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Boris Chaliapin (1904–1979) was the son of Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin and brother of The Name of the Rose actor Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.
The film by Dmitriy Stepanov a film director from nearby Sergiyev Posad was dedicated to Chaliapin's wedding and a joyful party which followed the ceremony at the couple friend's villa in Putyatino few kilometers from Gagino.
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The idea of the fesival has been inspired by the story of Chaliapin's marriage with a young Italian ballerina Iola Tornagi in Gagino's church of All-Merciful Savior on July 27, 1898.
Launched on July 2002 to commemorate the remarkable wedding, the festival was at first an amateur concert of locals.
Pictures, dedicated to the Theatre: " Homage to Chaliapin ", 1993; triptych " Homage to Ballets Russians of Diaghilev ", 1997; " Homage to Nijinsky ", 2000–2001; " Serge Lifar in Ikare ", 2005;
The festival brings music back to a square frequented by Caruso, Chaliapin, Toscanini, the Gershwin brothers and other famous musicians.