Oral history interview with Jarmila Novotná, 1988
Oral history interview with Jarmila Novotná, 1988
- Name
- Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994 (Interviewee)
- Stein, Rose (Rózsi) (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jarmila Novotná, 1988
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Jarmila Novotná, 1988
- Abstract
- 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
- Collection Name
- Austrian project
- Subjects
- Singers; Operas; Opera producers and directors; Singing--Instruction and study; Motion picture acting; Czechoslovakia History Coup d'état, 1948; Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Note (Biographical)
- Opera singer
- Note
- Interview by Rose Stein on May 19, 1988
- Note (Provenance)
- Jarmila Novotná, Gift 1990
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 14361468
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-h0xj-7z25
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.
