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Zdeněk Chalabala (18 April 1899, Uherské Hradiště – 4 March 1962) was a Czech conductor. He conducted orchestras in Prague, Ostrava, Moscow. He studied conducting at the Brno Conservatory with František Neumann, and after a few years gaining experience was appointed a conductor of the Brno Opera in 1926 alongside Břetislav Bakala; in 1932 conducted the premiere there of ''Flammen'' by Erwin Schulhoff. He also conducted performances of operas by Borodin, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.〔Lambert, P. In the shadow of Talich. ''International Classical Record Collector'', Summer 1996, Vol 2, 5, p20-22.〕 In 1924 he founded the Slovácká filharmonie (Slovak Philharmonic). He was chief opera conductor of the Slovak National Theatre, where he produced many Yugoslav and Russian operas. He was also conductor in the National Theatre of Brno. His students included Vítězslava Kaprálová. Chalabala was dismissed from the post at the end of the war and worked in Ostrava, Brno and Bratislava before returning to the Prague National Theatre as principal conductor in 1953, a position he held until his death. He took the company to Moscow in 1956 which led to an engagement at the Bolshoi, where he conducted Leoš Janáček's ''Jenůfa'' and gave the Moscow premiere of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' by Vissarion Shebalin.〔 ==Selected recordings== * 1953 - Suchon's ''Krútňava'' with Slovak National Theatre company (Supraphon) * 1953 - Fibich's ''Šárka'' * 1956 - excerpts from Foerster's ''Eva'' * 1957 - Shebalin's comic opera ''The Taming of the Shrew'' - premiere, recording with Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Yevgeny Kibkalo (baritone), Glafira Deomidova (soprano). * 1958 - Smetana's ''The Kiss'' * 1961 - Dvořák: ''The Golden Spinning Wheel''; ''The Wood Dove''; ''The Midday Witch''; ''The Water Goblin''. Czech Philharmonic, Zdeněk Chalabala, Urania 5172 (Koch).〔''The Gramophone'': Volume 83, Issues 993-996, 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zdeněk Chalabala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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