Jaroslav Krombholc

Jaroslav Krombholc (Prague, 30 January 1918 - 16 July 1983) was a Czech conductor.[1] 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 of the National Theatre, Prague by Václav Talich.

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