Jaroslav Krombholc
{{Short description|Czechoslovak conductor}}
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| birth_date = 30 January 1918
| birth_place = Prague, Austria-Hungary 24px
{{small|(now Prague, Czech Republic)}}
| death_date = {{Death date|1983|7|16|df=y}} (aged 65)
| death_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia 24px
{{small|(now Prague, Czech Republic)}}
| occupation = Conductor
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File:Hrob Krombholc - Tauberová, Mělník.jpg, in Mělník]]
Jaroslav Krombholc (Prague, 30 January 1918 - 16 July 1983) was a Czechoslovak conductor.[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/July05/Krombholc.htm Obituary]
Biography
Krombholc was 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 theatres.
He made various recordings of Czech operas for Supraphon, notably Janáček's Káťa Kabanová,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 tension during Jenufa's three pithy acts." and Martinů's Julietta.The rough guide to opera ed Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley 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
- {{cite web|language=czech |url=http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/default.aspx?jz=cs&dk=Umelec.aspx&ju=2519 |title=page on National Theatre |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002230603/http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/default.aspx?jz=cs&dk=Umelec.aspx&ju=2519 |archivedate=2013-10-02 }}
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Category:Czech conductors (music)
Category:Male conductors (music)
Category:20th-century Czech male musicians
Category:Czechoslovak conductors (music)
Category:Prague Conservatory alumni
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