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Jarmila Novotna Autograph: Hand-signed Portrait-postkarcd, early signature The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Jarmila Novotná (1907 - 1994) was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress. From 1940 to 1956 she was a star of the Metropolitan Opera.
In 1925 she sang the Violetta in Verdi's La traviata and 1928 she starred in Verona as Gilda opposite Giacomo Lauri-Volpi in Verdi's Rigoletto and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples as Adina opposite Tito Schipa in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. In 1929 she joind the Kroll Opera in Berlin, where she sang Violetta as well as the title roles of Puccini's Manon Lescaut and Madama Butterfly.
On January 5, 1940, she made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, as Mimí in Puccini's La bohème.
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