Jarmila Novotna was Czech soprano singer stage and screen actress She made her operatic debut at the Prague Opera House on June 28 1925 as Marenka in Smetanas The Bartered Bride Her film debut was in Vyznavaci slunceThe Sun Disciples 1926 In 1929 she joined the Kroll Opera in Berlin She created the female lead in Jaromir Weinbergers new operetta Frühlingsstürme in 1933 the last music drama produced in the Weimar Republic Jarmila Nvotna and her singing partner Richard Tauber were both forced to leave Germany by the new Nazi regime