LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

9 – Caprices of Fate, ballet
by Paganini-Skoryk
10 – Ave Verdi Gala Concert
12 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
13 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky
15 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi

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

9 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
10 – The Tempest by Shakespeare
11 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
11 – Small stage. Between Heaven and Earth by Afanasiev
12 – Nazar Stodolia by Shevchenko
13 – Premiere. Thistle Flower
by Vorozhbyt
13 – Small stage. The Old Lady Sits Waiting by Rozewicz
15 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev
15 – Small stage. Overture to Rendezvous by Franko

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

9 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
10 – Page 105 about Love
(based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
11 – Don Quixote. 1938 by Bulgakov
11 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
12 (at noon) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
12 (at 6 p.m.) – The Cherub,
or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents by Baerfus
12 – Premiere. The Hanger-On
by Turgenev
13 (at noon) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
13 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
13 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
13 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
14 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
15 – Cemetery Club by Menchell
15 (at 8 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia

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

9 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
9 – Small stage. I’m No Longer among You (Too Late to Scare, based on Sigarev and Protalin’s plays)
10 – Premiere. The Ideal Couple (based  on Marc Camoletti’s plays)
11 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
12 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Three Sisters by Chekhov
12 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the Coffee Pot by Tabori
13 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
13 – Cyrano de Bergerac by Rostand
14 – Lying the Truth by Berger
15 – Foma Opiskin by Dostoevsky

Music

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

9 – Svitlana Shabaltina (harpsichord), Natalia Sikorska (harpsichord)
10 – National Folk Instruments Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Viktor Hutsal. Soloist: Valentyna Andreieva (soprano)
11 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Shungo Moriyama (Japan). Soloists (all from Japan): Aya Kimura (piano), Tomoko Fujita (piano), Naoko Maeda (saxophone), Yukiko Okuno (flute)
12 – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary. Kyiv Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anton Sharoev. Soloists: Anton Sharoev (violin, Russia), Olha Chubareva (soprano), Vadym Borysov (violin), Roman Smoliar (bass)
14 – Ernst Kovacic (violin, Austria), Matilde Ursiangu (piano, Austria)
15 – Ihor Riabov’s soiree

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
9 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble
10 – Iryna Kharechko (organ)
11 – Lysenko Quartet,
Kateryna Bazhenova (piano), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
12 – Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
14 – Hanna Bubnova (organ)
15 – Ivan Kucher (cello),
Tetiana Voitekh (piano),
Iryna Kharechko (organ)

Festivals

Days of Music of Myroslav Skoryk International Festival
(National Art Academy of Ukraine)
10 – Concert “Myroslav Skoryk’s School”

Circus

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

Oct. 9-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)

8-20 – 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)
Oct. 8-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)

Oct. 8-Nov. 10 – Vasyl Krychevsky: Between Avant-Garde and Tradition (paintings 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.

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

8-20 – Rockwell Kent
(paintings from the museum collection)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.