LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

19 – The Barber of Seville, opera
by Rossini
20 – Cinderella, ballet by Prokofiev
21 – Carmen, opera (in French)
by Bizet
22 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
23 – The Sleeping Beauty, ballet
by Tchaikovsky
25 – Madama Butterfly, ballet
by Puccini

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

19 – Kean IV by Gorin
19 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
20 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
20 – Small stage. The Dream of
a Ridiculous Man (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
21 – Thistle Flower by Vorozhbyt
21 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady
by Afanasiev
22 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
23 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
25 – Marriage by Hohol
25 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo

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

19 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
19 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. Klavdia Shulzhenko. The Old Waltz. Music and scenic composition by Olha Havryliuk and Olha Kohut
20 – Premiere. Juliet and Romeo (based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy)
21 – The Hanger-On by Turgenev
21, 25 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. On the Verge of an Abyss… (Norway.Today) by Bauersima
22 (at noon) – A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
22 (at 6 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
22 – Everywhere Alone. Scenic composition by Reznykovych
22 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s ball. One-man show by Havryliuk
23 (at noon) – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
23 (at 1 p.m.) – Premiere. She Is Nuts by Ptushkina
23 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love by Mukhariamov
23 – Premiere. Liar Wanted by Psathas
24 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
25 – Doctor by Nušić

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

19 – Lolita by Nabokov
20 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
21 – Small stage. 26 Rooms by Chekhov
21 – A Season of Love (The Greater Good) (based on Ivan Turgenev’s A Month in the Country)
22 (at 3 p.m.) – Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
22 – Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
23 (at 3 p.m.) – Sea… Night… Candles… by Bar-Joseph
23 – Premiere. Don’t Let Love Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s play Touch-and-Go)
25 – What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)

Music

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

20 – Maiboroda National Bandura Kapela [Orchestra and Choir] of Ukraine conducted by Yurii Kurach. Soloists: Maria Stefiuk (soprano), Anatolii Palamarenko (recital)
21 – Alla Kashchenko (piano)
22 – Kyiv Soloists National Chamber Ensemble
23 – Concert in commemoration
of the 80th anniversary of Alemdar Karamanov’s birth
25 – Chamber Ensemble conducted by Ihor Hoshe. Soloists: Kyrylo Sharapov (violin), Andrii Pavlov (violin), Yanzhyma Morozova (violin), Tetiana Pavlichuk-Tyshkevych (piano)

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
19 – Ravisan Trio, Andrii Chop (viola), Tamara Roi (flute), Maksym Sydorenko (organ), Yevhen Kostrytsky (violin)
20 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
22 – Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble, Volodymyr Koshuba (organ), Andrii Ilkiv (trumpet)
23 – Italian Music Concert
25 – Maksym Sydorenko (organ)

Circus

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

Nov.19-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Fri.; at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Lavrska 9)

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

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Nov.18-Dec.31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (enamels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

18-23 – Oleksandr Dubovyk (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

National Russian Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 9)

Nov.18-Dec.31 – “The Genius of Inspired Rebellion” (in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Mikhail Lermontov’s birth)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tues., Fri. Closed Mon., Thurs.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

18-29 – Mykola Hrokh (prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

KalytaArtClub
(vul. Bohomoltsia 6)

18-19 – 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.

Mystetsky Arsenal
(vul. Lavrska 12)

18-30 – The 9th ArtKyiv Contemporary. Viktor Khomenko’s project
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.