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LEISURE BULLETIN

January 23-29

22 January, 09:18

Nebo Gallery. January 22-25. PAINTINGS BY YURI GORBACHEV. Photo courtesy of the Nebo Gallery

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

23 – Cinderella, opera (in Italian)
by Rossini
24 – Crossroads, ballet by Skoryk
25 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
26 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
27 – Gala concert
29 – The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

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

25 – The Tempest by Shakespeare
26 – A Wife Is a Wife (based on Anton Chekhov’s stories)
27 – Martyn Borulia
by Karpenko-Kary
29 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan

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

24 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
25 – Imprisoned by Passions (based on Lesia Ukrainka’s The Stone Host)
25 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
26 (at noon) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
26 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
26 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
26 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
26 (at noon) – Page 105 about Love (based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
27 (at 6 p.m.) – Crazy Blood
by Erpulat and Hillje
27 – Quartet by Harwood
27 (at 8 p.m.) – Aleksandr Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
28 – Premiere. Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
29 – A Thousand and One Passions, or Little Nothings of Life by Chekhov

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

23 – The Greatest Good (based
on Ivan Turgenev’s A Month in the Country)
23 – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
24 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
25 – Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
25 – Small stage. A Little Wine,
or 70 Turns by Pirandello
26 (at 3 p.m.) – Three Sisters
by Chekhov
26 – Line by Mardan
27 (at 3 p.m.) – You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
27 – Woyzeck. Carnival of Flesh
by Buechner
28 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
29 – Premiere. Opiskin. Foma (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)

Music

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

23 – Kyivski Solisty (Kyiv Soloists)
National Chamber Ensemble
conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloists: Oleksandr Lahosha (viola), Kyrylo Sharapov (violin)
24 – Liudmyla Martsevych (piano)
25 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Roman Kofman.
Soloist: Eliso Virsaladze
(piano, Russia)
26 – Andras Csaki (guitar, Hungary)
27 – Mikhail Pochekin (violin, Russia), Oleh Poliansky (piano)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
23 – Soiree in commemoration
of Viktor Ikonnyk (1929-2000)
24 – Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Larysa Reutova (piano), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
25 – Kyivska Kamerata National Soloists Ensemble conducted
by Pall Henry (Great Britain).
Soloist: Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
26 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
28 – Olha Shvydka (soprano), Volodymyr Koval (oboe),
Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
29 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble

Circus

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

Jan. 22-Mar. 31 – 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 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)

Jan. 22-Feb. 11 – Oleh Sleptsov
(tapestries, architectural designs, monographs)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

22-25 – Maria Prymachenko
(naive art), Oleksii Shevchuk
(sculptures made of hay)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed Mon.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

Jan. 22-Feb. 9 – Oleh Yasenev
(paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Nebo
(vul. Drahomyrova 14)
22-25 – Yuri Gorbachev (paintings, US)
Open 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Closed Sun.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

Jan. 23-Feb. 5 – Serhii Savchenko (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

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

Jan. 22-Feb. 26 – Dmytro Nikulin (photos)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.