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Kubelik, [Jeronym] Rafael
Born: 1914 AD
Died: 1996 AD, at 82 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1996 AD, at 82 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Swiss (Czechoslovakian-born) conductor
director of Brno Opera House 1939-1941
emigrated from Czechoslovakia 1948 to protest Communist takeover
immigrated to Switzerland (naturalized Swiss citizen 1973)
director of Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1950-1953
music director of Royal Opera at Covent Garden 1955-1958
director of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1961-1980
music director of New York Metropolitan Opera 1973-1974
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