Hanno Kompus (real name Johannes Kompus, pseudonym HaKo; 4 March 1890 Rannu Parish,

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– 25 October 1974

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, Canada) was an

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n art and theatre critic, art historian, theatre director and architect.Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon (EKABL). Tallinn:

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, 1996. Page 197 In 1918, he graduated from

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. In 1918 he participated on

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. 1920-1922 he worked at

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. 1923-1936 he was an operatic director at Estonia Theatre. From 1936 until 1940, he worked at Riigi Ringhääling (State Broadcasting). Following the

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in 1944, he fled to Sweden, where he designed a number of small houses around Stockholm, illustrated

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books and worked at several small Estonian language refugee and expatriate theatres. In 1951, he emigrated to Canada, where he established the Montreali Eesti Teater, where he acted as both a director and an actor.

Theatre productions

* Wagner's "Lohengrin" (1927) * Aav's "Vikerlased" (1928) * Nicolai's "Windsori lõbusad naised" (1930) * Vedro's "Kaupo" (1932) * Mozart's "Võluflööt" (1936)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kompus, Hanno 1890 births 1974 deaths Estonian theatre directors Estonian art critics Estonian art historians Estonian architects Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence Riga Technical University alumni Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden Estonian emigrants to Canada People from Elva Parish