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Eduard NápravnĂk
Eduard Frantsovitch NápravnĂk (Russian: ĐĐ´Ńард Францович Направник, August 24 1839, Býšť, Bohemia - November 23 1916, Petrograd) was a Czech conductor and composer, who settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades. In that capacity, he conducted the premieres of many operas by Russian composers, including those by Mussorgsky, CĂ©sar Cui and Rimsky-Korsakov.
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