LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

4 – Turandot, opera (in Italian)
by Puccini
6 – Un Ballo in Maschera,
opera by Verdi
7 – Aleko, opera by Rachmaninoff; Bolero, ballet by Ravel
8 – Giselle, ballet by Adam
10 – Romeo and Juliet,
ballet by Prokofiev

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

5 – Premiere. Thistle Flower
by Vorozhbyt
6 – The Tempest by Shakespeare
7 – On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska
8 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
10 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev

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

4 – Premiere. The Hanger-on
by Turgenev
4 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
4 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
6 – A Profitable Position by Ostrovsky
6 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
7 (at noon) – Caught in the Net
by Cooney
7 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
7 – The Uncle’s Dream by Dostoevsky
8 (at noon) – Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
8 (at 6 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nicolai
8 – Premiere. Doctor by Nušić
8 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
9 – The School for Scandal
by Sheridan
10 – The Follies of Love by Regnard

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

4 – Small stage. Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
5-6 – Premiere. What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
6 – Small stage. A Little Wine,
or 70 Turns by Pirandello
7 (at 3 p.m.) –  Small stage. Premiere. White Nights of Love (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
7 – Don Juan, or Lessons in Seduction by Miller
8 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Sea…Night…Candles…
by Bar-Joseph
8 – Lying the Truth by Berger
10 – Love in Crosshairs
(The Rubber Merchants) by Levin
10 – Small stage. Premiere. Froeken Julie (based on August Strindberg’s play)

Music

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

10 – Concert of the Golden Pages
of Italian Music series
National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75,
tel. 528-3186)
(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
4 – Liatoshynsky Classical
Music Ensemble conducted
by Ihor Andriievsky; Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
5 – Kyiv Soloists Chamber Ensemble conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist: Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet)
7 – Lysenko Quartet, Volodymyr Koshuba (organ), Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Kateryna Bazhenova (piano)
10 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Hanna Bubnova (organ), Tamara Roi (flute)

Festivals

Kyiv-2013 International Guitar Music Festival
(National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine)

4-8 – Concerts by festival participants

Circus

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

4-15 – Caravan of Miracles
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)

3-31 – Liudmyla Meshkova
(ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Chornobyl National Museum
(provulok Khoryva 1)

3-31 – First time in Ukraine. A Prayer for Fukushima: Two Years after the Disaster (photos and artifacts from Japan)
Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

National Museum of Science and Natural History
(vul. Bohdana Khmelnytskoho 15)

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mon., Tues.

Russian Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 9)

3-10 – Kyiv as Seen by Adoring Artists (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tues., Fri. Closed Mon., Thurs.

Taras Shevchenko Literary and Memorial Museum
(provulok T. Shevchenka 8a)

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Maksym Rylsky Memorial Museum
(vul. Rylskoho 7)

3-31 – Exhibit in commemoration of the centenary of Natan Rybak’s birth
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mon.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

3-7 – Dmytro Stetsko (watercolors)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Arka
(vul. Bohdana Hmelnytskoho 37)

3-7 – Valerii Franchuk (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

3-11 – Temo Svirely (paintings)
Dec. 3-Jan. 7 – Small Sculptures Salon
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

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

3-22 – Viktor Deisun (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.