LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

2 – Carmen, opera by Bizet
3 – The Sleeping Beauty, ballet
by Tchaikovsky
4 – Norma, opera by Bellini
5 – The Barber of Seville, opera
by Rossini
6 – Valentyna Kalynovska’s soiree
8 – Madama Butterfly, opera
by Puccini

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

2, 4 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
3 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady
by Afanasiev
3 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
6 – On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska

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

2 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
3 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
3 (at 8 p.m.) – Crazy Blood by Erpulat and Hillje
4, 6 – Premiere. The Hanger-On
by Turgenev
4 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
5 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
5 – A Profitable Position by Ostrovsky
5 (at 8 p.m.) – Aleksandr Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
6 (at noon) – Don’t Run for Your Wife by Cooney
6 (at 6 p.m.) – The Cherub, or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
by Baerfus
6 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made
in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s
War and Peace)
7 – Caught in the Net by Cooney
8 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere

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

2 – Don Juan, or Lessons
of Seduction (Guests Are Expected
at Midnight) by Miller
3 – The Prodigal Father’s
Homecoming by Noyabriov
4 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
5 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Little Wine, or 70 Turns by Pirandello
5 – Lying the Truth by Berger
6 – Small stage. Sea…Night…
Candles… by Bar-Joseph
6 – Premiere. An Ideal Couple
by Camoletti
8 – Playing Chonkin by Voinovich
8 – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada

Music

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
25 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
26 – Petro Ostapenko (baritone),
Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord,
piano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
27 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
28 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
30 – Ravisan Trio, Liudmyla Voinarovska (soprano), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)

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

6 – Valentyna Matiushenko (soprano), National Bandura Capella
7 – Concert “Monteverdi Meets Jazz”
8 – Lilian Akopova (piano)

Festivals

24th Kyiv Music Fest International Festival
(National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine)

2-5 – Concerts by festival participants
 Days of Music of Myroslav Skoryk International Festival
(National Art Academy of Ukraine)
6 – Concert “Myroslav Skoryk’s Chamber World”

Circus

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

Oct. 2-Dec. 15 – Caravan
of Miracles
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)

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

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

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

National Museum of Ukrainian Literature
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 11)

1-18 – All-Ukrainian Project
“Art from One Village.” A Poem
in Wood from Nadrossia
(village Andrushivka, Vinnytsia oblast)
Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

1-4 – The Past Saved for the Future: Revived National Historical and
Cultural Relics (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Galleries

Hapchynska
(vul. Mykhailivska 16)

Standing exhibit of Yevhenia Hapchynska’s paintings
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; noon-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

1-8 – Olha Petrova (paintings and prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

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

1-27 – World Seen through the Child’s Eyes (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.