LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

15 – Rigoletto, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
16 – Chopiniana, ballet by Chopin; Scheherazade, ballet
by Rimsky-Korsakov
17 – Boris Godunov, opera
by Mussorgsky
18 – Madama Butterfly, opera
by Puccini
19 – La Bayadere, ballet by Minkus
21 – Giselle, ballet by Adam

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

15 – Shelmenko the Orderly
by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
16 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan
17 – Premiere. Rhinoceros
by Ionesco
18 – Such Is Her Destiny (based
on Taras Shevchenko’s verse)
19 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
21 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky

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

16 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
16 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. On
the Verge of an Abyss (based
on Bauersima’s Norway.Today)
17 – Napoleon and the Corsican Woman by Hubač
17, 20 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. She is Nuts! by Ptushkina
18 (at noon) – Don’t Run for Your Wife by Cooney
18 (at 6 p.m.) – Crazy Blood
by Erpulat and Hillje
18 – My Mocking Happiness
by Maliugin
18 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
19 (at noon) – Premiere. Liar Wanted by Psathas
19 (at 6 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia
19 – Everywhere Alone. Scenic
composition by Reznykovych
20 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
21 – Doctor by Nušić
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. Klavdia Shulzhenko. The Old Waltz. Music and scenic composition by Olha Havryliuk and Olha Kohut

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

15 – Playing Chonkin by Voinovich
16 – Don Juan, or Lessons in
Seduction by Miller
17 – Line by Mardan
18 (at 3 p.m.) – Three Sisters by Chekhov
18 – Premiere. Don’t Let Love Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s play Touch-and-Go)
19 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Two
Little Ladies Heading North by Notte
19 – Opiskin. Foma by Dostoevsky
21 – All Good Things Come to an End by Ostrovsky

Music

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

15 – Concert of German piano and vocal music
16 – National Brass Band of Ukraine conducted by Mykhailo Moroz. Soloist: Anatolii Yurchenko (baritone)
17 – Concert of symphony music
21 – Concert 26 of the Yevhenia Basalaieva Elite Chamber Music Soirees Cycle. XXVI

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
15 – Orchestra of the Liatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble conducted by Bohdan Plish. Soloists: Hanna Nuzha (cello), Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet)
16 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Valeria Balakhovska (organ), Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass)
17 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble
18 – Iryna Kharechko (organ)
20 – Hanna Bubnova (organ)
21 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Iryna Kalynovska (organ),
Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano),
Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Larysa Reutova (piano)

Festivals

Sixth International Chamber Art Music Festival
(National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine)

18-19 – Kyivski Solisty National Chamber Ensemble conducted
by Dmitry Yablonsky. Soloist: Dmitry Yablonsky (cello, US-Israel)

Circus

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

Oct.15-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)
14-31 – “The Preserved Sunshine” (the first exhibition of the project “Ukrainian Naive Art of the 20th
Century”)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

Oct.14-Nov.17 – 1,000th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

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

Oct.14-Nov.11 – Dedicated to the Heavenly Sotnia. “Ukrainian Children – for a United Ukraine” (children’s art)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Tues.

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

Oct.14-Nov.1 – The Magic of Batik (children’s artworks)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

14-31 – Kateryna Svirhunenko (prints, authors dolls)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

14-21 – Andrii Bludov (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Wunjo-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 9-19)

14-31 – Kateryna Tymofiienko
(paintings)
Open noon-6 p.m.; noon-3 p.m. on Sat., Sun. Closed Mon.