THÉÂTRE LENKOM

It is one of Moscow's best theatres, both by its repertoire and by its actors. Marc Zakharov, his principal director, produces Russian parts: Chekhov's Seagull, The Sage of Ostrovsky, Prayer for the dead of Gorine, but also foreign coins like Le Noir de Figaro de Beaumarchais. The theatre became famous thanks to its musical rock-opera Younona and Avos, which strangely was not banned in 1979 despite the presence of religious songs. This is the true story of a Russian naval expedition led by Count Riazanov in 1806, which during his trip to Aliaska (belonging to Russia at the time) falls in love with the daughter of the Commander of California and who, in order to marry a Catholic, return to Saint Petersburg to have the authorization of the czar. He died on the road to Krasnoiarsk at the age of 42. The troupe has known artists such as O. Yankovsky and I. Tchourikova.