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Henry M. Robert

LEISURE BULLETIN

November 13-19
11 November, 2013 - 18:28
Theater Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama. November 16. Ray Cooney CAUGHT IN THE NET. NATALIA SHEVCHENKO, STANISLAV MOSKVIN, AND OLHA KULCHYTSKA / Photo by Iryna SOMOVA

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

13 – Viennese Waltz,
ballet by Strauss
14 – Turandot, opera
(in Italian) by Puccini
15 – Romeo and Juliet,
ballet by Prokofiev
16 – Premiere. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, opera by Rimsky-Korsakov
17 – Giselle, ballet by Adam
19 – The Firebird, ballet
by Stravinsky; Petrushka, ballet by Stravinsky

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

13 – Zorba the Greek
by Kazantzakis
14 – Premiere. Ladies
and Hussars by Fredro
14, 19 – Small stage. Premiere.
The Glass Menagerie by Williams
16 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
17 (at noon) – Shelmenko
the Orderly by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
17 (at 6 p.m.) – Urus Shaitan
by Afanasiev

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

13 – Imprisoned by Passions
(The Stone Host) by Lesia Ukrainka
14 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
15, 17 – No. 13 (Out of Order)
by Cooney
15 (at 8 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia
16 (at 6 p.m.) – Crazy Blood
by Erpulat and Hillje
16 – Caught in the Net by Cooney
17 (at noon) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
17 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere.
A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
17 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows
of Young Werther by Goethe
19 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
19 (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)

13 – Foma Opiskin (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
13 – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
14 – The Prodigal Father’s
Homecoming by Noyabriov
15 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
16 – Small stage. Premiere.
Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
16 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
17 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
17 – Love in Crosshairs
(The Rubber Merchants) by Levin
19 – Lying the Truth by Berger
19 – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada

Music

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

13 – Susanna Chakhoian (soprano), Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko
15 – National Philharmonic Society Symphony’s Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Vitalii Protasov. Soloist: Liana Isakadze (violin, Georgia)
16 – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary. Kyiv Chamber
Orchestra conducted
by Aidar Torybaev
17 – National Brass Band of Ukraine conducted by Mykhailo Moroz

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
13 – Larysa Nazarenko (soprano),
Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Larysa Reutova (piano),
Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
14 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
15 – Olha Shvydka (soprano),
Hanna Labut (mezzo-soprano),
Pavlo Khmara (violin),
Natalia Kravchenko (piano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
16 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
18 – Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Roger McMurrin (US), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
19 – Tamara Roi’s project “Gabriel Faure. Composer’s Portrait”

Circus

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

Nov. 13-Dec. 15 – Caravan
of Miracles Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Nov. 12-Dec. 31 – Liudmyla
Meshkova (ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War
(vul. Lavrska 24)

12-30 – In memory of the 70th
anniversary of Kyiv’s liberation
by Soviet troops during WW II
Kyiv Addresses to which WW II
Killed-in-Action Notifications
Were Forwarded (documents,
manuscripts, photos of such
notifications, drawings)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Mon.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

Nov. 12-Dec. 1 – The Society
of Independent Artists
(early 20th c. Ukrainian
avant-garde). Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.;
11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

12-18 – Exhibition in commemoration of the 170th birth anniversary
of Mihaly Munkacsy
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

12-13 – Volodymyr Veshtak
(paintings), Iryna
Veshtak-Ostromenska (sculpture)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

12-19 – Oleh and Tetiana Zhyvotkovs (paintings and watercolors)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

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