LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

18 – Rigoletto, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
20 – La Sylphide, ballet
by Levenschold
21 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan, ballet version of Pushkin’s tale in verse
(music by Rimsky-Korsakov) with
animated cartoons and other special effects
22 – The Forest Song, ballet
by Skorulsky
24 – The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

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

18 – Such Is Her Destiny
(based on Taras Shevchenko’s verse)
19 – Small stage. The Glass Menagerie by Williams
19 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
20 – Premiere. My Profession:
Signor of High Society
(based on Scarnicci and Tarabusi’s play Caviale e lenticchie)
21 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
22 (at noon) – Martyn Borulia
by Karpenko-Kary
22 – Kean IV by Gorin
24 – Small stage. The Dream
of a Ridiculous Man (based
on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
24 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan

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

18 – Don’t Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
18 (at 8 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia
19 – Premiere. Everywhere Alone. Scenic composition by Reznykovych
20 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
20, 22 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere.
Klavdia Shulzhenko. The Old Waltz. Music and scenic composition
by Olha Havryliuk and Olha Kohut
21 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere.
A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
21 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
22 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
22 – Page 105 (based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
23 – Caught in the Net by Cooney
24 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
24 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute

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

18, 24 – The Ideal Couple
by Camoletti
19 – Lying the Truth by Berger
20 – Line by Mardan
21 – Premiere. What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
22 – Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos

Music

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

18 – National Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist: Vadym Rudenko
(piano)
19 – National Brass Band of Ukraine conducted by Mykhailo Moroz;
Saxophone Kyiv Quartet conducted by Yurii Vasylevych
20 – Montenegrin classical guitarist Goran Krivokapic
21 – Chamber Music concert
22 – In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Anna
Akhmatova’s birth. Music
and literary soiree “Silver Age
Geniuses”
23 – Concert in memory of Yevhenia Miroshnychenko and Bohodar
Kotorovych
24 – Closing 150th concert
season. National Philharmonic
Society’s Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted
by Roman Kofman.
Soloist: Vitalii Samoshko
(piano, Belgium)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
18 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ),
Ivan Kucher (cello), Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano)
19 – Natalia Lavrenova
(mezzo-soprano), Vitalii Chikirov
(lyrical baritone), Kyrylo Sharapov
(violin), Oleksandr Hosachynsky
(cello), Larysa Reutova (piano)
20 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
21 – Ihor Andriievsky’s Project
“Vivaldi Magic”
23 – Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
24 – Ihor Ishchak (countertenor), Hanna Bubnova (organ),
Tamara Roi (flute)

Circus

National Circus
(pl. Peremohy 2, tel. 486-3856)
18-30 – New Cheers and Bravo Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Museums

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

Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

June 17-Aug 31 – “Foundation” (Ukrainian antiquities)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

June 17-July 27 – “Mezhyhiria Code” (old manuscripts, valuable
publications, statues, icons,
canvases)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine
(village of Pyrohiv)

Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

June 17-July 3 – Liudmyla
Zadorozhna (paintings and prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Brucie Collections
(vul. Artema 55b)

June 17-July 6 – Steve McCurry
(photos, US)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.;
11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat.;
noon-5 p.m. on Sun.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

June 17-July 2 – Ivan Marchuk
(paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.;
11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Mon.