Greta Bradman

Greta Bradman
Born1979 (age 44–45) or 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43)[1]
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationOperatic soprano
SpouseDidier Elzinga
Children2
FatherJohn Bradman

Greta Bradman (born 1979[2] or 1982)[1] is an Australian operatic soprano.

Career

Richard Bonynge selected Bradman to sing the title role in a concert performance of Handel's Rodelinda in 2014.[3]

Bradman was the subject of two episodes of the ABC TV program Australian Story in 2015.[4] Later that year, she joined David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Lisa McCune for a concert tour of the five Australian mainland state capitals.[5] Bradman's name was added as a critics' choice to the Walk of Fame at the Adelaide Festival Centre.[6]

After guest presenting in 2016, in 2017 Bradman joined ABC Classic FM as a presenter.[7][8]

2017 saw Bradman's only performance in a fully staged opera as Mimì in Gale Edwards' production of La bohème for Opera Australia in the Sydney Opera House.[9] Bradman – with vocalist Luke Harrison, guitarist Karin Schaupp and the Queensland Ballet – performed "Eliza Aria" from Elena Kats-Chernin's Wild Swans in the 2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.[10]

Bradman sang "Advance Australia Fair" at the state memorial service of Shane Warne in March 2022 at the MCG.[11]

Opera Australia appointed Bradman to its board of directors in August 2024.[12]

Personal life

Bradman was born in Adelaide as Greta Bradsen. She is a granddaughter, and the eldest grandchild, of cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, at whose funeral she sang in 2001[13] and who inspired her singing.[14] Her father John had changed his name from Bradman to Bradsen to escape the inevitable connection with his father's celebrity, but the family changed back to Bradman when Greta was a teenager.[15] Shortly after her grandfather's death, she struggled with self harm issues.[16]

Her husband is Didier Elzinga, the co-founder and CEO of software company Culture Amp.[17] They have two sons.[2][18][19]

Bradman has a masters degree in Psychology[20] and is a registered psychologist.[21]

In 2015, Bradman was featured in two episodes of the Australian TV series Australian Story, where she appeared along with her father John Bradman and siblings Tom and Nick Bradman.[4]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with Australian chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
AUS
[22]
Forest of Dreams – Classical Lullabies to Get Lost In
  • Released: August 2010
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
 –
Grace
  • Released: August 2011
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
 –
My Hero
(with English Chamber Orchestra & Richard Bonynge)
  • Released: 7 August 2015
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 1894)
 –
From Broadway to La Scala
(with David Hobson, Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes)
  • Released: 2017
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 1894)
 –
Home
(with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Singers & Luke Dollman)
  • Released: April 2018
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 6564)
 30
The Aussie Album
(with Benaud Trio)
  • Released: 2018
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 7164)
 –
Mendelssohn: String Quartets No. 1 & 2
(with Tinalley Quartet)
  • Released: February 2019
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Tinalley Quartet
 –

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2010 Forest of Dreams: Classical Lullabies to Get Lost In Best Children's Album Nominated [23]
2018 Home (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Singers & Luke Dollman) Best Classical Album Nominated [24]

References

  1. ^ a b Kate Waterhouse (19 April 2016). "Greta Bradman talks singing, psychology and life as Sir Don Bradman's grandchild". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Joanne Trzcinski (29 January 2011). "Inside Story: Greta Bradman". Herald Sun. Melbourne. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ Classic Melbourne Rodelinda review by Heather Leviston, Classic Melbourne, "With a dark mezzo quality in her middle voice and an ability to float her voice when singing soft sustained notes and intricate coloratura passages, she was at times uncannily similar in vocal quality to Sutherland."
  4. ^ a b "Being Bradman – Part One", 27 July 2015; "Part Two", 3 August 2015
  5. ^ From Broadway to La Scala – Australia Archived 12 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Walk of Fame, Adelaide Festival Centre, accessed 9 January 2017
  7. ^ "Classic Moves: Margaret Throsby and Greta Bradman join the weekend in 2017", press release, ABC Classic FM, 16 November 2016
  8. ^ "Greta Bradman". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  9. ^ "La bohème (Opera Australia)" by Angus McPherson, Limelight, 25 February 2017
  10. ^ "Gold Coast teen stars in Closing Ceremony and records Games song with Katie Noonan" by Suzanne Simonot, Gold Coast Bulletin, 18 April 2018
  11. ^ Wright, Tony (30 March 2022). "Melbourne's temple claims Shane Warne as its own, Victoria's own, forever". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  12. ^ Jason Blake (15 August 2024). "Opera Australia Board appointments boost music expertise". Limelight. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  13. ^ Greta Bradman inherits love of music from grandfather Sir Donald Bradman – ABC News on YouTube
  14. ^ Janine Marshman (30 March 2022). "Greta Bradman to sing at Shane Warne's state memorial service". ABC Classic. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  15. ^ Belinda Hawkins; Wendy Page (27 July 2015). "Sir Donald Bradman: Living in the shadow of The Don's fame". Australian Story. ABC Television. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  16. ^ Steph Harmon (9 February 2017). "'I was literally tearing myself up': can the performing arts solve its mental health crisis?". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Didier Elzinga's billion dollar tech company Culture Amp wants to make work better for all of us". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  18. ^ Patrick McDonald (4 August 2015). "Soprano Greta Bradman hurt her voice to try to avoid Don Bradman's fame". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Greta Bradman". The Australian Women's Weekly. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018 – via PressReader.
  20. ^ "Greta Bradman". Universal Music Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Music for Wellbeing: Using classical music to help you flourish". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  22. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  23. ^ "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  24. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 July 2022.