Kiev Opera Theatre Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater is situated in the building of Kiev Opera House which was built by Victor Schroeter in 1901. In 1939 Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater was named after Taras Shevchenko. Address of Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater isVladimirskaya 50, Kiev. Ticket prices of shows in Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater are 50 – 100 Hryvnia ($10.00 – 20.00). They are available at the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater ticket box office (234-7165). Day shows in Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater start at 12:00. Evening shows in Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater start at 19:00. 1628 spectators can enjoy opera or ballet shows in Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater.

Visiting Kiev Opera House you can enjoy the operas by  S. Gulak-Artemovski  (“Zaporozhets za Dunaem”), P. Tchaikovski  (“Eugene Onegin”), G. Rossini (“Barber from Sevilla”), M. Lysenko (“Natalka Poltavka”), G. Puccini (“Queen of Spades”), G. Verdi (“La Traviata”, “Rigoletto”, “Requiem”), V. Belini (“Norma”), G. Donizetti (“Lucia di Lammermoor” ). Visiting Kiev Opera House you can enjoy the ballets by M. Rimski-Korsakov (“Scheherazade”), A. Adam (“Giselle”, “Le Corsair”), P. Tchaikovski (“Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”), L. Minkus (“Don Quixote”), S. Prokofiev (“Romeo and Juliet “),M. Mussorgsky (“Boris Godunov”), W.A. Mozart (“Figaro”), M. Skorulski (“Song of a Forrest”), J. Strauss (“Viennese Waltz”).

Music events in St. Andrew's Church The baroque St Andrew's Church was built by Bartholemeo Rastrelli in Kiev in 1747–1754. Since 1968 St Andrew's Church has been used as a museum and a concert hall. The address of St Andrew's Church is Andreevskiy spusk, 23 . Concerts in St Andrew's Church take place every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 19:30. Tickets are available at the St. Andrew's church from 19:30 till 20:00 daily. Prices of tickets for concerts in St Andrew's Church range from 10 to 45 Hryvnas.

Visiting the concerts in St. Andrew’s Church you can enjoy the Chamber Vocal and Instrumental music by W.A. Mozart, J. Brahms, A. Vivaldi, E. Grieg, Glinka, Chaikovsky, Rahmaninov.

Kiev Operetta Theatre Kiev Operetta Theater was founded in 1934. Address of Kiev Operetta Theater is 53/3 Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St., Kiev. Kiev Operetta Theater is situated in former Troitsky People’s House which was built by Osmak and Antonovsky in 1902. Ticket prices of shows in Kiev Operetta Theater are 5 – 70 Hryvnia ($1.00 – 14.00). They are available at the Kiev Operetta Theater ticket box office . Day shows in Kiev Operetta Theater start at 12:00. Evening shows in Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater start at 19:00. 1006 spectators can enjoy shows in Kiev Operetta Theater.

Visiting Kiev Operetta Theatre you can enjoy the operettas by  J. Strauss (“The Bat”, “Gypsy Baron”), F. Lehar (“Merry Widow”), E. Kalman (“Silva”, Mister X”, “Mariza”, “Bayadera”), G. Offenbach (“Party with Italians”). Visiting Kiev Operetta Theatre you can enjoy the musicals by F. Loewe (“My Fair Lady”), I. Poklad (“Such a Jewish Happiness”). National academic dramatic theater named after I.Franko 3, Ivan Franko square, Kiev Website:http://www.franko-theatre.kiev.ua/. In 1920 in Vinnitsa a small traveling troupe, headed by outstanding Ukrainian actor Ignat Petrovich Yura, was founded. The first play that was shown to the public was Sin by Vinnichenko. All the actors of the new troupe were rather young. And later many of them have gone down in history of the Ukrainian theatre. The troupe worked with enthusiasm practically 24 hours a day: only during the first season 23 new productions were shown. The theatre that newspapers praised "the theatre of the new age" enjoyed a great popularity. After three years of wandering the troupe at last was invited to Kharkov, then the capital of Ukraine, and given a permanent stage. This date marks the new period in the history of the theatre that had turned from a small wandering provincial troupe into a rather big capital theater. In summer 1926 the theatre moved to Kiev and settled in the ancient building the theatre occupies nowadays. On the 30th of September citizens of Kiev could appreciate the play Vii, Ostap Vishni's interpretation of Gogol's play. In 1994 the theatre got the status of National Theatre. From that time it is known under its present name, the National Academic Theatre named after I. Frank. Nowadays the theatre is headed by national actor of Ukraine, Bogdan Stupka, who was chosen an artistic director of the theatre after the tragic death of Sergey Danchenko, who worked in the theatre for almost a quarter of a century. Kiev state theater of drama and comedy on the left bank 25, Brovarsky Avenue Kiev Website: http://www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua/ In spite of its rather academic name the Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy, located on the left bank of the Dnepr River, is a very innovative and young establishment. The theatre was founded in 1979 on the initiative of Eduard Mitnizky, who headed the company and become the artistic director of the troupe. The first play of the new theatre that opened a galaxy of bright performances was Acme by Ukrainian playwright Rodion Fedenev. It was one of the first theatres in Kiev, which established a small stage called The Theatre in the Foyer, where for the first time in the soviet theatre the play in Ukrainian (Lies by Vinnichenko) was staged. Black Quadrat Theater 1, Lviv Square , Kiev Website: www.artkvadrat.com The theatre of improvisation appeared in the Ukrainian capital in the early 1990s. There is a funny legend about the foundation of the Cherny Kvadrat. Once in some theatrical studio a "real disaster", a "horrible nightmare" that haunts any actor, happened. The theatre house was full, the audience gathered to enjoy the new play, but the performance wasn't ready. Then the actors walked out on the stage and bravely started to improvise. The performance ended with a thunderous ovation. The repertoire of the theater stretches from improvisations to modern performances, experimental theatrical projects and even academic plays. Marionet Theater 29/3, Sagaydachnogo Str. Kiev  Website: www.marionet.com.ua. The Kiev Marionette Theatre has been transporting children to an imaginary world of talking puppets and fairy tales since November 1989, when the first performance of the new theatre, founded by producer and artist Mikhailo Yaremchuk, was shown to the public. Since then this rather small theatre with a chamber-like auditorium seating 100 people has been a destination for a lot of children. The theatre presents the celebrated play Cherry Orchard by outstanding Russian writer A. Chekhov. Another popular award-winning performance for grown-ups is "The House Which Swift Built". It is a unique puppet version of the legendary play by Grigory Gorin, where marionettes and actors play together creating the sparkling and exciting performance. BRAVO KIEV DRAMA THEATRE OF LYUBOV TITARENKO 79 Olesya Gonchara St. Kiev Lyubov Titarenko once was an actress of the State Academic Russian Drama Theatre named after Lesya Ukrainka, but because of some reason she left it and created her own theatre, which has gone down in the history as the first private theatre of Kiev. While the theatre is private, Lyubov Titarenko, its artistic director and actress, is free to invite the actors she considers to be most suitable for particular roles. Besides, Lyubov Titarenko has assembled a wonderful company of four permanent actors - national actor of Ukraine Valery Sivach, Olga Radchuk, Anatoly Suchanov and Lyubov Titarenko herself. Other actors work on a contractual basis. The extensive theatre repertoire represents mainly comedies by modern Ukrainian and foreign playwrights. There one can find the last play by Joe Orton What the Butler Saw, The Value of Love by Mikhail Zadornov, I Prepay by Nadezhda Ptushkina, Tanya-Tanya by Olya Muchina. The play that aroused immense public interest was Napoleon and Josephine offering a marvelously entertaining glance into a past history from a fresh perspective. The central theme of all the plays staged by the Bravo is the relationship between a man and a woman. The theme of love and sincerity run through the entire repertoire of the Bravo Theater. Theater of Light Lux aeterna  57/3, Velika Vasilkivska Str., Kiev Website: www.luxaeterna.com.ua Plastic Drama Theater on Pechersk  7a, Shelkovichna Str. Kiev Website: www.ktpd.ho.com.ua Kiev state academic theater of puppets 1-а Grushevskogo Str. Kiev  Website:http://akadempuppet.kiev.ua/ Kiev academic young theater  17, Proreznaya Str. Kiev Website: www.molody.kiev.ua Kiev academic theater of young spectator in Lipki 15/17 Lipskaya Str. Kiev Website:www.tuz.kiev.ua. National academic  theater of Russian drama named after Lesya Ukrainka 5, B.Hmelnitskogo Str. Kiev  Website:http://www.rusdram.com.ua/ Kiev theater of Jewish song "Neshome" 4/13, Sretenskaya Str. Website: www.jew.kiev.ua. Kiev Municipal theater 21, Andreyevsky spusk Str. Website: www.teatr-kiev.kiev.ua New theater on Pechersk   3, Shovkovichna Str. Website: www.newtheatre.kiev.ua Na Grushkah Theater 3b, Antonovicha Str. Kiev Website: www.woman-theatre.org.ua Divniy Zamok Chamber Theater 11, Yerevanskaya Str. Kiev Website:www.divozamok.kiev.ua Koleso Theater  8, Andreyevskiy Spusk Str. Kiev Website: www.koleso.teatr.kiev.ua Kiev Actor Theater  40, Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya Str. Kiev Website: www.teatr-aktor.kiev.ua Dakh Modern Arts Center 136, Velika Vasilkivska Str. Kiev Website: www.dax.com.ua Kiev Young Spectator Theater on Lipki 15/17, Lipska Str. Kiev Website:http://www.tuz.kiev.ua/ Romans Gipsy Musical Drama Theater 38, Peremogy Avenue, Kiev Website: www.romans.kiev.ua