Helena Tattermuschová (born January 28, 1933[1]) is a Czech lyric coloratura soprano, known chiefly for her character roles in the operas of Mozart and Janáček.
[5] Upon completion of her studies, she was engaged by the Zdenek Nejedlý Theater of the Ostrava Opera (now the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre), where she made her stage debut as Musetta in 1955.
That distinctively girlish vocal quality inclined Tattermuschová to the soubrette characters in Mozart operas, notably Papagena in The Magic Flute, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro.
Tattermuschová’s singular contribution to opera was her body of work singing the Czech repertoire on the national and international stage as well as on recordings.
[8] Her youthful voice uniquely suited Tattermuschová to the key role of the boy Aljeja in the nearly all-male cast of Janáček’s From the House of the Dead (performed at the 1964 Edinburgh Festival).