MOSCOW, JANUARY 17. . The farewell ceremony of the Rector of the Moscow Art Theater School, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Igor Zolotovitsky, began on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. AP Chekhov, news reporter.
Zolotovitsky passed away on the morning of January 14 at the hospital due to stomach cancer. The actor is 64 years old.
It is expected that the funeral at the Sophia Cathedral of the Wisdom of God in Sredniye Sadovniki will take place at 13:00 Moscow time, after which the actor will be buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
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Igor Zolotovitsky – Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, director, teacher. He graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1983 and was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. Plays Azazello (“Ball by Candlelight”), the Third Fat Man (“Three Fat Men”). From 1988 to 1990, he worked at the film studio “Man”, at the Moscow Theater named after KS Stanislavsky. Staged the play “Bashmachkin” based on “The Overcoat” by NV Gogol (Bogis company).
In 1995, he returned to the Moscow Art Theater named after AP Chekhov. Played Anuchkin (“Marriage”), Rozhnov (“Boris Godunov”), Actor (“The Most Important Thing”), Lebedev (“Ivanov”), Klyucharyov and Neighbors (“Fast River”), Zakirov (“Playing the Victim”), Ronnie (“Number 13”), James (“Let's start from the beginning”). Staged the play “Marriage” based on NV Gogol. His repertoire also includes roles in the works “The Last Victim” (Salay Saltanych), “The Master and Margarita” (Berlioz), “The Siege” (The First Warrior), “Home” (Igor), “The Drunk” (Karl).
Since 1989, teacher at the Moscow Art Theater School, professor. He teaches acting in Paris. In November 2011, he was appointed co-director of the Central Actors House. AA Yablochkina. On June 11, 2013, he was elected to the position of Principal of the Moscow Art Theater School.