13th March 1959

The Domovina studio

On 13 March 1959, one of Supraphon’s very first stereophonic recordings was made at the Domovina studio in Prague! The album contains a performance of Leoš Janáček’s opera Katya Kabanova, featuring the singers Ludmila Komancová, Zdeněk Kroupa, Beno Blachut, Viktor Kočí and Drahomíra Tikalová, and the National Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Jaroslav Krombholc.