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LEISURE BULLETIN

February 20-26
19 February, 2013 - 09:39
National Art Museum. March 1-31. PRINTS BY SERHII KONONCHUK. LANDSCAPE KYIV / Photo courtesy of the National Art Museum

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

20 – Gala concert by La Scala soloists (Italy)
21 – Gala concert in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky’s birth
22 – Un Ballo in Maschera,
opera by Verdi
23 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
24 – Norma, opera (in Italian) by Bellini
26 – Gala concert in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Stefan
Turchak’s birth

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

20 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
21 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
21 – The Paradise Case by Malkovych
22 – Small stage. Overture
to Rendezvous by Franko
22 – Kin IV by Gorin
23 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan
24 – Frederic, or Crime Boulevard (based on Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s scripts)
26 – A Wife Is a Wife (based on Anton Chekhov’s stories)

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

20, 26 – Premiere. Le Malade
Imaginaire by Moliere
21 – Page 105 about Love
(based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
21 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. The Sorrows
of Young Werther by Goethe
22 – Don Quixote. 1938 by Bulgakov
22 (at 8 p.m.) – A Matter of Honor (based on Kurt Hubner’s scripts)
23 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
23 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
24 (at noon) – No 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
24 – Quartet by Harwood
24 (at 8 p.m.) – Black Maidens by Zaimoglu and Zenkel
25 – Premiere. The Follies of Love
by Regnard

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

20 – Mein Kampf, or Socks
in the Coffee Pot by Tabori
21 – Premiere. Opiskin. Foma
(based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
22 – Playing Chonkin by Voinovich
23 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Three Sisters by Chekhov
23 – Lyne by Mardan
24 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. My Dear Boys by Dostoevsky and Volodin
24 – Prodigal Father’s Homecoming by Noyabriov
25 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
26 – The Petty Demon by Sologub

Music

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

20 – Concert in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Oleksii
Hulianytsky’s birth
21 – Concert “Unknown Pages
in the History of Classic Opera”
22 – Antal Zalai (violin, Hungary),
National Philharmonic Society’s
Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Mykola Diadiura
23 – Dimitris Kotronakis (guitar, Greece)
24 – Concert “Masterpieces
of Classical Music”
25 – In commemoration of the 199th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth. Concert “Taras’s Chamber”
26 – Concert of the cycle “Noted
Poets in Music.” Lina Kostenko

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

(Curtain at 7.30 p.m.)
20 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted by Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko. Soloist –
Iryna Kharechko (organ)
21 – Philippe Villa (guitar, France),
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
23 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
25 – Concert in memory of Maurice Andre (1933-2012)
26 – Ravisan Trio, Hanna Bubnova (organ)

Circus

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

Feb. 20-Apr. 30 – From Heart to Heart Show
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat. and Sun.

Museums

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

Standing exhibits: Lavra Caves:
History, Archaeology, and
Architecture; Lavra Treasury.
17th – 20th cc. Relics (from the
preserve’s collection)
Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Feb. 19-Mar. 25 – Mykola Murashko and His Students (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m., on Wed. –
10 a.m.-5 p.m.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

Feb. 19-Mar. 10 – Mykola Pymonenko (paintings)
Mar.1 -Mar. 31 – Serhii Kononchuk (prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m.
on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

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

19-24 – Flowers and Birds
(traditional Chinese art)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10-b)

Feb. 19-Mar. 2 – Yurii Herts (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

Feb. 22-Mar. 10 – Kateryna Dudnyk (paintings), Ukrainian artists’ author’s dolls
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Ya Gallery
(vul. Voloska 55/57, vul. Khoryva 49-b)

Feb. 20-Mar. 11 – Serhii Dehtiariov’s project. Open 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

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