LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

27 – Master and Margarita, fantasy ballet (music by Shostakovich, Berlioz, Bach, et al.)
2 – Don Quixote, ballet by Minkus
3 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
5 – Zorba the Greek, ballet
by Theodorakis

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

27 – Small stage. I Can’t Help Loving You, Kyiv! by Bilozub
27 – On Sunday Morning She
Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska
28 – Small stage. Premiere. Morituri Te Salutant by Stefanyk
28 – Small Family Crimes by Schmitt
1 – Small stage. The Possessed
by Lesia Ukrainka
1 – Marriage by Hohol
2 – Small stage. The Dream of
a Ridiculous Man (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
2 – Two Indigo Flowers by Bilozub
3 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan
5 – Good Soldier Schweik by Hašek

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

28 (at 8 p.m.), 2 (at 6 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
1 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
2 (at 6 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium
by Dorst and Eler
2 – Premiere. Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
2 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
3 (at noon) – Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
3 – Laura et les Jacques by Arout
3 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s
War and Peace)
4 (at 8 p.m.) – The Cherub, or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
by Baerfus

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

27 – The Greater Good
(based on Ivan Turgenev’s
A Month in the Country)
27 – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
28 – Lifelong Falsehood
(based on Dina Rubina’s story)
28 – Small stage. A Little Wine,
or 70 Turns by Pirandello
1 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
1 – Small stage. I’m No Longer Among You (based on Sigarev’s
and Protalin’s plays)
2 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
2 – Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
3 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Sea…Night…Candles…
by Bar-Joseph
3 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
5 – Silvia by Gurney

Music

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

27 – Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman
28 – Concert in commemoration
of the 75th anniversary of Stefan
Turchak’s birth
1 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Mykola Diadiura. Soloist: Patrick Messina
(clarinet, France)
2 – Yaroslava Rivniak (violin)
and her students
3 – Miroslav Kultyshev
(piano, Russia)
4 – Concert “Men Must Give Flowers to Women”
5 – Oleksandr Saratsky (piano),
Orfei Octet

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
27 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Ihor Ishchak (countertenor),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
28 – Natalia Lavrenova
(mezzo-soprano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
1 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted
by Ihor Kazhdan. Soloists:
Olena Shynal (soprano)
and Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet)
4 – Mykola Lysenko Quartet,
Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass), Kateryna Bazhenova (piano), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
5 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Iryna Kalynovska (organ)

Circus

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

Feb. 27-Apr. 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: Standing exhibits Lavra Treasury. 17th-20th cc. Relics (from the preserve’s collection);
Spiritual Relics of Ukraine
(holograms)
Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

1-31 – Serhii Kononchuk (prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m.
on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Russian Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 9)

Feb. 26-Mar. 1 – Iryna Hodunova (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tues., Fri.
Closed Mon., Thurs.

Galleries

Brucie Collections
(vul. Artema 5 b)

Feb. 26-Mar. 3 – Martin Stranka
(photos, the Czech Republic)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat.; noon-5 p.m. on Sun.

Mystetska Zbirka
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 13, entrance through the arch)

Feb. 26-Mar. 17 – Mykola Zhuravel (paintings and ivory ground)
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

Feb. 26-Mar. 5 – Oleh Denysenko (sculpture, ivory ground, and prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.