1927 in Paris.

20. Enfilade of rooms on the first floor.

21. In the dining room, as before, there is a Chaliapin buffet with dishes, an extendable table for 24 people, and leather-upholstered chairs. The walls are decorated with paintings by a great friend of the family, the wonderful artist K.A. Korovina. And on the table there is a list of the artist’s favorite dishes, once compiled by his chef. The buffet displays designer family sets. One was painted by the famous artist S.V. Chekhonin, the other - with a double-headed eagle and with the image of St. George.

23. Korovin’s paintings hang on the walls in the dining room.

24. View from the dining room towards the hostess’s boudoir. In this room, the whole family and numerous guests gathered around the large dining table.

25. In the Green Living Room, Chaliapin received his friends - S.V. Rachmaninova, I.A. Bunin, M. Gorky, V.A. Serova, V.M. Vasnetsova. Rehearsals for Chaliapin's small studio took place in this room, in which the artists were Chaliapin's children and their friends. Among them were future famous theater masters - O.N. Androvskaya, R.N. Simonov, M.F. Astangov. Between the windows on the wall hangs Chaliapin’s favorite painting “Portrait of a Gypsy” by Irish artist A. O’Connell.

26. On a rosewood table with porcelain medallions stands the sculpture “Moscow Cabby Driver” by Paolo Trubetskoy.

28. The walls of the Green Living Room are decorated with landscapes by Russian artists - K.A. Korovina, A.K. Savrasova, V.D. Polenova, M.V. Nesterova, I.S. Ostroukhova. They gave Chaliapin their works as a sign of admiration for his talent. In the room there is a grandfather clock from the English company E. Norton.

29. In the same place by the window is an old gramophone. Chaliapin loved to stand nearby and listen to music. Passers-by often saw this from the street.

30. From the Green Living Room and through the front hallway you can get to F.I.’s room. Chaliapin, where the artist loved to relax and work.

32. The office contains the artist’s original chair from his Parisian apartment and a bookcase with things belonging to the singer. On the walls are portraits of F.I. Chaliapin in opera roles. On the table is an antique watch from the English company E. Norton. Above them are photographs of I.E. Repina, N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Chaliapin himself, together with the famous music critic N.D. Kashkin and Maxim Gorky.

33. On the desk is a bust of A.S. Pushkin, a drawing by Chaliapin, depicting his father Ivan Yakovlevich. Here is a photograph of Shalyapin's only vocal teacher, Dmitry Andreevich Usatov.

34. Hallway.

35. In the main White Hall F.I. Chaliapin was preparing for concerts.

37. On the display case is a perfume bottle “In honor of F.I. Chaliapin”, Moscow, Broccard and Co. partnership. 1916

38. The billiard room completes the suite of rooms. In this room Chaliapin received guests - A.V. Lunacharsky, V.V. Mayakovsky, I.M. Moskvina. Iola Ignatievna bought for her husband an expensive billiard from V.K. Schultz. The room has all the necessary attributes for the game - balls, a wooden cue, a triangle for the balls, a board for recording the score.

39. In the billiard room on the wall hangs the telephone of the Danish joint stock company L.V. & CO. Stockholm.

41. This room now contains gifts to the Museum, which were made at different times by Chaliapin’s children, Boris’s widow and daughter. In addition, works by Boris Fedorovich Chaliapin (1904-1979) are presented here. He graduated from VKHUTEMAS and then continued his education in Paris. Boris Fedorovich had a wide range of artistic talent. This is evidenced by his works, including a number of magnificent portraits of outstanding artists of the twentieth century - musicians, theater, film and ballet artists. Portraits of loved ones are especially attractive. Boris Chaliapin owns a series of paintings, graphic and sculptural portraits of his father.

B.F. Chaliapin. Self-portrait, 1932. Portraits of Irina Feodorovna and the artist’s wife Helen Chaliapina

42. Card table in the living room: Chaliapin loved to play solitaire, and also played bridge with guests.

43. In the photo - F.I. Chaliapin and B.F. Chaliapin in front of a portrait of F.I. Shalyapin. Paris, 1923.

45. The portrait of Sergei Rachmaninoff was created by Boris Chaliapin in 1929 in Clairefontaine, where the composer spent the summer months. On the right is a landscape by Boris Chaliapin (Bracciana, Italy. 1960).

48. View towards the Garden Ring.

49. This building also belonged to Chaliapin’s estate.

50. Monument to F.I. Chaliapin (1873-1938) - Russian singer, soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters, the Metropolitan Opera, the first People's Artist of Russia (1918-1927, the title was returned in 1991), who had a huge influence on world opera, was installed on Novinsky Boulevard in 2003 next to the house-museum (sculpture Vadim Tserkovnikov).

Chaliapin was buried in Paris. And both of his wives, Iola and Maria, died in Rome, Iola at the age of 92, and Maria at the age of 82. And in 1984, Chaliapin’s eldest son achieved the reburial of his father’s ashes at the Novodevichy cemetery.