LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

19 – La Bayadere, ballet by Minkus
20 – Don Carlos, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
21 – Wagner Gala Concert
24 – Swan Lake, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

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

19 – Two Indigo Flowers by Bilozub
20 – Shelmenko the Orderly
by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
21 – Small stage. A Moment
of Love (based on Volodymyr
Vynnychenko’s stories)
21 – Small Family Crimes
by Schmitt
22 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
23 – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
24 – Small stage. Overture to
Rendezvous by Franko
24 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev

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

20 – Season opening. Imprisoned
by Passions (The Stone Host)
by Lesia Ukrainka
21 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
22 (at 6 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
22 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
22 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk

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

18 – An Ideal Couple by Camoletti
19 – The Greater Good
(based on Ivan Turgenev’s
A Month in the Country)
19 – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
20 – Lying the Truth by Berger
21 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
Three Sisters by Chekhov
21 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
22 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Sea…Night…Candles…
by Bar-Joseph
22 – 26 Rooms by Chekhov
24 – The Prodigal Father’s
Homecoming by Noyabriov

Music

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

18 – Kyiv Soloists National
Chamber Ensemble conducted
by Volodymyr Sirenko.
Soloist – Oleh Poliansky (piano)
19 – Concert of the Golden
Pages from [the History of]
Italian Music Cycle
20 – Ihor Borko (tenor),
Folk and Pop Music Orchestra
of the National Television
and Radio Company of Ukraine,
conducted by Sviatoslav Lytvynenko
21 – National Symphony
Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloists:
Daniil Kharitonov (piano, Russia), Dmitry Maiboroda (piano, Russia)
22 – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary. Kyiv Chamber
Orchestra conducted
by Roman Kofman
23 – Kyiv Sax Quartet, Russian Sax Quartet conducted by Illia Bogomol
24 – Myroslav Skoryk’s soiree

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
18 – Lysenko Quartet, Myroslava Solovianenko (soprano),
Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass), Kateryna Bazhenova (piano),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
19 – Natalia Lavrenova
(mezzo-soprano), Ivan Kucher (cello), Tetiana Voitekh (piano),
Iryna Kharechko (organ)
20 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ),
Viktoria Koshuba (organ)
21 – Liatoshynsky Classical
Music Ensemble conducted
by Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko
23 – Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Tamara Roi (flute), Larysa
Nazarenko (soprano)
24 – Kyiv Brass Chamber
Ensemble, Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)

Circus

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

Sep. 21-Dec. 15 – Carnival of Wonders
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)

Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Sep. 17-Oct. 20 – In commemoration of the 1,025th anniversary
of the Baptism of Kyivan of Rus’. Raphael Zaborowsky, Metropolitan
of Kyiv, Galicia [Halychyna],
and all Ruthenia (1731-47)
(documents, letters, scrolls);
Ukrainian Icon, 16th-18th cc. (Baroque icon painting)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

17-22 – Genius Loci. Maximilian Voloshin (documents and 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.

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

Sep. 17-Oct. 20 – Rockwell Kent (paintings from the museum
collection)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

Bottega
(vul. Mykhailivska 22b)

17-21 – Vasyl Bazhai’s project
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Mystetsky Arsenal
(vul. Lavrska 12)

17-22 –  In commemoration
of the 1,025th anniversary
of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus’. Great and Grand (1,000 exemplary works from the collections
of 35 major museums in Ukraine)
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

17-20 – Antresolia Art Studio Project
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.