Václav Kašlík

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 television.

Václav Kašlík
Back row (left to right): Jadwiga Wysoczanská, Annie Delorie [nl], Václav Kašlík. Front row: Ivo Žídek, Ivana Mixová [cs] (?) in 1963
Born	28 September 1917 Poličná, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Died	1989-06-04 (aged 21–22) Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Occupation(s)	composer, opera director and conductor

Biography

Kašlík was born in Poličná in Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now part of Valašské Meziříčí in the Czech Republic). He studied musicology at Prague University and composition, conducting, and opera production at the Prague Conservatory. 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 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 Josef Svoboda.

His compositions are influenced by the folk music of Moravia and Moravian Wallachia, as well as jazz and pop music.

External links

• Ivana Rentsch (2005). "Václav Kašlík". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland] (in German). Vol. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 967–968. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.