Background
Julie Reisserová was born in Prague.
Julie Reisserová was born in Prague.
She studied piano with Adolf Mikeš and singing with Richard Figar. From 1919-1921 she studied composition in Prague with Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
She continued her composition studies in Bern with Ernst Hohlfeld and with Albert Roussel (1924-1929) and Nadia Boulanger. Her work was performed in Bern, Paris, Geneva, Copenhagen and in Philadelphia. The operetta premiered on 14 November 1936 in Olomouc and was also staged on 18 April 1937 in Prague.