LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

12 – Madama Butterfly, opera
by Puccini
13 – The Master and Margarita,
fantasy ballet by Shostakovich, Berlioz et al.
14 – Carmen, opera (in French)
by Bizet
15 – Carmen Suite, ballet by Bizet
and Shchedrin; Scheherazade,
ballet by Rimsky-Korsakov
16 – Giselle, ballet by Adam
18 – Gala concert by the Staatsballet Berlin

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

12 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
12 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
13 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
13 – In beloved memory of Bohdan Stupka. The Seagull by Chekhov
14 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
15 – Small stage. I Can’t Help Loving You, Kyiv! by Bilozub
15 – Good Soldier Schweik by Hašek
16 (at noon) – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
16 – Premiere. The Glass Menagerie by Williams
16 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
18 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky

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

13 – School for Scandal
by Sheridan
14 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
15 (at noon) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
15 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady
and a Bureaucrat by Nikolai
15 – Premiere. Doctor by Nušić
15 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
16 (at noon) – Caught in the Net
by Cooney
16 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
16 – The Cherry Orchard
by Chekhov
16 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
17 – Premiere. The Hanger-On
by Turgenev
18 – The Curious Savage
by Patrick
18 (at 8 p.m.) – The Cherub,
or The Sexual Neuroses
of Our Parents by Baerfus

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

12 – The Ideal Couple
by Camoletti
13 – Premiere. What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
14 – Don Juan, or Lessons
of Seduction by Miller
15 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
15 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
16 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
Any Complaints about Your Wife?
(My Dear Boys) by Dostoevsky and Volodin
16 – Mein Kampf, or Socks
in the Coffee Pot by Tabori
18 – Love in Crosshairs
(The Rubber Merchants) by Levin
18 – Small stage. Young Stage
Director’s Lab. An Evening with
a Pretty and Lonely Lady
(based on Oleg Yernev’s play)

Music

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

12 – Concert “Following Cossack Roads”
13 – In conjunction with Valentine Day. National Brass Band Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Oleksii Roshchak. Soloists:
Valentyna Matiushenko (soprano), Rostyslav Zaitsev (sax),
Maria Zubkova (vocal)
14 – Concert in memory
of Natan Rakhlin
15 – Kyiv Saxophone Quartet
conducted by Yurii Vasylevych;
Clarinetissimo Ensemble
16 – Chamber Music Concert
17 – Arkadii Vinokurov
(violin, Austria), Kyivska Kamerata
National Soloists Ensemble
conducted by Wolfgang Guettler (Austria)
18 – Beata Bilinska (piano, Poland)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
12 – Lysenko Quartet,
Valeria Balakhovska (organ),
Myroslava Solovianenko (soprano),
Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass)
13 – Concert Four “Compositions
for the Organ by Johann Sebastian Bach” of the Baroque and Modern Times series
15 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ), Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Tamara Roy (flute), Kateryna
Bazhenova (piano, harpsichord)
17 – Iryna Kharechko (organ)
18 – Ravisan Trio, Hanna Bubnova (organ)

Circus

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

12-28 – Gartner Bros. International Circus. Giant Elephants Return Show
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

11-28 – Masterpieces dating from Kyivan Rus’: 15th-17th-century
icons from the Andrei Rublev
Museum’s collection
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Museum of the Hetman State
(vul. Spaska 16b)

11-23 – Vasyl Didyk (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

Mystetska Zbirka
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 13, entrance through the arch)

11-25 – Winter Show (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Jacob Greter Art Center
(vul. Vadyma Hetmana 6, Bolshevik shopping mall)

11-23 – Anastasia Kraineva and
 Anastasia Hryhorieva (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.