Václav Kašlík (28 September 1917 – 4 June 1989) was a Czech composer, opera director and conductor, known for his operas, both on the stage and on

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Biography

Kašlík was born in Poličná in

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(now part of

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in the

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). He studied musicology at

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, and composition, conducting, and opera production at the

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. In 1940 he began working for Brno radio as a conductor, and made his debut as a director at the Prague National Theatre with Boleslav Vomáčka's ''The Watersprite''. In 1945 he and

Alois Hába Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-tone scal ...

founded on the grounds of the former ''Neues Deutsches Theater'' the ''Grand Opera of the Fifth of May'' (today the State Opera Prague). In 1953 he returned to the Prague National Theatre, establishing international reputation as a director. His use of television, film, and projections brought him wide acclaim, particularly due to the collaboration with

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. His compositions are colored by the folk music of Moravia and

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, as well as jazz and pop music.

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