Background
Shkafer, Vasilii was born in 1867 in Moscow.
Shkafer, Vasilii was born in 1867 in Moscow.
Pupil of Fedor Komissarzhevskii.
From 1892, singer, and later soloist, with various private operas. Soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre from 1904, and the Mariinskii Theatre, 1906-1909. Returned to Moscow. Opera director at the Bolshoi.