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LEISURE BULLETIN

June 5-11

03 June, 17:39

Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Art Museum. June 4-July 5. THREE CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES BY RAPHAEL, TITIAN, AND GUIDO RENI FROM ITALIAN ART MUSEUMS. FRAGMENT OF RAPHAEL’S THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES / Photo courtesy of the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Art Museum

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

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

5 – Zorba the Greek, ballet by Theodorakis
6 – The Crossroads, ballet by Skoryk
7 (at noon) – Daniela, ballet
by Chemberzhi
7 – Viennese Waltz, ballet by Strauss
8 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
9 – La Sylphide, ballet by Levenschold
10 – The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

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

5 – On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska
6 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant! by Stefanyk
6 – The Taming of the Shrew
by Shakespeare
7 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
8 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
9 (at noon) – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
9 – Good Soldier Schweik by Hašek
11 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
11 – A Wife Is a Wife (based on Anton Chekhov’s stories)

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

5 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
5 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
6 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
6 (at 8 p.m.) – Black Maidens
by Zaimoglu and Zenkel
7 – The Uncle’s Dream by Dostoevsky
7 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium
by Dorst and Eler
8 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
9 (at 6 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nikolai
9 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
9 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
10 – The Cemetery Club by Menchell
11 – A Profitable Position by Ostrovsky
11 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. Women. Fragment. Scandal without
Intermission by Mardan

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

5 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
6 – Don Juan, or Lessons
in Seduction (Guests Are Expected
at Midnight) by Miller
7 – Prodigal Father’s Homecoming
by Noyabriov
8 – The Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
11 – You Beloved of My Soul
by Ptushkina

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

5 – National Folk Instruments
Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Viktor Hutsal
6 – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary. Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman. Soloists: Vadym Borysov (violin),
Yulia Rubanova (violin), Tetiana
Zhuk-Sedova (piano, harpsichord)
7 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Ihor Palkin. Soloist:
Antonii Baryshevsky (piano)
8 – National Presidential Orchestra conducted by Anatolii Molotai. Soloist: Anatolii Yurchenko (baritone)
9 – In memory of Bohodar
Kotorovych. Kyivska Kamerata
National Soloists Ensemble
conducted by Valerii Matiukhin. Soloists: Bohdana Pivnenko (violin), Myroslava Kotorovych (violin),
Borya Hromov (violin)
10 – Concert for 2013 Entrants
11 – In memory of Larysa Ostapenko. Ruslana Shyshkina (mezzo-soprano), National Brass Band of Ukraine conducted
by Oleksii Bazhenov

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
5 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Olha Shvydka (soprano),
Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
6 – Kyrylo Sharapov (violin),
Oleh Moroz (clarinet),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
8 – Iryna Kharechko (organ)
10 – Serhii Romansky (viola)
11 – Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Larya Reutova (piano),
Maksym Sydorenko (organ)

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

5-30 – Alley-Oop! 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)

June 4-July 1 – Kyivan Rus’
(in commemoration of the 900th
anniversary of Volodymyr
Monomakh’s enthronement)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

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

June 4-July 5 – On display for the first time in Ukraine! Three classical masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, and Guido Reni from Italian art museums
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries
Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

4-30 – Natalia Dolhannykova
(author’s dolls), Oleh Zelikov (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

4-18 – David Sharashidze (paintings), Giya Miminoshvili (ceramics)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Wunjo-Art
(vul. Voloska, 36/38)

4-18 – Olha Samar (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat.; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sun.