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LEISURE BULLETIN

April 16-22

15 April, 10:50

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery. April 15-22. FROM OMELIAN PRITSAK’S COLLECTION. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / Photo courtesy of the Olena Zamostian Art Gallery

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

16 – Eugene Onegin, opera
by Tchaikovsky
17 – La Sylphide,
ballet by Levenschold
18 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
19 – The Forest Song,
ballet by Skorulsky
20 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
22 – Raymonda, ballet by Glazunov

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

16 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan
17 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
18 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
19 – Natalka Poltavka by Kotliarevsky
20 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
22 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)

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

16 – The Minister’s Wife by Nušić
17 – The Curious Savage by Patrick
17 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
18 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
20 – Don’t Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
20 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady
and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
21 – Napoleon and the Corsican Woman by Hubač
21 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
22 – Trees Die Standing by Casona

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

16 – 26 Rooms by Chekhov
17 – The Petty Demon by Sologub
18 – Foma Opiskin (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
19 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
19 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
22 – Premiere. What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)

Music

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

16 – Concert Two of the Opera
Fireworks Series
18 – National Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko; Dumka National Choir
of Ukraine conducted by Yevhen Savchuk
19 (at 2 p.m.) – Final concert
of Children’s Music School No. 10 (Kyiv)
21 – Concert in commemoration
of Easter
22 – Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
22 – Myroslava Solovianenko
(soprano), Valeria Balakhovska
(organ), Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass), Larysa Reutova (piano),
Tamara Roi (flute), Tetiana Voitekh
(piano)

Circus

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

Apr. 19-Mar. 18 – New Cheers and Bravo Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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)

Apr. 15-May 11 – “Foundation” (Ukrainian antiquities)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

Museum open after restoration
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

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

Apr. 15-May 25 – “Goya.
The Disasters of War” (etchings
from the museum’s collection)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Russian Art National Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 9)

Apr. 15-May 7 – “A Precious Gift” (from Dmitry Sigalov’s collection)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tues., Fri. Closed Mon., Thurs.

Memorial Museums

Lesia Ukrainka Literary and Memorial Museum
(vul. Saksahanskoho 97)

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

Mykola Lysenko Memorial Museum
(vul. Saksahanskoho 95)

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

Mykhailo Starytsky Memorial House Museum
(vul. Saksahanskoho 93)

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

Mykhailo Hrushevsky Memorial Museum
(vul. Pankivska 9)

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

Maksym Rylsky Literary and Memorial Museum
(vul. Rylskoho 7)

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

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

Apr. 15-May 10 – Serhii Riepka
(paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

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.

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

15-22 – Prints and paintings from Omelian Pritsak’s collection
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

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

15-27 – “SPRING EMOTIONS” (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Mon., Tues.

Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

15-20 – “The Red Color Means Love…” (authors’ dolls and paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.