CHALIAPIN.
Chaliapin, it has .been said, is essential-, ly a truth-teller.' ,When he sings Glink's "The Midnight Review," his hearers,'it is. said, fancy they can- sen the wraith of ■Napoleon taking the salute from the spirits of his.dead legions on.the field of Water-, 100, and whon he sings that whimsical masterpiece, "The Government Clerk," they have tp. laugh, with him, as the pie-., ture he' paints is so lifelike. It is the. case of a Government clerk who falls in love with a general's daughter, but,.beipg rebuffed, he takes to drink. In describing the state of the Government clerk, not to say his feelings, Chaliapin not only uses gesture to every line, but brings Ms long legs into action, to simulate the clerk's ricketty condition. Another of Chaliapin's most famous numbers is "The Song_:p_f the Flea," a political, skit on the. pnvj. leges enjoyed by. favourites at Court. Ohaliapin will appear at the .Grand Opera House on 16th, 18th, and 20th September.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 6
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162CHALIAPIN. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 6
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