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Henry M. Robert

LEISURE BULLETIN

June 19-25
17 June, 2013 - 18:08
EVENTS Premiere. Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater. June 20. Wolfgang Goethe. THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER. VALERII VELYCHKO AND OLENA TOPOL / Photo by Iryna SOMOVA

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater
National Opera of Ukraine

(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)
19 – Madama Butterfly, opera
by Puccini
20 – Romeo and Juliet, ballet
by Prokofiev
21 – Rigoletto, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
22 – Swan Lake, ballet
by Tchaikovsky
23 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
25 – Don Quixote, ballet by Mincus

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

19 – Small stage. The Dream of
a Ridiculous Man (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
19 – Frederic, or Crime Boulevard (based on Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s scripts)
20 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady
by Afanasiev
20 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
21 – Martyn Borulia
by Karpenko-Kary
22 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
23 (at noon) – Romeo and Juliet
by Shakespeare
23 – Small stage. I Can’t Help
Loving You, Kyiv! by Bilozub
23 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
25 – The Paradise Case
by Malkovych

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

19 – Don’t Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
20 – Laure et les Jacques by Arout
20 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. The
Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
21 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
22 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
22 – Page 105 about Love (based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
24 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
24 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
25 – Caught in the Net by Cooney

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

19 – Lolita by Nabokov
20 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
21 – Spectators Are Not Admitted
to the Performance by Frain
22 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the
Coffee Pot by Tabori
22 – Small stage. Premiere. Two
Little Ladies Head North by Notte
25 – Premiere. The Ideal Couple (based on Marc Camoletti’s plays)

Music
National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine

(Volodymyrsky uzviz 2, tel. 278-1697)

19 – National Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist: Vadim Rudenko
(piano, Russia)
20 – Vocal music concert
21 – Chamber music concert
22 – Concert demonstrating
innovative models of string
instruments by Ukrainian craftsmen
23 – State Variety and Symphony
Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Volodymyr Harkusha. Soloists:
Svitlana Katernoza (soprano),
Oleh Kurochkin (viloin)
25 – Kyivski Solisty National
Chamber Ensemble conducted
by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist:
Myroslava Kotorovych (violin)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
19 – Natalia Lavrenova
(mezzo-soprano), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Kyrylo Sharapov (violin), Oleksandr Hosachynsky
(cello), Larysa Reutova (piano)
20 – Myroslava Solovianenko
(soprano), Tetiana Voitekh (piano), Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
21-22 – Kyiv’13 Sixth International Conductors Festival
24 – Hanna Bubnova (organ)
25 – Petro Ostapenko (baritone),
Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Iryna Kharechko (organ)

Circus
National Circus

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

19-30 – 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 18-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.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

June 18-Nov. 11 – 1,000-year-old Ukrainian Seal (international
museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

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

June 18-July 5 – On display for the first time in Ukraine! Three
masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, and Guido Reni from Italian art museums
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries
Mystetsky Arsenal

(vul. Lavrska 12)

18-30 – Odesa School of Art.
Traditions and Topicality (paintings, prints, sculpture, and videos)
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

18-30 – 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)

June 19-July 2 – Andrii
Aleksandrovych-Dochevsky (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

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