Jaroslav Chundela

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Jaroslav Chundela (born December 16, 1936 in Brno , † June 21, 1995 in Munich ) was a Czech actor and ( opera ) director .

Life

After completing his training in 1951 , Chundela was engaged in the Stanislav Kostka Neumann Theater in Prague . In the 1960s and 1970s he worked as an opera director at the Jozef Gregor Tajovského Theater in Banská Bystrica .

In 1972 he came to the drama studio in Ústí nad Labem . This was founded as the successor to the Kladivadlo of Chundela, which was banned by the communist regime, and he became its first artistic director. Under his leadership the theater was of recognized high standard and he worked there with a number of talented young actors such as George Bartoška , Charles Kamille and Paul Zednicek . Chundela became one of the leading Czech directors who, however, could not work with the totalitarian regime in Prague. Among others, John Grossman , Ewald Schorm and John Drake worked for Chundela . In 1975 Chundela moved to Prague and worked for three years as a director in the Theater on the Balustrade . During these years he also staged several operas at the National Theater in Brno . Occasionally he appeared as an actor in theater and film.

In 1978 he emigrated to Switzerland and worked in many theaters in the Federal Republic of Germany . He became known nationwide as an opera director. The Aalto-Theater in Essen opened in 1988 with his production of Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . But he also continued to work for the theater, so he premiered Tankred Dorst's Merlin or Das wüsten Land at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus .

literature

  • Jan Procházka: Režisér Jaroslav Chundela ... mnichovskýma očima . Scéna roč. 15, č. 16 (19900808), p. 12f.

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personal data
SURNAME Chundela, Jaroslav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chundela, Yaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech director
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1995
Place of death Munich