Ema Destinnová

Source: Czech Centres / FDULS

World-famous opera singer and soprano who performed on stages in Berlin, London, Vienna and Paris.

Source: Czech Centres / FDULS

World-famous opera singer and soprano who performed on stages in Berlin, London, Vienna and Paris. At the New York Metropolitan Opera she formed an unforgettable duo with the famous tenor Enrico Caruso.

The illustrated project Czech Heroines was inspired by the centenary of voting rights for Czech women and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Czech writer Božena Němcová. It is a joint project by the Czech Centres, the Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia and Radio Prague International.