LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

26 – New Year and Christmas gala concert by opera and ballet stars
27 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
28-29 (at noon and at 7 p.m.),
30 (at 7 p.m.), 31 (at 5 p.m.) –
The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

Ivan Franko National Drama Theater
(pl. Franka 3, tel. 279-5921)

25 – Nazar Stodolia by Schevchenko
26 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
26 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
27 – Natalka Poltavka by Kotliarevsky
28 – The Taming of the Shrew
by Shakespeare
29 – Kean IV by Gorin
30 – Premiere. Ladies and Hussars by Fredro

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

25 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
25 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady
and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
26 – Premiere. The Hanger-on
by Turgenev
26 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
27 – Don Quixote. 1938 by Bulgakov
27 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
28 – A Profitable Position
by Ostrovsky
28 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows
of Young Werther by Goethe
29 (at 6 p.m.) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
29 – My Mocking Happiness
by Maliugin
29 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf:
La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
30 – Christmas Dream
by Ptushkina
31 – The Follies of Love
by Regnard

Drama and Comedy Academic Theater on the Left Bank
(Brovarsky prosp. 25, tel. 517-8980)
25 – Love in Crosshairs
(The Rubber Merchants) by Levin
26 – All Good Things Come to
an End by Ostrovsky
27 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard
Baer’s story)
28 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Little Wine, or 70 Turns by Pirandello
28 – Lying the Truth by Berger
29 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
29 – Spectators Are Not Admitted
to the Performance by Frayn
30 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
31 – The Ideal Couple by Camoletti

Music

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

25 – New Year Fantasy concert
26 – Kyiv Soloists National Chamber Ensemble conducted by Kyrylo Karabyts
27 – Vocal music concert
28 – Concerts of the Sounds
of Inspiration cycle
29 – Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
28 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Ihor Ishchak (countertenor),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
30 – Concert Three of the Christmas Music Soirees in Baroque Style Series

Circus

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

Dec. 25-Jan. 12 – New Year’s
Entertainment
Beginning: at 10 a.m., 1 p.m.
and 4 p.m. (on Dec. 31 – at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Closed on Jan. 1)

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)

24-31 – Liudmyla Meshkova
(ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War
(vul. Lavrska 24)

Dec. 24-Jan. 12 – Maksymilian
Rigamonti’s Bykivnia. Archaeology
of Crime (photos, Poland)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Mon.

Chornobyl National Museum
(provulok Khoryva 1)

24-31 – First time in Ukraine. A Prayer for Fukushima: Two Years after the Disaster (photos and artifacts from Japan)
Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat. and Sun.

National Museum of Science and Natural History
(vul. Bohdana Khmelnytskoho 15)

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

Dec. 24-Feb. 9 – Ukrainian Modern Line (paintings and prints)
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)

24-28 – Roman Opalynsky (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Arka
(vul. Bohdana Khmelnytskoho 37)

Dec. 27-Jan. 27 – New Year’s Salon
in the Dissecting Room
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

Hapchynska
(vul. Mykhailivska 16)

Standing exhibit of Yevhenia Hapchynska’s paintings
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; noon-6 p.m.
on Sat., Sun.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

Dec. 24-Jan. 7 – Small Sculpture
Salon
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

24-31 – Viktor Ryzhykh (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.