LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

National Opera of Ukraine
(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)

6 – Carmen Suite, ballet by Bizet and Shchedrin; Scheherazade,
ballet by Rimsky-Korsakov
7 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
8 – The Barber of Seville,
opera by Rossini
9 – Natalka Poltavka, opera by Lysenko
10 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky
Ivan Franko National Drama Theater
(pl. Franka 3, tel. 279-5921)
6 – Nazar Stodolia by Shevchenko
7 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
8 – Small stage. Overture
to Rendezvous by Franko
8 – Two Indigo Flowers by Bilozub
9 – Oles Zadniprovsky’s benefit. Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
10 (at noon) – Martyn Borulia
by Karpenko-Kary
10 – Kean IV by Gorin
12 – Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 5, tel. 234-4223)

7 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
8 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium
by Dorst and Eler
9 (at noon) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
9 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
9 – Premiere. The Hanger-On
by Turgenev
9 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
10 (at noon) – Don’t Run for Your Wife by Cooney
10 (at 6 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nikolai
10 – The Curious Savage by Patrick
10 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf:
La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
11 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
11 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made
in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)

Drama and Comedy Academic Theater on the Left Bank
(Brovarsky prosp. 25, tel. 517-8980)

6 – Small stage. Three Sisters
by Chekhov
7, 12 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
7 – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
8 – All Good Things Come to an End by Ostrovsky
9 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Little Wine, or 70 Turns by Pirandello
9 – Lying the Truth by Berger
10 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. I’m No Longer among You (Too Late to Scare, based on Sigarev and Protalin’s plays)
10 – Line by Mardan
11 – Premiere. The Ideal Couple
by Camoletti

Music

National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine
(Volodymyrsky uzviz 2, tel. 278-1697)

7 – Eggner Trio (Austria)
8 – Concert of the Golden Pages in the History of Italian Music Series
10 – In commemoration of the 60th birth anniversary. Serhii Hrynchenko (accordion)
12 – Dmytro Onyshchenko (piano)

National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75, tel. 528-3186)

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
6 – Natalia Lavrenova
(mezzo-soprano), Ivan Kucher (cello), Tetiana Voitekh (piano),
Iryna Kharechko (organ)
7 – Larysa Nazarenko (soprano), Tamara Roi (flute),
Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
8 – In commemoration of the 30th anniversary. Boys’ and Youth Choir of Mukacheve Choir School,
conducted by Volodymyr Volontyr. Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
9 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted by Bohdan Plish
11 – Gala concert in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the
National Music Academy of Ukraine
12 – Sophistication and Loneliness Concert

Circus

National Circus
(pl. Peremohy 2, tel. 486-3856)

Nov. 6-Dec. 15 – Caravan of Miracles
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 21)

Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

5-15 – Revived Eastern Orthodox Relics (statues, icons, ecclesiastical embroidery)
Nov. 5-Dec. 31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

5-11 – 1,000-year-old Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

Nov. 5-Dec. 1 – The Society
of Independent Artists (early 20th c. Ukrainian avant-garde)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

5-16 – Vasyl Byk (sculpture),
Kost Borysiuk (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

5-18 – Mihaly Munkacsy (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

5-13 – Volodymyr Veshtak (paintings), Iryna Veshtak-Ostromenska
(sculpture)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Wunjo-Art
(provulok Liutnevy, 3)

5-12 – Yurii Akhmetzianov (paintings)
Open noon-7 p.m.; noon-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.