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LEISURE BULLETIN

April 10-16

08 April, 18:02

Ivan Franko National Drama Theater. April 10. Olha Kobylianska. Olha Kobylianska ON SUNDAY MORNING SHE GATHERED HERBS. A SCENE FROM THE SHOW / Photo courtesy of the Ivan Franko National Drama Theater

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

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

10 – Boris Godunov, opera by Mussorgsky
11 – Rigoletto, opera by Verdi
12 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
13 – Quatro, ballet; Radio&Juliet, ballet based on Radiohead rock band’s music
14 – Premiere. La Bayadere, ballet by Minkus
16 – The Nutcracker, ballet by Tchaikovsky

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

10 – Small stage. Maria (When Two Drift Apart) by Chrzanowski and Kadyrova
10 – On Sunday Morning She
Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska
11 – Small stage. Between Heaven and Earth by Afanasiev
11 – Kaidash’s Family by Nechui-Levytsky
12 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady by Afanasiev
13 – Small stage. I Can’t Help Loving You Kyiv! by Bilozub
14 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
16 – Premiere. Dedicated to Bohdan Stupka. The Seagull by Chekhov

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

10 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
11 (at 8 p.m.) – The Last Love by Mukhariamov
12 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission by Mardan
13 – Don Quixote. 1938 by Bulgakov
13 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
14 (at noon) – The Tower of Pisa by Ptushkina
14 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
14 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
15 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
16 – Don’t Dress for Dinner by Camoletti
16 (at 8 p.m.) – Back Yard Games by Mazia

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

10 – The Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
11 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
12 – Lolita by Nabokov
13 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
13 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frain
14 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Little Wine, or 70 Turns by Pirandello
14 – Premiere. Opiskin. Foma by Dostoevsky
16 – The Petty Demon by Sologub

Music
National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine
(Volodymyrsky uzviz 2, tel. 278-1697)
10 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Allin Vlasenko. Soloist: Oleksandr Poliakov (piano)
12 – In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth. Gala Verdi concert
14 – Concert of the groups of Kyiv
National University of Culture and Arts
15 – Vocal Music Concert

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
10 – Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Larysa Nazarenko (soprano)
11 – Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
12 – Ihor Ishchak (countertenor), Larysa Reutova (piano), Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Yurii Konrad (bassoon)
13 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
15 – Symphony Orchestra of Gliere Music Institute conducted by Mykhailo Pikulsky; Chamber Choir of Gliere Music Institute conducted by Zoia Tomson. Soloists: Iryna Vezhnevets (soprano), Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
16 – Maksym Sydorenko (organ)

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

10-30 – From Heart to Heart Show
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums
Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 21)

Standing exhibits: Lavra Caves: History, Archeology, and Architecture; Lavra Treasury. 17th-20th cc. Relics (from the preserve’s collection)
Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

9-29 – Ukrainian Landscape (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War
(vul. Lavrska 24)

Apr. 3-May 30 – “Historical Personalities of the 20th century. Oles Honchar” (in commemoration of the 95th anniversary of Oles Honchar’s birth)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mon.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

9-15 – Valerii Franchuk (prints, paintings, and sculptures)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Gallerie
AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

9-27 – Nina Denysova (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

9-23 – Vachagan Norazian (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

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

Apr. 9-Jun. 30 – Paintings by Ukrainian artists
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.