Chaliapin festival, Gagino

The Chaliapin festival is an annual open-air vocal event in Gagino village, Moscow region.

The idea of the festival was 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.

Once shown on the Russian local and federal channels the film has made the place and the festival public.

The event's repertory features the best of Chaliapin's legacy mixed with some folk and classical complements.

The organizing functions are shared among the locals, Interregional Chaliapin Center[1] and the parish of the Gagino's churches.