LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

19 – Gala concert by the Staatsballett Berlin
20 – Cinderella, opera (in Italian)
by Rossini
21 – Chopiniana, ballet by Chopin;
Le spectre de la rose,
ballet by Weber
22 – Barber of Seville,
opera by Rossini
23 – Anniversary concert. Vladimir Spivakov and Moscow Virtuosi
25 – Zorba the Greek,
ballet by Theodorakis

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

19 – Small stage. Between Heaven and Earth by Afanasiev
19 – Kean IV by Gorin
20 – Two Indigo Flowers by Bilozub
21 – Small stage. Maria
(When Two Drift Apart)
by Chrzanowski and Kadyrova
21 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
22 – Small stage. The Possessed
by Lesia Ukrainka
22 – Marriage by Hohol
23 (at noon) – Martyn Borulia
by Karpenko-Kary
23 – Sentimental Cruise
by Candala
25 – The Paradise Case
by Malkovych

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

19 – Le Malade Imaginaire
by Moliere
19 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man
on the Threshold of the Millennium
by Dorst and Eler
20 – Imprisoned by Passions
(The Stone Host) by Lesia Ukrainka
21 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf:
La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
22 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady
and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
22 – Napoleon and the Corsican Woman by Hubač
22 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
23 (at noon) – Don’t Run for Your
Wife by Cooney
23 (at 6 p.m.) – Crazy Blood
by Erpulat and Hillje
23 – Page 105 about Love
(based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
23 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
24 – Premiere. Doctor by Nušić
25 – The Minister’s Wife by Sheridan

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

19 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
20 – The Ideal Couple by Camoletti
21 – 26 Rooms by Chekhov
21 – Small stage. Young Stage
Director’s Lab. White Nights of Love (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
22 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
22 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
23 – Small stage. You Beloved
of My Soul by Ptushkina
23 – Premiere. What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
25 – Small stage. Three Sisters
by Chekhov

Music

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

19 – Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman
20, 24-28 – Third Stefan Turchak
International Competition of Orchestra Conductors
21 – Chamber opera concert
22 – Juuso Nieminen (guitar, Finland)
23 – Sonatas for Flute Evening

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
19 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted
by Ihor Andriievsky; Kyiv Chamber
Ensemble
20 – Concert five “Baroque Maestros” of the Baroque and Modern Times
series
21 – Concert six “Compositions
for the Organ by Bach and Ukrainian Composers” of the Baroque
and Modern Times series
22 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
24 – Concert seven “Harmony
of Contrast” of the Baroque
and Modern Times series
25 – Ravisan Trio,
Iryna Kalynovska (organ),
Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone),
Natalia Kravchenko (piano)

Circus

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

19-28 – Gartner Bros. International Circus. Giant Elephants Return Show
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

18-28 – Masterpieces dating from Kyivan Rus’: 15th-17th-century icons from the Andrei Rublev museum’s collection
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Museum of Books and Book Printing of Ukraine
(vul. Lavrska 9)

18-253 – Oleksandr Ivakhnenko (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Museum of the Hetman State
(vul. Spaska 16b)

18-23 – Vasyl Didyk (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Fri.

Taras Shevchenko Literary and Memorial Museum
(provulok T. Shevchenka 8a)

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

Bottega
(vul. Mykhailivska 22b)

18-22 – Oleksii Lytvynenko’s project
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Mystetska Zbirka
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 13, entrance through the arch)

18-25 – Winter Show (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

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

18-23 – Anastasia Kraineva
and Anastasia Hryhorieva (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.