Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Jarmila Novotná, 1988Biographical NoteOpera singer
Scope and ContentsEarly opera career in Prague; performances in Europe, New York; training in Italy, 1927; recollections of various composers, conductors; life in New York after start of World War II; starring role in American film production opposite Montgomery Clift; return to Czechoslovakia after end of World War II; confiscation of property by Czech government after communist revolution in 1948
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990
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