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[[File:Nationaal Theater Praag binnenkort in ons land optreden Linksboven Wysozanska, , Bestanddeelnr 915-2371.jpg|thumb|Václav Kašlík (back row right) in 1963. Photo by Jack de Nijs / Anefo, sourced from Wikipedia]]
Václav Kašlík, (born Sept. 28, 1917, Poličná, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]— died June 4, 1989, Prague) was a [[:Category: Czech Republic|Czech]] composer and conductor who produced operas for theatre and television.

==Biography==
In Prague, Kašlík studied at Charles University (1936–39) and the Prague Conservatory (1936–40), completing his studies at the Conductors’ Master School there (1940–42). He made his conducting debut in Prague (1940) and his operatic debut in Brno as producer and conductor of Orfeo ed Euridice (1941). He served as assistant director of the National Theatre of Prague (1941–43), before creating and leading the opera ensemble of the Opera of May 5th (1945–48) with [[Alois Hába]], which was later renamed the Smetana Theatre, where he was a conductor throughout the 1950s. He then joined the National Theatre as chief opera director (1961), and he later became opera director (1966). His collaborators were the designers Josef Svoboda and Alfred Radok.

Kašlík’s best-known opera was Krakatit (1960), which had an electronic score that combined orchestral, jazz, and popular music with a text exploring the merits of atomic energy. He was known for using unorthodox sets, still projections, moving screens, and other theatrical techniques; his keen instincts for innovative touches were noted in a Kašlík-Svoboda production of Don Giovanni at the Prague Spring Festival in 1988. His compositions are colored by the folk music of Moravia and Moravian Wallachia, as well as jazz and pop music.

==References==
# https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaclav-Kaslik
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Ka%C5%A1l%C3%ADk

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