Zdeněk Lukáš

Zdeněk Lukáš (21 August 1928 – 13 July 2007) was a Czech composer. He authored over 330 works. Biography Lukáš was born on 21 August 1928 in Prague. He graduated from a teachers’ college and worked as a teacher from 1953 to 1963. He was a musical editor and program director at the national broadcasting company in Plzeň and conducted the , a choir in Plzeň. He died on 13 July 2007 in Prague, at the age of 78. Selected works Opera * Ať žije mrtvý (Let the Dead Live), Op.52 (1967); 3 scenes; libretto by Jiří Hurt * O smutné princezně Upolíně (Upolína, the Sad Princess), Op.57 (1968); little children’s opera for radio; libretto by Kamil Bednář * Domácí karneval (The Local Carnival), Op.60 (1968); Chamber opera for radio (or television); libretto by Zdeněk Barborka * Planeta s tiše fialovou září (The Planet with the Light Purple Glow), Astronomical Opera, Op.141 (1979); libretto by Jiří Suchý * Falkenštejn, Op.197 (1984–1985); libretto by Dagmar Ledečová * Veta za vetu (Measure for Measure), Op.206 (1986); 2 acts (6 scenes); libretto by Dagmar Ledečová after William Shakespeare Orchestra * Pathetická předehra (Pathétique Overture), Op. 2 * Rej (Rondo), Op.3 * Matce (To Mother), Symphoni