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| {{picture|file=Josef Paleček.jpg|caption='''Josef Paleček''' (1842-1915)}}
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| Czech singer (bass), director and teacher (b. 18 or 28 September 1842 {{NS}} in Jestřabí Lhota, near Kolín; d. 11/24 February 1915 in [[Petrograd]]); known in Russia as '''''Osip Osipovich Palechek''''' (Осип Осипович Палечек) or '''''Iosif Iosifovich Palechek''''' (Иосиф Иосифович Палечек).
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| He studied music in [[Prague]] as an organist and singer, and in 1864 he became one of the leading soloists at the city's Provisional Theatre. Here he was the first to sing the part of Susanin in [[Glinka]]'s opera ''A Life for the Tsar'' on the Czech stage. In 1869 he joined the Italian Opera company in [[Moscow]], but the following year he transferred to the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]], where he eventually became choirmaster (from 1882), and then stage director (from 1900). During this period he frequently returned to give recitals in [[Prague]] and provincial Russian cities. In 1888, he founded an opera class at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory, becoming its professor in 1912.
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| Paleček was the director for the first production at the Mariinsky Theatre of Tchaikovsky's opera ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in 1884, as well as for the premieres of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' and ''[[Iolanta]]'', which took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1890 and 1892 respectively.
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 3 letters from Tchaikovsky to Josef Paleček have survived, dating from 1891, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 4396]]''' – 3/15 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4407]]''' – 14/26 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4529]]''' – 28 October/9 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
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| One letter from Paleček to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1891, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, No. 3223).
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1913/43}} (1913)
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| * {{bib|1965/16}} (1965)
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| * {{bib|1994/113}} (1994)
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| * {{bib|2003/105}} (2003)
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| ==External Links==
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| * [[wikipedia:cs:Josef_Paleček_(pěvec)|Wikipedia]] (Czech)
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| * {{viaf|8305160211335448920002}}
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| [[Category:People|Paleček, Josef]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Paleček, Josef]]
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| [[Category:Singers|Paleček, Josef]]
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