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Jessika is a 1905 Czech-language opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster to a libretto after Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and named after the character Jessica in that play. [1]
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them," and Dvořák has been described as "arguably the most versatile... composer of his time".
Heinz von Foerster was an Austrian-American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of second-order cybernetics. He was twice a Guggenheim fellow and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980. He is well known for his 1960 Doomsday equation formula published in Science predicting future population growth.
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Josef Bohuslav Foerster was a Czech composer and musicologist. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster, and his surname is sometimes spelled Förster.
Jaroslav Vrchlický was a Czech lyrical poet. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature eight times.
Václav Smetáček was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster is a French visual artist and educator. She is known for her work in video projection, photography, and art installations. She has worked in landscaping, design, and writing. "I always look for experimental processes. I like the fact that at the beginning I don't know how to do things and then, slowly, I start learning. Often exhibitions don't give me this learning possibility anymore."
Gabriela Preissová, née Gabriela Sekerová, sometimes used pen name Matylda Dumontová, was a Czech writer and playwright. Her play Její pastorkyňa was the basis for the opera Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček, as well as a film by Miroslav Cikán. His earlier opera The Beginning of a Romance was also based on one of her stories.
Richard Foerster was a German classical scholar.
Ivan Kusnjer is a Czech baritone opera singer. His discography includes recordings of many of the main baritone roles of Czech opera and song.
Jessika Kenney is an experimental vocalist, composer, and teacher.
Eva is a Czech-language opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster first performed in Prague in 1899. It is one of the "new realism" operas of the turn of the century with strong Moravian Slovak elements.
Pozdvižení v Efesu is a Czech-language opéra bouffe by Iša Krejčí to a libretto by Josef Bachtík based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. It was written from 1939 until 1943.
Jessika Heiser is an American professional wrestling referee and former professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Jessika Carr. After signing with the company in 2017, Heiser became the first female WWE referee since the 1980s. She is also known by her ring names Jessie Kaye and Kennadi Brink on the independent circuit. She regularly worked for Maryland Championship Wrestling.
Jessika Ponchet is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 119 in singles, achieved on 8 May 2023, and 101 in doubles, achieved on 28 November 2022.
Jessica Muscat, more commonly known as Jessika is a Maltese singer and actress. She represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Who We Are", alongside Jenifer Brening. She had previously attempted to represent her home country every year from 2008 to 2017 and in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Precious Time". As an actress, she plays the character of Emma on daily Maltese soap opera Ħbieb u Għedewwa.
Jenifer Brening is a German singer and songwriter who represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Who We Are", alongside Jessika. She previously participated in the talent show The Winner Is ... and in the eleventh season of the talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
Richard Batka was an Austrian musicologist, music critic and librettist. Educated at German Charles-Ferdinand University in his native city of Prague, he began his career as a lecturing academic at that institution in 1900; leaving that post in 1906 to teach on the faculty of the Prague Conservatory. In 1908 he moved to Vienna where he taught courses in the history of opera at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 1909 to 1914.
Jessika Roswall is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for European Union Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election, representing Uppsala County.
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