Koci, Premysl
Performer
Přemysl Kočí (1 June 1917- 15 January 2003) was a Czech operatic baritone, actor, music educator, stage director, theater manager and official of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.Born in Rychvald, Kočí attended high school in Bohumín. 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. [source from Wikipedia]
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