LEISURE BULLETIN

March 6-12

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

8 – Opera and ballet concert in
conjunction with March 8,
International Women’s Day
12 – Premiere. La Bayadere, ballet
by Minkus

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

6 – The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare
7 – Martyn Borulia by Karpenko-Kary
8 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
8 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
9 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
9 – Premiere. The Seagull
by Chekhov
10 – Small stage. Overture
to Rendezvous by Franko
10 – Nazar Stodolia by Shevchenko

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

7 – Premiere. The Follies of Love
by Regnard
8 (at noon) – Don’t Dress for Dinner by Camoletti
8 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. Women. Fragment. Scandal without
Intermission by Mardan
8 – Premiere. Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
8 (at 8 p.m.) – Aleksandr Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
9 (at noon) – Page 105 about Love (based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
9 (at 6 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nikolai
9 – Christmas Dreams by Ptushkina
9 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie en Rose by Havryliuk
10 (at noon) – Caught in the Net
by Cooney
10 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
10 – Quartet by Harwood
10 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
11 – The Cemetery Club by Menchell
11 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
12 (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)

6 – Premiere. Opiskin. Foma
(based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s
story)
7 – The Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frain
8 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
9 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
9 – Lying the Truth by Berger
10 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Three Sisters by Chekhov
10 – Premiere. Lifelong Falsehood (based on Dina Rubina’s story)
12 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)

On Tour

Moscow State Russian Ballet Theater
(National opera of Ukraine)

6-7 – Swan Lake, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

Music

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

6 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist: Valerii Sokolov (violin)
7 – Concert “For You, Charming Ladies!”
8 – Kapris Classic String Quartet conducted by Leonila Kruhlykova (viola)
9 – Concert in commemoration of the 199th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth (1814-61)
10 – Larysa Deordiieva (piano)
12 – Oleh Boiko (guitar, Ukraine),
Anna Inozemtseva (guitar, Russia)

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), 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)

Mar. 6-Apr. 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, Archaeology, 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)

5-25 – Mykola Murashko and His
Students (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

5-31 – Minusinsk bronze collection courtesy of the museum’s founding fathers (in commemoration of the 160th anniversary of Varvara
Khanenko’s birth)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

Galleries

Hapchynska
(vul. Mykhailivska 16)

Standing exhibit of Yevhenia Hapchynska’s paintings
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; noon-6 p.m.
on Sat., Sun.

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

5-17 – Mykola Zhuravel
(paintings and ivory ground)
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon., Tues.

Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

5-10 – Kateryna Dudnyk (paintings), Ukrainian artists’ author’s dolls
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.