LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

12 – Cavalleria Rusticana, opera by Mascagni; Bolero, ballet by Ravel
13 – Don Quixote, ballet by Minkus
14 – Boris Godunov, opera
by Mussorgsky
15 – Rigoletto, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
16 – La Dame aux Camelias, ballet by Beethoven, Brahms, Pachelbel, et al.
18 – Spartacus, ballet by Khachaturian

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

12 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
12 – Small stage. Overture to 
Rendezvous by Franko
13 – On Sunday Morning She
Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska
14, 18 – Premiere. The Master
by Karpenko-Kary
15 – The Living Corpse by Tolstoy
16 (at noon) – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
16 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis

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

12 – Juliet and Romeo (based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy)
13 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
13 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
14 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
14 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. She Is Nuts by Ptushkina
15 (at noon) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
15 (at 6 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
15 – The Minister’s Wife by Nušić
15 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. On the Verge of an Abyss… (Norway.Today) by Bauersima
16 (at noon) – Don’t Run for Your Wife by Cooney
16 (at 6 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
16 – My Mocking Happiness
by Maliugin
16 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
17 – Premiere. Liar Wanted by Psathas
18 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
18 (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)

12, 15 – Premiere. Women’s Logic
by Krym
13 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
13 – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
14 – The Ideal Couple by Camoletti
15 (at 3 p.m.) – You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
16 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the
Coffee Pot by Tabori
16 – Small stage. Three Sisters
by Chekhov
18 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw

Music

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

12 – Ukrainian Radio Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Volodymyr Sheiko
13 – Kyiv Tango Project Quartet
14 – Khreshchatyk Chamber Choir conducted by Pavlo Struts
15 – Alexei Lubimov (piano, Austria)
16 – Olha Rivniak (violin), Roman Lopatynsky (piano), Artem Poludenny (cello), Oleksandr Lahosha (viola), Yaroslava Skirska (violin)
17 – Concert “Gidon Kremer.
Dedication to Ukrainian People”
18 – Serhii Slovachevsky (cello),
Viacheslav Novikov (piano, Finland)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
12 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble, Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano),
Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone),
Hanna Bubnova (organ), Larysa Reutova (piano)
13 – In commemoration of the 300th birth anniversary of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Tamara Roi’s project
14 – Iryna Kharechko (organ)
15 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ), Kyrylo Sharapov (violin)
17 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted by Bohdan Plish
18 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)

Circus

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

Nov.12-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Nov.11-Dec.31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (enamel)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

11-17 – “1,000th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Seal” (international
museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

11-23 – Oleksandr Dubovyk (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Museum of the Hetman State
(vul. Spaska 16b)

11-18 – Halyna Sova (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

Arka
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 37)

11-17 – Inna Valitova (batiks)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

KalytaArtClub
(vul. Bohomoltsia 6)

11-19 – In commemoration of the 85th birth anniversary. Olha Rapai (ceramics)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

11-20 – Ivan and Vasyl Kostenko
(collages)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.