Raimondas Baranauskas (baritone) was born in the district of Šakiai in Liepalotai. He studied vocal singing in Gruodis Conservatory from 1992 to 1996. After graduation he entered Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, had been studying vocal singing there for two years and finished his Bachelor studies in Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in the Vilnius Faculty.
He continued his studies led by Juozapaitis and received a Master’s degree in 2002. During his studies he was already working in Kaunas State Musical Theatre. When Raimondas participated in young singers’ competition Operetta is My Love he became a laureate.
He is a singer at Kaunas State Musical Theatre since 2004 and works in other theatres as well.
He was the major singer in Nykštukas Nosis by Tomas Kutavičius and received Fortūna diploma in 2006 not only for the major role in the latter performance but also for his roles in Kiss me, Kate and in The Barber of Seville. In the same year he received Orpheus statuette.
Raimondas’s roles in performances in Kaunas State Musical Theatre (2002 -2013):
Count Boni Káncsiánu in The Riviera Girl by Kálmán,
Brissard in The Count Luxembourg byLehár,
Count Capulet and Paris in Romeo and Juliette Gounod,
Binkis in Kipras, Fiodoras and Others by Kuprevičius,
Freddy in My Fair Lady by Loewe,
Pluto in Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach,
Napoleon in Die Bajadere by Kalman,
Rolf in The Sound of Music by Rodgers,
Troubadour in The Bremen Town Musicians by Gennady Gladkov,
Butter mushroom in War and Peace of Mushrooms by Bružaitė,
Admiral in Zorba by Kander,
Baron Doupho in La Traviata by Verdi,
The Little Longnose in The Little Longnose by Kutavičius,
Morales in Carmen by Bizet,
Mladek in The Beggar Student by Millöcker,
Count Tassilo in The Countess Mariza by Kálmán,
Fred Graham in Kiss me, Kate by Porter,
Bill Calhoun and Lucentio in Kiss me, Kate by Porter,
Figaro in The Barber of Seville by Rossini,
Count Danilo in The Merry Widow by Lehár,
Henri Murger in The Violet of Montmartre by Kálmán,
Dr Falke in The Bat by Strauss,
Oscar in Sweet Charity by Coleman,
Minister in Vienesse Blood by Strauss,
Count Peter Homonay in The Gypsy Baron by Strauss,
Lord Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti,
Guido in A Night in Venice by Strauss,
Slook in The Marriage Contract by Rossini,
Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini.
Performances in other theatres:
Herr Fluth (Ford) in The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nikolai in Klaipėda Musical Theatre,
Vicomte Cascada in The Merry Widow by Lehar (debut performance in Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre),
Bartolo in The Barber of Seville by Rossini (in opera study; Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre)
Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante (Domino Theatre),
King and Juan in The King’s Impersonator by Tadeusz Dobrzański (in the international festival Operetta in Kaunas Castle).
