Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Exposition
1. Prologo
2. “If at first you don’t succeed…”
3. Aftershock
4. The roots
5. “Äîñòèã ÿ âûñøåé âëàñòè…”
6. “È ðàä áåæàòü, äà íåêóäà…”
7. “Ritorna vincitor…”
Part II. Development. “From California to the New York Islands”
8. Season 1922-1923
9. Season 1923-1924
10. Season 1924-1925
11. Season 1925-1926
12. Season 1926-1927
13. Seasons 1928 and 1929
Part III. Reprise
14. Interlude and Tour of 1932
15. Interlude and the final tour
16. “The last Voyage…”
Part IV. CODA. Is this Life After Death?
Attachments, as compiled by J. Darsky
Appendix A. Chronology of Chaliapin’s performances and sojourns in North America, 1907-1936
Appendix B. Chronology of Chaliapin’s performances in South America
Appendix C. A list of known publications and major interviews by Chaliapin in the US
Personalia
Index
Book Review
“Given Chaliapin’s status as one of the truly great operatic artists of the 20th century, the English-language literature is somewhat thin. Aside from ‘autobiographies’ in various formats, the most recent book is the late Victor Borovsky’s Chaliapin: A Critical Biography. Well illustrated and with a fine discography, it has to be considered the standard work on Chaliapin.” READ MORE… – Stanley Henig, Opera magazine, 2013