Gregor, Bohumil
Gregor, Bohumil (b Prague, 1926). Cz. conductor. Début Prague 1947. Ass. cond. Brno Opera, 1949–51, mus. dir. Ostrava Opera 1958–62, cond. Prague Nat. Th. 1962–6, Stockholm Opera 1966–9, Hamburg Opera 1969–72. Specialist in operas of Janáček. Brit. début Edinburgh Fest. 1964 (f. Brit. p. of From the House of the Dead) and 1970 (f. Brit. p. of The Excursions of Mr Brouček); Amer. début, S. Francisco 1969 (Jenůfa), returning to cond. Salome and Otello.
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