LEISURE BULLETIN

January 30 – February 5

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

30 – Un Ballo in Maschera, opera
by Verdi
31 – Romances concert
1 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
2 – Caprices of Fate, ballet by Skoryk, inspired by Paganini music
3 – Iolanta, opera by Tchaikovsky
5 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky

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

30, 5 – Small stage. Between
Heaven and Earth by Afanasiev
30 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
31 – Romeo and Juliet
by Shakespeare
1 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
1 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
2 – Premiere. The Seagull
by Chekhov
3 (at noon) – Shelmenko, the Orderly by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
3 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii

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

31 – Laure et les Jacques by Arout
31, 5 – The Cherub, or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents by Baerfus
1 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Goethe
2 (at noon) – Crazy Blood by Erpulat and Hillje
2 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. Women. Fragment. Scandal without
Intermission by Mardan
2 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
3 (at noon) – Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
3 (at 6 p.m.) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
3 – The Curious Savage by Patrick
3 (at 8 p.m.) – Julia@Romeo.com (Norway.Today) by Bauersima
4 – The School for Scandal
by Sheridan
4 (at 8 p.m.) – Aleksandr Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
5 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym

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

30 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the
Coffee Pot by Tabori
31 – The Petty Demon by Sologub
1 – Lying the Truth by Mardan
2 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. I’m No Longer Among You (Too Late to Scare, based on Sigarev and Protalin’s plays)
2 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
3 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Sea…Night…Candles…
by Bar-Joseph
3 – Don Juan, or Lessons in
Seduction (Guests are Expected
at Midnight) by Miller
5 – Cyrano de Bergerac by Rostand

Music

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

30 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Pavel Kotla (Poland). Soloist: Hennadii
Demianchuk (piano)
31 – In commemoration of the 50th
anniversary. Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman
1 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Mykola Diadiura
2 – Vitalii Samoshko (piano, Belgium)
3 – Svitlana Dobronravova (soprano), Mykola Chykarenko (piano), Ridni naspivy Folk Instruments Ensemble conducted by Yurii Karnaukh
4 – Filarmonia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mitsunobu Takaya (Japan). Soloists: Dmytro Onyshchenko (piano), Noriko Nishikawa (soprano, Japan)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
30 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
31 – Ravisan Trio, Hanna Bubnova (organ)
2 – Anatolii Kohan’s soiree
4 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble, Tamara Roi (flute), Hanna Bubnova (organ)
5 – Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Larysa Nazarenko (soprano)

Circus

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

Jan. 30-Mar. 31 – From Heart to Heart 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)

Standing exhibits: Lavra Caves:
History, Archaeology, and Architecture;
Lavra Treasury. 17th-20th cc. Relics (from the preserve’s collection)
Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Jan. 29-Feb. 11 – Oleh Sleptsov
(tapestries, architectural designs, monographs)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

Jan. 29-Feb. 3 – Sasha Prakhova (paintings, prints, and calligraphy)
Jan. 29-March 10 – Mykola
Pymonenko (paintings)
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 Ukrainian Literature
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 11)

29-31 – Exhibit in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Vasyl Stus’s birth
Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Galleries

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

Jan. 29-Feb. 17 – Mykhailo Demtsiu (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

Jan. 29-Feb. 5 – Serhii Savchenko (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

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

Jan. 29-Feb. 26 – Dmytro Nikulin (photos)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.