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Přemysl Kočí
Czech operatic baritone, actor, music educator, stage director and theatre manager
Přemysl Kočí (1 June 1917 – 15 January 2003) was a Czech operatic baritone, actor, music educator, stage director, theatre manager and official of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[1]
Biography
Born in Rychvald, Kočí attended high school in Bohumín.
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After graduating, he initially wanted to become a teacher and pursued studies at the teacher training college in Ostrava. He became interested in music and in 1937 began studying voice privately, first with J. Soupal and then Rudolf Vašek.
In 1939 he made his professional opera debut as Escamillo in Georges Bizet's Carmen at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre in Ostrava.[1]
In 1940 Kočí joined the roster of principal singers at the National Theatre in Prague.
He sang there in major roles for over the next two years, collaborating often with conductor Vaclav Talich. He returned to the opera house in Ostrava