LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

5 – Don Carlos, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
6 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky
7 – Eugene Onegin, opera
by Tchaikovsky
8 – Romeo and Juliet, ballet by Prokofiev
9 – Fourth All-Ukrainian Folk Dance
Festival’s gala concert
11 – Vienna Waltz, ballet by Strauss

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

5 – My Profession: Signor of High Society (based on Scarnicci and Tarabusi’s play Caviale e Lenticchie)
6 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
7 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev
8 – Such Is Her Destiny (based on Taras Shevchenko’s verse)
8 – Small stage. On the Field of Blood (based on Lesia Ukrainka’s poems)
9 – The Seagull by Chekhov
9 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
11 – Premiere. Rhinoceros by Ionesco

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

5 – Premiere. Liar Wanted by Psathas
5 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the
Threshold of the Millennium
by Dorst and Eler
6 – Napoleon and the Corsican Woman by Hubač
6 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. She Is Nuts by Ptushkina
7 – Imprisoned by Passions
(The Stone Host) by Lesia Ukrainka
7 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky.
The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
by Havryliuk
8 (at noon) – A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
8 (at 6 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nicolai
8 – The Curious Savage by Patrick
8 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
9 (at noon) – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
9 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
9 – A Profitable Position by Ostrovsky
9 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. On the Verge
of an Abyss… (Norway.Today)
by Bauersima
10 – The Cemetery Club by Menchell
10 (at 8 p.m.) – Crazy Blood by Erpulat and Hillje
11 – The Hanger-On by Turgenev

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

5 – Carnival of Flesh by Buechner
6 – Lying the Truth by Berger
7 – Premiere. Don’t Let Love
Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s
play Touch-and-Go)
8 (at 3 p.m.) – Premiere. Family Scenes by Yablonska
8 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
9 – Small stage. Premiere. Two for the Seesaw by Gibson
9 – What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
11 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)

Music

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

5 – Concert in Loving Memory of Tetiana Chekina. National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist: Oleh Krysa (violin, US)
6 – National Brass Band of Ukraine
conducted by Mykhailo Moroz
7 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Mykola Diadiura.
Soloist: Ihor Chetuiev (piano)
8 – Concert of the “Ukrainian Music Soirees: Heritage and Modern
Realities” Cycle
9 – The Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mykola Sukach. Soloist: Vadym Rudenko (piano)
10 – Valentyna Matiushenko (soprano), Olha Tabulina (mezzo-soprano), Nelida Afanasieva (piano)
11 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted by Ihor Andriievsky

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
5 – Michael Schoenheit (organ, Germany), Oksana Nikitiuk (mezzo-soprano)
6 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ), Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano)
8 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Valeria Balakhovska (organ), Serhii Kotko
(coloratura bass)
10 – Hanna Bubnova (organ)
11 – Vienna Music Soiree

Circus

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

Nov.5-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Nov.4-Dec.31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (enamels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

4-17 – 1,000th Anniversary of the
Ukrai­nian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

Museum of Books and Book Printing of Ukraine
(vul. Lavrska 9)

4-11 – In Memory of the Heavenly Sotnia. “Ukrainian Children – for
a United Ukraine” (children’s art)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Tues.

Galleries

Arka
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 37)
4-17 – Inna Valitova (batiks)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

4-8 – Oleksii Ivaniuk, Natalia Korf-Ivaniuk (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

4-20 – Ivan and Vasyl Kostenko (collages)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.;
11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.