Otmar Mácha Explained

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.ucps.cz/portal/cz/01-01-clanek.php?see_ID=935 Zemřel skladatel Otmar Mácha
2. 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]"