Otmar Mácha
Appearance
Otmar Mácha (2 October 1922 in Mariánské Hory, Ostrava – 14 December 2006 in Pardubice) was a Czech composer.[1][2] He was member of the Quattro group of Czech composers with Sylvie Bodorová, Luboš Fišer and Zdeněk Lukáš.
Works
Operas:
- Polapená nevěra (Infidelity Unmasked 1958)
- Jezero Ukereve (Lake Ukereve 1963)
- Svatba na oko (Feigned Wedding)
- Tarzanova smrt (1963)
- Nenávistná láska (2002)
- Metamorphoses
References
- ^ Zemřel skladatel Otmar Mácha, web Unie českých pěveckých sborů
- ^ The Harvard biographical dictionary of music - Page 533 Don Michael Randel - 1996 "Macha, Otmar... as secretary of the Czech Composers' Union. From 1969 he worked at Czech Radio. Works include 4 operas: Polapená nevěra [Infidelity Unmasked] (1956-57), Jezero Ukereve [Lake Ukereve] (1960-63), Svatba na oko [Feigned Wedding] ... Metamorphoses..the symphonic poem Noc a nadeje [Night and Hope] (1959); Variations on a Theme by Jan Rychlik (orchestra, 1964); Janinka zpivá [Janinka Sings]"