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Henry M. Robert

LEISURE BULLETIN

April 17-23
15 April, 2013 - 18:09
Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater. April 19. Neil LaBute FAT PIG. STANISLAV BOBKO AND HANNA HRYNCHAK / Photo by Iryna SOMOVA

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater
National Opera of Ukraine

(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)

17 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
18 – Viennese Waltz, ballet by Strauss
19 – Carmen, opera (in French)
by Bizet
23 – Aleko, opera by Tchaikovsky

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

17 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
18 – A Wife Is a Wife
(based on Chekhov’s stories)
19 – Small stage. Overture
to Rendezvous by Franko
19 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev
20 (at noon) – Romeo and Juliet
by Shakespeare
20 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
20 – Small stage. Old Lady Sits
Waiting by Rozewicz
21 (at noon) – Martyn Borulia
by Karpenko-Kary
21 – The Paradise Case by Malkovych
21 – Small stage. A Moment of Life (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
23 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais

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

17 – Caught in the Net by Cooney
17 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
18 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium by Dorst and Eler
19 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
20 (at 6 p.m.) – Crazy Blood
by Erpulat and Hillje
20 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
21 (at noon) – Women. Fragment.
Scandal without Intermission by Mardan
21 (at 6 p.m.) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
21 – The Minister’s Wife by Nusič
22 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
23 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti

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

17 – Line by Mardan
18 – Don Juan, or Lessons of
Seduction (Guests Are Expected
at Midnight) by Miller
19 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the
Coffee Pot by Tabori
19 (at 7 p.m.), 21 (at 3 p.m.) –
Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
20 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
20 – Woyzeck. Carnival of Flash
by Buechner
21 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
23 – Small stage. Sea…Night…
Candles… by Bar-Joseph

On Tour
Boris Eifman Ballet Theater

(National Opera of Ukraine)
20-21 – Onegin, ballet by Tchaikovsky and Sitkovetsky

Music
National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine

(Volodymyrsky uzviz 2, tel. 278-1697)

17 – Ukrainain Music Soirees.
Heritage and Modern Realities
18 – National Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted by Fyodor Glushchenko (Russia). Soloists:
Yekaterina Mechetina (piano, Russia), Taras Shtonda (bass)
20 – Serhii Petrenko (guitar)
21 – Inna Poroshyna (piano)
22-25 – The Tenth Horowitz Young
Pianists’ Competition

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
17 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
18 – Concert in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Bohdan
Fesiuk’s birth
19 – Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet), Iryna
Kalynovska (organ)
20 – Olha Shvydka (soprano),
Tamara Roi (flute), Hanna Bubnova (organ)
22 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
23 – Olha Shvydka (soprano),
Tamara Roi (flute), Kateryna
Bazhenova (harpsichord),
Maksym Sydorenko (organ)

Circus
National Circus

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

17-30 – From Heart to Heart Show
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; 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 Treasury. 17th-20th cc. Relics (from the
preserve’s collection); Spiritual Relics of Ukraine (holograms); Mykola Siadrysty (microminiatures)
Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

16-29 – 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. 16-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.

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

Apr.16-May 15 – Sense of Her Life. Varvara Khanenko: Collector,
Philanthropist, Museum Founder
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries
AVS-Art

(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

16-27 – Nina Denysova (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

16-23 – 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. 16-Jun. 30 – Paintings
by Ukrainian artists
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

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