LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

26 – Requiem by Verdi
27 – Giselle, ballet by Adam
28 – La Sylphide, ballet
by Levenschold
29 – The Barber of Seville, opera
by Rossini
30 – Lileya, ballet by Dankevych
1 – The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

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

26 – Small stage. Morituri Te
Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
26 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
27 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
28 – Frederic, or Crime Boulevard (based on Eric Emmanuel Schmitt’s scripts)
29 (at noon) – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
29 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady
by Afanasiev
29 – A Wife Is a Wife (based on Anton Chekhov’s stories)
30 –  Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
30 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
1 – The Taming of the Shrew
by Shakespeare

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

26 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
27 (at 8 p.m.) – The Cherub, or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
by Baerfus
28 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
28 (at 8 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia
29 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
29 – Premiere. The Hanger-On
by Turgenev
30 – In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth. Premiere. Everywhere Alone by Reznykovych
30 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
31 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
1 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
1 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium by Dorst and Eler

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

26 – The Greater Good (based on Ivan Turgenev’s A Month in the Country)
27 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
28 – The Ideal Couple by Camoletti
29 (at 3 p.m.) – A Call from the Past by Krym
29 – Premiere. Hearty Merrymaking or A Cap with Carps (based on Yurii Koval’s stories)
30 (at 3 p.m.) – Three Sisters
by Chekhov
30 – Prodigal Father’s Homecoming by Noyabriov
1 – Lying the Truth by Berger

Music

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

26 – Tetiana Andriievska (piano), Ihor Andriievsky (violin)
27 – To the Heroes of the Maidan. The Undying Spirit
28 – Concert of the All Tchaikovsky Symphonies Cycle. Concert in
Memory of Natan Rakhlin
29 – National Brass Band of Ukraine conducted by Mykhailo Moroz. Soloists: Valentyna Matiushenko
(soprano), Valerii Chesnokov
(trombone), Dmytro Melnychenko (trumpet)
30 – Kyivska Kamerata National Soloists Ensemble conducted
by Valerii Matiukhin
1 – Concert “Spring Moods”

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
26 – In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth. Liatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble conducted by Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko and Bohdan Plish
27 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
29 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Ihor Ishchak (countertenor), Hanna Bubnova (organ)
31 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Larysa Reutova (piano)

Circus

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

26-30 – Gartner Bros. International Circus. Giant Elephants Return Show
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.

Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 15-17)

Mar. 25-Apr. 15 – Khanenko Museum’s Antiquity Collection: Selected Exhibits
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed Mon., Tues.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

Museum open after restoration
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art
(vul. Lavrska 9)

25-30 – In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth. Artistic Shevchenkiana (decorative art from the museum’s collection)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

Mar. 25-Apr. 12 – Petro Honchar (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

Mar. 25-Apr. 5 – Discovering Shevchenko in Ourselves (posters)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

P.art.com
(vul. Reitarska 2)

25-31 – Andrii Goodzenko (photos)
Open 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Closed Mon.