“She was actually my teacher. That approach to creation and to life. She was eager for new things. I also learned honesty at work from her,” director and publicist Olga Sommerová recalled Soňa Červená.
Second career after November 1989
The singer emigrated to West Berlin in 1962. She returned only after several decades. “When she came here afterwards and started her second Czech career here, she brought honesty towards creation and art here. She really gave a lot to this country,” Sommerová told Novinkám.
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Director Olga Sommerová made three films with Červená, and they shared an 18-year friendship
“She was a miracle, a miracle of this country,” she added. According to her, Red’s personality cannot be summed up in one word. She was said to be charismatic, consistent, always prepared and committed. The two ladies collaborated on four films, for example in 2005 on the film My 20th Century.
People said goodbye to Soňa Červená
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In addition, in 2011, Sommerová prepared one of the parts of the 13th Chamber specifically about Sona Červená, and in 2017 she also made her life into a film called Červená.
Recently, she visited her in the hospital where the mezzo-soprano of the National Theater spent the last months of her life.
Photo: Stanislava Benešová, Nauzal
Director Olga Sommerová at the last farewell to opera singer Soňa Červená
“In those 18 years, however, we have had countless experiences. She dragged me to concerts, theaters, we always went somewhere and drove together,” said Sommerová.
In an interview with Nauzal.cz, she also recalled a story she had experienced with a friend: “When she was buying a tomb in Hradec Králové, I told her: Sonia, when people here see that tomb, they’ll think you’re already in the Lord. And she said: The longer I will live,” Olga Sommerová concluded the interview.
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