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LEISURE BULLETIN

September 17-23

16 September, 11:10

Wunjo-Art Gallery. September 16-18 . KATERYNA BAHUTA’S LIGHT RHYTHM. Photo courtesy of the Wunjo-Art Gallery

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

18 – Season opening. Natalka Poltavka by Lysenko
19 – The Forest Song, ballet
by Skorulsky
20 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
21 – Giselle, ballet by Adam
23 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky

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

17 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev
18 – Nazar Stodolia by Shevchenko
19 – Premiere. Rhinoceros
by Ionesco
20 – Such Is Her Destiny
(based on Taras Shevchenko’s verse)
21 (at noon) – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
21 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
23 – The Tempest by Shakespeare

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

17 – Run for Your Wife by Cooney
18 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
18 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold on the Millennium by Dorst and Eler
19 – A Profitable Position
by Ostrovsky
19 (at 8 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia
20 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
20 – Premiere. Julia and Romeo (based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy)
20 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
21 (noon) – Premiere. Klavdia Shulzhenko. The Old Waltz
(music and scenic composition
by Olha Havryliuk and Olha Kohut)
21 (at 6 p.m.) – The Cherub,
or The Sexual Neuroses of Our
Parents by Baerfus
21 – The Curious Savage by Patrick
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
22 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
22 (at 8 p.m.) – A Lady and
a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
23 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym

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

17 – Opiskin. Foma (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
18 – Carnival of Flesh by Buechner
19 – What Do Women Want?
(based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
20 (at 3 p.m.) – Sea…Night…
Candles… by Bar-Joseph
20 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
21 (at 3 p.m.) – Three Sisters
by Chekhov
21 – The Petty Demon by Sologub
23 – Premiere. Don’t Let Love Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s play Touch-and-Go)

Music

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

17 – Kyivska Kamerata National Soloists’ Ensemble conducted
by Valerii Matiukhin. Soloists:
Bohdana Pivnenko (violin), Tamara Khodakova (soprano), Dmytro Kuzmin (flute), Dmytro Tavanets (piano)
18 – Concert “Star Kaleidoscope”
19 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist:
Valerii Sokolov (violin)
20 – Kyivski Solisty National Chamber Ensemble conducted
by Dmytro Yablonsky (US-Israel)
21 – Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming
(piano, Japan)
22 – Concert “From Bach to
Gershwin”
23 – Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman. Soloist: Denys Proshchaiev (piano)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
17 – Ravisan Trio, Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Hanna Bubnova
(organ), Tamara Roy (flute)
18 – Iryna Kharechko (organ)
19 – Lysenko Quartet,
Valeria Balakhovska (organ),
Maria Lipinska (soprano),
Kateryna Bazhenova (piano)
20 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)

Festivals

First Viktor Ikonnyk All-Ukrainian Chamber Choir Festival
(National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine)

22 – Concert One
23 – Concert Two

Circus

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

Sep.17-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Lavrska 9)

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

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

16-30 – “The Truth about Crimea” (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

Sep.16-Nov.17 – 1,000th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

16-21 – Anatolii Sumar (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

KalytaArtClub
(vul. Bohomoltsia 6)

16-17 – Yulia Lazarevska (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Vysotsky Gallery
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 40)

Sep.16-Dec.31 – “Vladimir
Vysotsky. Rare Photos
by Arkadii Gershman”
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Wunjo-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 9-19)

16-18 – Kateryna Bahuta (paintings)
Open noon-6 p.m.; noon-3 p.m. on Sat., Sun. Closed Mon.