Theaters and concert venues have not yet been allowed to reopen by the Ukrainian government, but music lovers have been craving some live music.
On May 30 and 31, the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater held a free concert on its balcony, drawing a crowd to its building on Kontraktova Ploscha. The event was a gift to citizens on the Day of Kyiv, a holiday celebrated on the last weekend of May.
The orchestra and soloists performed Ukrainian folk songs and sung poetry known as “romance.”
The quarantine in Ukraine is set to end on June 22 granted that the infection rate continues to decline. There is still no word from the health authorities how performing arts venues will have to adapt to the sanitary and distancing rules.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of June 1: 718 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 9,690 have recovered.
- 24,012 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of May 31. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine entered the third stage of lifting quarantine on June 1.
- Indoor restaurants are set to open on June 10, if not sooner.
- Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro subways reopened on May 25.
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
- With international travel on hold, Ukrainians prepare to travel across Ukraine
- TripsGuard website tracks coronavirus travel restrictions in 84 nations.
- Where to buy masks.
