| Greta Bradman | |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Birth Date: | or |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Occupation: | Operatic soprano |
| Spouse: | Didier Elzinga |
| Children: | 2 |
| Father: | John Bradman |
Greta Bradman (born 1979[1] or 1982)[2] is an Australian operatic soprano.
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]
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 and who inspired her singing.[12] 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.[13] Shortly after her grandfather's death, she struggled with self harm issues.[14]
Her husband is Didier Elzinga, the co-founder and CEO of software company Culture Amp.[15] They have two sons.[16] [17]
Bradman has a masters degree in Psychology[18] and is a registered psychologist.[19]
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.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [20] | |||
| Forest of Dreams – Classical Lullabies to Get Lost In |
| – | |
| Grace |
| – | |
| My Hero (with English Chamber Orchestra & Richard Bonynge) |
| – | |
| From Broadway to La Scala (with David Hobson, Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes) |
| – | |
| Home (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Singers & Luke Dollman) |
| 30 | |
| The Aussie Album (with Benaud Trio) |
| – | |
| Mendelssohn: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 (with Tinalley Quartet) |
| – |
The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).! |-| 2010| Forest of Dreams: Classical Lullabies to Get Lost In| Best Children's Album| | [21] |-| 2018| Home (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Singers & Luke Dollman)| Best Classical Album| | [22]