Konstantin Raykin
Birthday: 1950-07-08 Place of Birth: Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Synopsis
Born July 8, 1950 in Leningrad. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (04/12/1985). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (December 8, 1992). In 1971 he graduated from the Shchukin Theater School (course of Yuri Katin-Yartsev).
Acting
The Ugly Duckling
Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.
The Isle of Lost Ships
A musical partially based on a sci-fi novel "The Isle of Lost Ships" by Aleksandr Belyaev.
Truffaldino from Bergamo
A funny musical comedy based on the famous theater play "Servant of Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni.
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts to recapture a shipment of gold that he was supposed to deliver to Moscow. Needed as a means of buying food for the people, the gold Shilov was entrusted with is stolen, initially by a group of assassins and then by a group of bandits. In tracking the gold’s whereabouts, Shilov’s motives are questioned and he is suspected of treason, in part because his brother was a devoted White. In an effort to clear his name, Shilov locates the gold, but he also discovers rampant greed and corruption.
