Jaroslav Kyzlink

Who is Jaroslav Kyzlink?

Jaroslav Kyzlink, is a Czech conductor, currently the music director of the National Theatre in Prague, appointed in August 2012.

Born in Brno, Czech Republic, he graduated from the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in chorus and orchestra conducting.

Since 1992 he has worked for the Janacek Opera in Brno, as a chorus master, conductor, principal conductor and artistic director. Since 1999 he has been a regular guest conductor at the State Opera in Prague and since 2002 also at Prague National Theatre Opera. From 2004 to 2006 he was the music director of the Slovak National Theatre, and now he works there as a permanent guest conductor.

He has conducted more than 30 operas, including Handel´s Alcina and Britten´s Peter Grimes. He specializes in Janacek´s works and has conducted most of them.

In December 2008 he contributed to a joint production of Gluck's Orfeo and Eurydice for Slovak National Theatre and Teatr Vielki Warsawa by musical preparation.

In 2009 he prepared and conducted Tchajkovskij's Eugen Onegin in the National Theatre, Brno and the new production of Dvořák's Rusalka in the Greek National Opera in Athens.