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LEISURE BULLETIN

January 21-27

20 January, 11:40

Kyiv Sophia National Museum. January 21 – March 23. “CROSS AND SABER. METROPOLITAN OF KYIV PETRO MOHYLA (1597—1647)”. PETRO MOHYLA (FRAGMENT) / Photo courtesy of the Kyiv Sophia National Museum

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

21 – The Barber of Seville, opera
by Rossini
22 – Moses, opera by Skoryk
23 – One-Act Ballet Soiree
24 – Don Carlos, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
25 – La Dame aux Camelias, ballet by Beethoven, Brahms, Pachelbel,
et al.
27 – Viennese Waltz, ballet
by Strauss

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

21 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
21 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady by Afanasiev
22 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
22 – Small stage. The Old Lady Sits Waiting by Rozewicz
23 – Thistle Flower by Vorozhbyt
23 – Small stage. The Dream of
a Ridiculous Man (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
24 – Kean IV by Gorin
24 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
25 (at noon) – Shelmenko the Orderly by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
25 – Such Is Her Destiny (based on Taras Shevchenko’s verse)
27 – The Living Corpse by Tolstoy

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

21 – Premiere. Liar Wanted
by Psathas
21 (at 8 p.m.) – A Lady and
a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
22 – Everywhere Alone. Scenic composition by Reznykovych
23 – Le Malade Imaginaire
by Moliere
23 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
23 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. She Is Nuts by Ptushkina
24 (at noon) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
24 (at 6 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango by Nicolai
24 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
24 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. On the Verge of an Abyss… (Norway.Today) by Bauersima
25 (at noon) – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
25 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
25 – The Uncle’s Dream
by Dostoevsky
25 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
26 – The Cemetery Club by Menchell
26 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
27 – Julia and Romeo (based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy)

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

21 – Don Juan, or Lessons in Seduction by Miller
21 – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
22 – Carnival of Flesh by Buechner
23 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
24 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Premiere. You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
24 – Premiere. Women’s Logic
by Krym
25 (at 3 p.m.) – Any Complaints about Your Wife? by Dostoevsky and Volodin
25 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
26 – Lolita by Nabokov
26 – Small stage. Premiere. Family Scenes by Yablonska
27 – Don’t Let Love Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s play
Touch-and-Go)

Music

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

22 – Taras Shtonda (bass), Anastasia Titovych (piano)
23 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Roman Kofman. Soloist: Anastasia Volchok (piano, Sweden)
25 – Concert “Jazz-Style Christmas”
27 – Concert “20th-Century Pop Hits”

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
21 – Tetiana Orlova (organ)
22 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Valeria Balakhovska (organ), Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass), Larysa Reutova (piano)
23 – Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
24 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble conducted by Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko
26 – Lysenko Quartet, Anatolii Bazhenov (violin), Ivan Kucher (cello), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ), Kateryna Bazhenova (piano)
27 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)

Circus

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

Jan.22-Apr.30 – Circus of Our Childhood
Beginning at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Museums

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

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

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra History Museum
(vul. Lavrska 9, bld.3)

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

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Jan.21-Mar.23 – “Cross and Saber. Metropolitan of Kyiv Petro Mohyla (1597-1647)” (exhibits that illustrate two periods of Petro Mohyla’s life path)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

20-24 – Paintings and prints
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Brucie Collection
(vul. Artema 55b)

Jan.21-Feb.1 – Alvin Booth (photos, UK)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat.; noon-5 p.m. on Sun.

Ya Gallery
(vul. Khoryva 49b)

Jan. 20-Feb. 9 – Andrii Khir (prints)
Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun.