Jaroslav Krombholc
Grave of Jaroslav Krombholc and Maria Tauberová, in Mělník
Jaroslav Krombholc (Prague, 30 January 1918 - 16 July 1983) was a Czech conductor.[1]
Biography
Krombholc is born in a musician family. He studied in Prague Conservatory in 1937-1940 and nearby Václav Talich until 1942. After, he became conductor and director of different theatre. He made various recordings of Czech operas for Supraphon, notably Janáček's Káťa Kabanová,[2] and Martinů's Julietta.[3] He was succeeded as chief conductor and director of the National Theatre, Prague by Václav Talich.
His wife was the soprano Maria Tauberová.
External links
- "page on National Theatre" (in Czech).
References
- ↑ Obituary
- ↑ The Gramophone Christopher Stone - 2003 "Krombholc was an outstanding Janáček conductor - his stereo Supraphon recording of Káťa Kabanová had no rivals until Decca launched its award-winning series of the five great operas under Charles Mackerras - and he rarely relaxes the .."
- ↑ The rough guide to opera ed Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley
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