Reminiscences of Jarmila Novotná, 1988.

Biographical Note

Opera singer

Scope and Contents

Early 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

Subjects

• Czechoslovakia--History--Coup d'état, 1948.
• Interviews.
• Motion picture acting.
• Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994--Interviews.
• Opera producers and directors.
• Operas.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Singers--Interviews.
• Singing--Instruction and study.
• Stein, Rose (Rózsi), interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990