| Ella Tvrdková | |
| Other Names: | Ella Tordek |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Kamenice nad Lipou, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Krumbach |
| Nationality: | Czech |
| Occupation: | Opera singer |
| Signature: | Ella Tordek (vl.jm. Ella Tvrdková) podpis 1902.jpg |
Ella Tvrdková (19 February 1878 – 8 November 1918), also written as Ella Tordek, was a Czech opera singer.
Alžběta Anna Tvrdková was born in Kamenice nad Lipou,[1] the daughter of Václav Tvrdek. She studied voice with Mathilde Mallinger at the Prague Conservatory, with further studies in Berlin.[2]
Tvrdková was with the Prague National Theatre from 1899 to 1901. In 1901, she sang a small part in the premiere of Dvořák's Rusalka.[3] From 1901 to 1913, she sang under the name "Ella Tordek" with the Munich Court Opera, and a regular performer at Munich's Wagner and Mozart festivals.[4] [5] In 1913, she created the role of Rosaura in the original cast of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Le donne curiose, in Milan.
Tordek made recordings, including a duet with Luise Hofer, singing Berlioz's "Nuit paisible et sereine", from Béatrice et Bénédict, and a duet with Friedrich Brodersen, singing Mozart's "Reich mir die Hand", from Don Giovanni.
Ella Tvrdková married Gustav Gerhäuser in 1909. She died in 1918, aged 40, in Krumbach, Bavaria.[6]