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LEISURE BULLETIN

September 11-17

09 September, 16:45

Mystetsky Arsenal. September 10-22. GREAT AND GRAND. OUR MOST HOLY LADY WITH STS. ANTONIUS AND THEODOSIUS, FOUNDERS OF THE PECHERSK CAVE MONASTERY / Photo replica by Mykola TYMCHENKO, The Day

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

11 – Un Ballo in Maschera, opera
by Verdi
12 – Romeo and Juliet, ballet
by Prokofiev
13 – Moses, opera by Skoryk
14 – Aida, opera by Verdi
15 – The Master and Margarita, fantasy ballet (music
by Shostakovich, et al.)
17 – Viennese Waltz, ballet by Strauss

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

11 – Kean IV by Gorin
12 – Good Soldier Schweik by Hašek
13 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
15 – Shelmenko the Orderly
by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
17 – On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska

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

11 – The Dangerous Liaisons
by Laclos
12 – Woyzeck. Carnival of Flesh
by Buechner
13 – Don Juan, or Lessons in Seduction by Miller
14 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
14 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
15 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Little Wine, or 70 Turns by Pirandello
15 – Foma Opiskin by Dostoevsky
17 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the Coffee Pot by Tabori

Music

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

12 – In commemoration of the 70th anniversary. Veriovka National Ukrainian Folk Choir conducted by Anatolii Avdiievsky
13 – Piano music concert
17 – Season opening. National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Roman Kofman. Soloists:
David Geringas (cello, Germany),
Ivan Kucher (cello),
Artem Poludenny (cello)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
14 – Season opening. Volodymyr Koshuba (organ), Iryna Kalynovska (organ), Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Hanna Bubnova (organ),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ),
Iryna Kharechko (organ)
16 – Kyiv-Brass Chamber Ensemble, Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Tamara Roi (flute), Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet), Larysa Reutova (piano), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
17 – Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Larysa Reutova (piano),
Iryna Kalynovska (organ)

Dolphinariums

Nemo Dolphinarium
(Ice Rink, vul. Hlushkova 9)

4-30 – Spectacular Daily Show. Beginning at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tues.- Fri.; at noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sat., Sun. Romantic Night Show. Beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Sat.

Museums

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

Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Sep. 10-Oct. 20 – In commemoration of the 1,025th anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus’. Raphael Zaborowsky, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia [Halychyna], and all Ruthenia
(1731-47) (documents, letters, scrolls); Ukrainian Icon, 16th-18th cc. (Baroque icon painting)
Sep. 10-Dec. 31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

10-22 – Genius Loci. Maximilian Voloshin (documents and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

Sep. 10-Oct.4 – The Past Saved for the Future: Revived National Historical and Cultural Relics
(paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Maksym Rylsky Memorial Museum
(vul. Rylskoho 7)

Sep. 10-Dec. 31 – Exhibit in commemoration of the centenary of Natan Rybak’s birth
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mon.

Ivan Honchar Museum
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 29)

10-23 – Sergei Radko (ceramics)
10-29 – We Are in Love, My Darling! (love themes in Ukrainian folk art)
Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed Mon.

Galleries

Bottega
(vul. Mykhailivska 22b)

10-21 – Vasyl Bazhai’s project
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Mystetsky Arsenal
(vul. Lavrska 12)

10-22 – In commemoration of the 1,025th anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus’. Great and Grand (1,000 exemplary works from the collections of 35 major museums in Ukraine)
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Triptych
(Andriyivsky uzviz 34)

10-18 – Leonid Bernat, Andrii Bludov, Oleksandr Druhanov (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Culture Centers

The House of Nature
(vul. Rohnidynskа 3)

10-21 – Mother Nature Comes Alive in Verse (in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth)
Open noon-6 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Kyiv Planetarium
10-19 – Fashion Museum (ancient ladies’ clothes and accessories from Maryna Ivanova’s collection)
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.