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

1. Obituary
2. 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 .."
3. The rough guide to opera ed Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley