Affiche - December 26-January 1

December 26-January 1

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

26 – Turandot, opera (in Italian)
by Puccini
27 – L’elisir d’amor, opera (in Italian) by Donizetti
28-29 – Gala concert of opera
and ballet stars
30 (at noon and 7 p.m.), 31 (at noon and 5 p.m.) – The Nutcracker,
ballet by Tchaikovsky

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

26 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
27 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
28 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
29 – The Taming of the Shrew
by Shakespeare
22 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
30 – Good Soldier Schweik by Hašek
1 – Natalka Poltavka by Kotliarevsky

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

26 – A Cynical Comedy (based on William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure)
26 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
27 – Premiere. Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
27 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium by Dorst and Eler
28 – Premiere. The Follies of Love
by Regnard
29 (at noon) – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
29 (at 6 p.m.) – A Thousand and One Passions, or Little Nothings of Life
by Chekhov
29 – The Testament of a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
29 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
30 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
30 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
30 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
31 – Christmas Dreams by Ptushkina
1 – Run for Your Wife by Cooney

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

26 – Lying the Truth by Berger
27 – Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
28 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frain
29 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
30 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)

Music

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

26 – National Folk Instruments
Orchestra of Ukraine conducted
by Viktor Hutsal
27 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Giuseppe Bruno (Italy). Soloist: Olha Zdorenko (piano, Italy)
28 – Viacheslav Zubkov (piano)
29 – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary. Kyiv Chamber
Orchestra conducted by Roman
Kofman
30 – Chamber Music Concert

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
29 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
Circus
National Circus
(pl. Peremohy 2, tel. 486-3856)
Dec. 26-Jan. 13 – New Year Eve Show “Father Frost [Slavic version of Santa Claus] at Dykanka.” Beginning at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4 p.m. (on Dec. 31,
at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., closed on Jan. 1)

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 21)

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.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Dec. 25-Feb. 17 – Exhibit in
commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Mykola Kresalny
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Chornobyl National Museum
(provulok Khoryva 1)

Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)
Dec. 25-Feb. 3 – Sasha Prakhova (paintings, prints, and calligraphy)
Dec. 25-Mar. 10 – Mykola Pymonenko (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

Dec. 25-Jan. 25 – Maria
Pryimachenko (naive art), Oleksii Shevchuk (sculptures made of hay)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

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

Dec. 25-Jan. 20 – Asian treasures (gems of Oriental art from private Ukrainian collections)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

Hapchynska
(vul. Mykhailivska 16)

25-31 – Yevhenia Hapchynska (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; noon-4 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Mystets
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 12)

25-30 – Olena Leus (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Nebo
(vul. Drahomyrova 14)

Dec. 25-Jan. 25 – Yuri Gorbachev (paintings, US)
Open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Closed Sun.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

Dec. 25-Jan. 8 – Svitlana Karunska
(sculpture), Oksana Stratiichuk (prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Jacob Greter Art Center
(vul. Vadyma Hetmana 6, Bolshevik shopping mall)

Dec. 25-Jan. 28 – Cuban
Temperament (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.