Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted
Theater
National Opera of Ukraine
(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)
22 – Aleko, opera by Rachmaninoff; Carmen Suite, ballet by Bizet and Shchedrin
23 – Romeo and Juliet, ballet
by Prokofiev
24 – L’elisir d’amore, opera
by Donizetti
25 – The Sleeping Beauty,
ballet by Tchaikovsky
26 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
28 – Caprices of Fate, ballet
by Paganini and Skoryk
Ivan Franko National Drama Theater
(pl. Franka 3, tel. 279-5921)
22 – Nazar Stodolia by Shevchenko
23 – Kean IV by Gorin
24 – Thistle Flower by Vorozhbyt
25 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
26 – A Wife is a Wife
(based on Anton Chekhov’s stories)
28 – Marriage by Hohol
Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 5, tel. 234-4223)
22 – Premiere. Juliet and Romeo (based on Williams Shakespeare’s tragedy)
23 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
23 (at 8 p.m.) – The Cherub,
or The Sexual Neuroses of Our
Parents by Baerfus
24 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
24 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
25 – The Curious Savage by Patrick
25 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
26 (at noon.) – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
26 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. She is Nuts by Ptushkina
26 – Premiere. Liar Wanted
by Psathas
26 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. Klavdia Shulzhenko. The Old Waltz. Music and scenic composition by Olha Havryliuk and Olha Kohut
27 – Imprisoned by Passions (based on Lesia Ukrainka’s The Stone Host)
28 – The Hanger-On by Turgenev
28 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
Drama and Comedy Academic Theater on the Left Bank
(Brovarsky prosp. 25, tel. 517-8980)
22 (at 3 p.m.) – Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
22 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
23 – Lying the Truth by Berger
24 – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
24 – The Dangerous Liaisons
by Laclos
25 (at 3 p.m.) – You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
25 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
26 (at 3 p.m.) – Sea…Night…
Candles… by Bar-Joseph
26 – The Ideal Couple
by Camoletti
28 – What Do Women Want?
(based on Aristophanes’ comedy)
Music
National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine
(Volodymyrsky uzviz 2, tel. 278-1697)
22 – Zoltan Fehervari
(piano, Hungary)
23 – Concert of the Suono Italiano Cycle
24 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
conducted by Vitalii Protasov.
Soloist: Andrii Ostapenko (guitar)
25 – Concert three of the “Opera
Fireworks” Concert Series
26 – Kyiv Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Roman Kofman
27 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. Soloist: Bohdana Pivnenko
28 – Concert “Soul of my Ukraine”
National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75, tel. 528-3186)
(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
22 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music
Ensemble conducted by Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko
23 – Ravisan Trio, Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Iryna Kharechko
(organ)
24 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
25 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
27 – Tetiana Orlova (organ)
28 – Ivan Kucher (cello),
Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Iryna Kharechko (organ),
Tetiana Voitekh (piano)
Circus
National Circus
(pl. Peremohy 2, tel. 486-3856)
Oct.22-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
on Sat., Sun.
Museums
Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)
21-31 – “The Preserved Sunshine” (the first exhibition of the project “Ukrainian Naive Art of the 20th
Century”)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.
National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)
Oct.21-Nov.17 – 1,000th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.
Museum of Books and Book Printing of Ukraine
(vul. Lavrska 9)
Oct. 21-Nov. 11 – Dedicated to the Heavenly Sotnia. “Ukrainian Children – for a United Ukraine” (children’s art)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Tues.
Taras Shevchenko Literary and Memorial Museum
(provulok T. Shevchenka 8a)
Oct.21-Nov.1 – The Magic of Batik (children’s artworks)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.
Galleries
Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)
Oct.22-Nov.20 – Ivan and Vasyl Kostenko (collages)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.
Wunjo-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 9-19)
21-31 – Kateryna Tymofiienko
(paintings)
Open noon-6 p.m.; noon-3 p.m. on Sat., Sun. Closed Mon.
Ya Gallery
(vul. Khoryva 49b)
Oct.21-Nov.3 – Oleksandr Korol’s project
Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun.
