LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

21 – Premiere. Red Earth:
Hunger, opera (concert version)
by Baley
23 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
24 – Chopiniana, ballet by Chopin;
Le Spectre de la Rose,
ballet by Weber
26 – The Nutcracker,
ballet by Tchaikovsky

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

20 – Premiere. Thistle Flower
by Vorozhbyt
21 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
21 – A Wife Is a Wife (based on Anton Chekhov’s stories)
22 – Frederic, or Crime Boulevard (based on Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s scripts)
23 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady
by Afanasiev
24 – Small stage. I Can’t Help Loving You, Kyiv by Bilozub
24 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
26 – Small stage. The Old Lady Sits Waiting by Rozewicz
26 – The Taming of the Shrew
by Shakespeare

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

20 – Le Malade Imaginaire
by Moliere
20 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
21 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
22 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
22 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
23 – The Minister’s Wife by Nusič
23 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
24 (at noon) – Caught in the Net
by Cooney
24 (at 6 p.m.) – The Sorrows
of Young Werther by Goethe
24 – My Mocking Happiness
by Maliugin
25 – Christmas Dreams by Ptushkina
25 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
26 – A Profitable Position
by Ostrovsky
26 (at 8 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov

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

20 – Woyzeck. Carnival of Flesh
by Buechner
21 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard
Baer’s story)
22 – Playing Chonkin by Voinovich
22 – Small stage. Premiere.
White Nights of Love (based
on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
23 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Sea…Night…Candles…
by Bar-Joseph
23 – 26 Rooms by Chekhov
24 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
My Dear Boys by Dostoevsky
and Volodin
24 – Sylvia by Gurney
25 – Spectators Are Not Admitted
to the Performance by Frayn
26 – Premiere. The Ideal Couple
by Camoletti

Music

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

20 – National Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted
by Volodymyr Sirenko.
Soloists: Taras Yaropud (violin),
Yurii Pohorelsky (cello)
22 – National Philharmonic
Society’s Symphony Orchestra
of Ukraine conducted
by Roman Kofman.
Soloists: Yulia Korpachova
(soprano, Russia),
Yakov Katsnelson (piano, Russia)
23 – Yurii Kot (piano) and his students
24 – Evgeni Finkelstein
(guitar, Russia)
25 – Liudmyla Monastyrska
(soprano), Ridni Naspivy
Folk Instruments Ensemble
conducted by Yurii Karnaukh
26 – Roman Lopatynsky (piano)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
20 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble, Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone),
Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet),
Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
22 – Myroslava Solovianenko
(soprano), Oleksandr Hosachynsky (cello), Kateryna Bazhenova (piano), Yurii Bahmet (piano),
Dmytro Khoroshun (percussion),
Anton Zhukov (double-bass),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
23 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ),
Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
25 – Ravisan Trio, Liudmyla Voinarovska (soprano),
Yaroslav Venher (viola),
Natalia Kravchenko (piano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
26 – Lysenko Quartet,
Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Sergii Kotko (coloratura bass),
Larysa Reutova (piano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)

Circus

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

Nov. 20-Dec. 15 – Caravan
of Miracles
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Nov. 19-Dec. 31 – Liudmyla
Meshkova (ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

Nov. 19-Dec. 1 – The Society
of Independent Artists (early 20th c. Ukrainian avant-garde)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m.
on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

Arka
(vul. Bohdana Hmelnytskoho 37)

Nov. 19-Dec. 7 – Valerii Franchuk (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

Wunjo-Art
(provulok Liutnevy, 3)

Nov. 19-Dec. 3 – Natalia
Khubedzheva (paintings)
Open noon-7 p.m.; noon-6 p.m.
on Sat., Sun.